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September 12, 1980

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 4 8 0
Red Sox 2 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 4 8 0
Red Sox 2 6 1

Rick Burleson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .282
OBP .000 .347
At Bats 4 571
Hits 0 161
• Singles 0 128
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 56
RBI’s 0 47

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 1 26
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Fenway Park - September 12, 1980
Out
Rich Gossage
Rick Cerone
Bob Watson
Willie Randolph
Aurelio Rodriguez
Bucky Dent
Lou Piniella
Bobby Brown
Joe Lefebvre
Rick Burleson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 4 8 0 5
Boston Red Sox 2 6 1 8
Winning Pitcher Rudy May
Losing Pitcher Steve Renko
Save Rich Gossage
Game Winning RBI Rick Cerone
Attendance 33,787
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rich Gedman pinch hits for Sam Bowen. Gedman hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Dave Rader pinch hits for Glenn Hoffman. Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brown strikes out. There goes Dent. The throw from Fisk to Burleson, and Dent is out.
Top 9 Rodriguez bunts in front of the plate. Fisk scoops up the ball and tags Rodriguez for the out.
Top 9 Dent hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Garry Hancock pinch hits for Butch Hobson. Hancock strikes out.
Bottom 8 Evans takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rich Gossage now pitching. Perez hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Fisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Joe Lefebvre now playing right field. Lou Piniella now playing left field. Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cerone strikes out.
Top 8 Bob Stanley now pitching. Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randolph scores. Piniella moves to second.
Top 8 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Lou Piniella pinch hits for Oscar Gamble. Piniella is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Murcer bunts towards third. Hoffman fields it and throws to first for the out. Randolph moves to third.
Top 8 Randolph hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Randolph reaches second base with a double. Brown goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Sam Bowen now playing center field. Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gary Allenson pinch hits for Jim Dwyer. Allenson hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hoffman hits a line drive into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cerone hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rice is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jackson strikes out.
Top 6 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fisk strikes out.
Bottom 5 Stapleton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burleson is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Randolph hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Randolph reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out.
Top 5 Rodriguez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Dwyer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hoffman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jackson scores.
Top 4 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jackson moves to third.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Brown. Rice reaches second base with a double. Stapleton scores.
Bottom 3 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stapleton moves to second.
Bottom 3 Stapleton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Burleson strikes out.
Top 3 Murcer hits a popup towards third. Hoffman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dwyer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Hoffman takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Perez strikes out.
Top 2 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cerone bunts towards third. Hoffman fields it and throws to first for the out. Watson moves to second.
Top 2 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoffman juggles the ball. That's an error on Hoffman.
Top 2 Jackson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. May fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burleson for the out.
Top 1 Gamble hits a line drive towards the mound. Renko reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Randolph hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.