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May 20, 1978

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Red Sox 5 14 0
Tigers 5 10 1
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Red Sox 6 15 0
Tigers 5 10 1

Butch Hobson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .276
OBP .250 .350
At Bats 4 127
Hits 1 35
• Singles 1 22
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 27

Steve Foucault Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 3
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Tiger Stadium - May 20, 1978
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Single
Steve Foucault
Milt May
Jason Thompson
Lou Whitaker
Phil Mankowski
Alan Trammell
Steve Kemp
Ron LeFlore
Tim Corcoran
Butch Hobson
Fred Lynn
Carl Yastrzemski
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Hobson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores. Lynn moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lynn is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Fisk bunts towards the mound. Foucault fields it and throws to first for the out. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 9 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 May strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Campbell covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Campbell covering, for the out.
Top 8 Rice strikes out.
Top 8 Remy hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Steve Foucault now pitching. Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Campbell fields it and has Trammell trapped. There's the throw to Remy and over to Hobson, who tags Trammell for the out. Whitaker moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 LeFlore strikes out.
Bottom 7 The umpire calls a balk on Campbell Trammell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bill Campbell now pitching. Trammell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bob Bailey pinch hits for Bernie Carbo. Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mankowski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mankowski for the out.
Bottom 6 Corcoran hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Kemp hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Kemp reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.
Top 6 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Yastrzemski is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Rice hits a line drive into left field. Kemp picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Kemp. Burleson scores. Remy moves to third. Rice moves to second.
Top 6 Jim Crawford now pitching. Remy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burleson moves to third.
Top 6 Burleson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of LeFlore. Burleson reaches second base with a double. Evans scores.
Top 6 Carbo hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Evans moves to third.
Top 6 There goes Evans. The throw from May and he is safe. Evans steals second.
Top 6 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mankowski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Lynn takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 5 Fisk hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mankowski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Corcoran hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Kemp takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rice strikes out.
Top 4 Remy hits a line drive towards the mound. Slaton catches it and throws to first to double up Burleson.
Top 4 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Remy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. LeFlore moves to third.
Bottom 3 LeFlore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Trammell hits a popup into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Evans hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hobson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lynn moves to third.
Top 3 Lynn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fisk scores.
Top 3 Fisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of LeFlore. Fisk reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Mankowski hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Corcoran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Slaton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Burleson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Carbo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Evans hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hobson hits a popup in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kemp hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Kemp reaches second base with a double. Staub scores. There goes Thompson trying to get to home. Rice throws the ball in to Burleson who relays the ball to Fisk, who tags Thompson, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Staub moves to third.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Staub reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 LeFlore hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Fisk takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to third. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice moves to second.
Top 1 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Remy hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.