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Brian Downing Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .262
OBP .333 .360
At Bats 3 305
Hits 1 80
• Singles 1 64
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 0 34

Jim Wright Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 0
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Fenway Park - August 26, 1978
Out
Jim Wright
Carlton Fisk
George Scott
Jack Brohamer
Frank Duffy
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Brian Downing
Ron Fairly
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Downing hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer fields it and throws to second for the out. Baylor scores.
Top 9 Rudi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baylor moves to third.
Top 9 Baylor is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops it up and throws to first, with Brett covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Fisk hits a popup towards short. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bostock bunts in front of the plate. Fisk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Grich takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bob Bailey pinch hits for Carl Yastrzemski. Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rice hits a line drive into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chalk is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Downing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Rudi trying to get to third. Rice throws the ball in to Burleson, who relays the ball to Duffy who tags Rudi for the out.
Top 7 Fairly hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Frank Duffy now playing third base. Rudi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hobson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Scott hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Evans strikes out.
Top 6 Baylor hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bostock hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lansford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brett fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Brett. Fisk moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Chalk 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 4 Brohamer hits a popup towards short. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Rudi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Scott hits a line drive towards short. Chalk reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lynn strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lansford. Fisk moves to second.
Top 3 Baylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bostock for the out.
Top 3 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ken Brett now pitching. Rice hits a line drive into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Burleson tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Brohamer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scott scores. Hobson scores. Burleson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Burleson takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to third. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hobson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Evans scores. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 2 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rudi. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Lynn hits a line drive into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Grich is hit by the pitch. Chalk moves to second.
Top 2 Chalk is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Downing strikes out.
Top 2 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Wright covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Brohamer hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Burleson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miller. Burleson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Rudi strikes out.
Top 1 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to home to get Lansford. Bostock moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Bostock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Bostock reaches second base with a double. Lansford moves to third.
Top 1 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hobson.
Top 1 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.