Red Sox @ Royals
August 25, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 0 4 0
Royals 1 5 1
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 0 4 0
Royals 1 5 1

Jim Rice Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .332
OBP .000 .388
At Bats 3 497
Hits 0 165
• Singles 0 99
• Doubles 0 29
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 33
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 0 102

Dennis Leonard Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 9 0
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Royals Stadium - August 25, 1979
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Out
Dennis Leonard
Darrell Porter
Pete LaCock
Frank White
George Brett
U L Washington
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 0 4 0 4
Kansas City Royals 1 5 1 7
Winning Pitcher Dennis Leonard
Losing Pitcher Mike Torrez
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie Wilson
Attendance 37,851
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Tom Poquette pinch hits for Stan Papi. Poquette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 LaCock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Porter is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Larry Wolfe now catching. Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Burleson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jim Dwyer pinch hits for Gary Allenson. Dwyer hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 7 McRae 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 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hobson hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Watson strikes out.
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Cowens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Cowens reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 LaCock hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lynn takes first base on ball four. Papi moves to second.
Top 6 Papi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Allenson hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brett hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Torrez fields it and has Wilson trapped. There's the throw to Papi and over to Hobson, who tags Wilson for the out. McRae moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 There goes Wilson. The throw from Allenson and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Yastrzemski trying to get to home. Wilson throws the ball in to Porter who tags Yastrzemski, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 5 Hobson strikes out.
Top 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 LaCock is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lynn hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Papi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 McRae 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 3 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Allenson hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilson bunts towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Washington takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes White. The throw from Allenson and he is out, Papi applying the tag.
Bottom 2 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hobson strikes out. There goes Yastrzemski. The throw from Porter to second, and Yastrzemski is out.
Top 2 Watson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett.
Bottom 1 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McRae moves to third. Porter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Porter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 1 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Wilson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Rice is chasing the ball. Wilson rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Top 1 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lynn hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Papi bunts towards first. LaCock scoops it up and throws to first, with White covering, for the out. Burleson moves to second.
Top 1 Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.