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May 2, 1979

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Jim Essian Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .273
OBP .000 .298
At Bats 2 44
Hits 0 12
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 7

Mike Torrez Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - May 2, 1979
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Home Run
Mike Torrez
Gary Allenson
George Scott
Jerry Remy
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Jim Essian
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Keough covering. It's a double play.
Top 7 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keough fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Newman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gross takes first base on ball four. Page moves to third. Revering moves to second.
Bottom 6 Revering takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Page. The throw from Allenson and he is safe. Page steals second.
Bottom 6 Page takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Remy bunts towards the mound. Keough fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Allenson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Bryant is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Essian hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Evans hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hobson is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Murphy. The throw from Allenson and he is out, Remy applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Yastrzemski strikes out. There goes Rice. The throw from Essian to Guerrero, and Rice is out.
Top 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Revering hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Page strikes out.
Bottom 3 Guerrero hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bryant bunts towards the mound. Torrez juggles the ball. That's an error on Torrez. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Remy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evans scores.
Top 3 Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to second.
Top 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Newman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Revering strikes out.
Bottom 1 Page hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Guerrero bunts towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to first for the out. Bryant moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bryant takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rice strikes out.
Top 1 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Keough covering, for the out.
Top 1 Remy strikes out.