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July 24, 1979

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Wayne Gross Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .219
OBP .000 .334
At Bats 1 283
Hits 0 62
• Singles 0 38
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 49
RBI’s 0 36

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

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10 5 0
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Fenway Park - July 24, 1979
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Home Run
Dennis Eckersley
Carlton Fisk
Carl Yastrzemski
Jack Brohamer
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Wayne Gross
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gross hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Fisk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Heath is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Revering for the out. Newman moves to second.
Top 4 Newman takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Lynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.
Top 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out. Chalk moves to second.
Top 3 Chalk takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Picciolo hits a line drive towards third. Hobson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hobson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Newman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Newman picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Newman. Lynn scores. Yastrzemski moves to third. Watson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brohamer scores. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lynn takes first base on ball four. Brohamer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Brohamer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out.
Top 1 Page hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Page for the out.
Top 1 Murphy hits a popup towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out.