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September 2, 1979

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Bottom 7 R H E
Rangers 4 6 0
Red Sox 5 8 0
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Rangers 4 6 0
Red Sox 5 8 0

Jim Rice Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .327
OBP 1.000 .385
At Bats 2 520
Hits 2 170
• Singles 1 102
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 0 33
Walks 1 49
RBI’s 1 104

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 8 10
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Fenway Park - September 2, 1979
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Greg Mahlberg
Willie Montanez
Bump Wills
Eric Soderholm
Buddy Bell
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Richie Zisk
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Lynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Poquette hits a popup towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Rivers strikes out.
Top 7 Soderholm hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Mahlberg hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ellis moves to second.
Top 7 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Zisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hobson scores. There goes Papi trying to get to third. Rivers throws the ball in to Soderholm, who tags Papi for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Berry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Papi takes first base on ball four. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Wills fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivers tags and scores.
Top 6 Wills bunts towards the mound. Tudor fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to third.
Top 6 Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Rivers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Eric Soderholm now playing third base. Buddy Bell now playing shortstop. Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out.
Top 5 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Eric Soderholm pinch hits for Nelson Norman. The ball gets by O'Berry for a passed ball. Mahlberg moves to second.
Top 5 Mahlberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Montanez hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ellis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Berry hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Papi hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Watson takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Poquette tags and scores. Lynn tags and moves to third.
Bottom 3 Rice takes first base on ball four. Poquette moves to third. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lynn takes first base on ball four. Poquette moves to second.
Bottom 3 Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tudor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Berry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Papi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mahlberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Tudor covering. It's a double play.
Top 2 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hobson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Watson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Watson reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski scores.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Rice scores.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk who is chasing the ball. Rice reaches third base with a triple. Lynn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Lynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zisk hits a line drive into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to third.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Poquette. Rivers reaches second base with a double.