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June 5, 1979

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Oscar Gamble Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .349
OBP .000 .491
At Bats 0 43
Hits 0 15
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 8

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

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Fenway Park - June 5, 1979
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Single
Dennis Eckersley
Gary Allenson
Carl Yastrzemski
Larry Wolfe
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Oscar Gamble
Billy Sample
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Oscar Gamble pinch hits for Larvell Blanks. Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sample scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. Sample moves to third.
Top 9 Billy Sample pinch runs for John Ellis. Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. Sample moves to second.
Top 9 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Wolfe takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grubb scores.
Top 8 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grubb moves to third.
Top 8 Bell strikes out.
Top 8 Grubb hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Grubb reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Allenson hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yastrzemski tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Evans takes first base on ball four. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hobson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blanks hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wills strikes out.
Top 7 Sundberg strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rice is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 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 6 Wolfe strikes out.
Top 6 Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Allenson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lynn throws the ball in to Yastrzemski who tags Bell trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Grubb moves to third.
Top 5 Grubb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Top 5 Blanks hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Eckersley fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Eckersley. Wills moves to second.
Top 5 Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 4 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver. Rice reaches second base with a double. Lynn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Lynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Wolfe strikes out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a line drive towards first. Yastrzemski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Putnam moves to third. Ellis moves to second.
Top 4 Putnam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burleson hits a popup towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Fisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Blanks hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lynn hits a line drive into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wolfe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Doc Medich now pitching. Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich juggles the ball. That's an error on Medich. Evans scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Allenson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grubb. Allenson reaches second base with a double. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ellis is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Putnam hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fisk scores.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk who is chasing the ball. Fisk reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lynn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Wolfe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Burleson strikes out.
Top 1 Zisk is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Wolfe fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Grubb hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.