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April 9, 1989

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 13 1
Royals 6 11 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 13 1
Royals 6 11 3

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .125
OBP .250 .125
At Bats 4 8
Hits 1 1
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 1 1

Mike Smithson Season Stats

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0 1 0
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Royals Stadium - April 9, 1989
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Out
Mike Smithson
Rich Gedman
Nick Esasky
Marty Barrett
Wade Boggs
Jody Reed
Mike Greenwell
Ellis Burks
Dwight Evans
Bill Buckner
George Brett
Kevin Seitzer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 8 13 1 7
Kansas City Royals 6 11 3 8
Winning Pitcher John Dopson
Losing Pitcher Jeff Montgomery
Save Mike Smithson
Game Winning RBI Ellis Burks
Attendance 25,637
Time of Game 3 hours 5 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mike Smithson now pitching. Tabler hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Rob Murphy now pitching. Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Seitzer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. Wilson scores. There goes Eisenreich trying to get to second. Boggs throws to second, with Barrett covering, who tags Eisenreich for the out.
Bottom 9 Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 9 Willie Wilson pinch hits for Kurt Stillwell. Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Wilson reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rice hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tabler. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops it up and throws to first, with Farr covering, for the out.
Top 9 Steve Farr now pitching. Burks hits a line drive into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Boggs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gedman hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reed strikes out.
Bottom 7 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stanley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Stanley now pitching. Tabler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Brett moves to second.
Bottom 7 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Seitzer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Rich Gedman now catching. Eisenreich takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aquino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Evans strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Greenwell scores. Rice moves to second.
Top 7 Luis Aquino now pitching. Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Burks scores. Greenwell moves to third.
Top 7 Jerry Gleaton now pitching. Greenwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Burks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jackson who is chasing the ball. Burks reaches third base with a triple. Heep scores. Boggs scores. Barrett goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Jeff Montgomery now pitching. Barrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Esasky scores. Heep moves to third. Boggs moves to second.
Top 7 Danny Heep pinch runs for Rick Cerone. Boggs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Esasky moves to third. Heep moves to second.
Top 7 Cerone takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Reed strikes out.
Top 7 Esasky hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Eisenreich. Esasky reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 There goes Stillwell. The throw from Cerone and he is out, Reed applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Stillwell strikes out. There goes Boone. He's safe. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Stillwell hits a popup, foul, in back of third. Reed settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Reed.
Bottom 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Boone reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Jackson strikes out.
Top 6 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Greenwell hits a line drive towards short. Stillwell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Bottom 5 Tabler strikes out.
Bottom 5 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Burks hits a fly ball into right field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Barrett hits a fly ball towards left. Jackson catches it and throws to home to double up Cerone.
Top 5 Boggs hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cerone moves to third.
Top 5 Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer juggles the ball. That's an error on Seitzer.
Bottom 4 Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Eisenreich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Eisenreich for the out.
Bottom 4 Stillwell hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Esasky hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rice moves to third.
Top 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greenwell scores. Rice moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer juggles the ball. That's an error on Seitzer. Burks scores. Greenwell moves to third.
Top 4 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Burks moves to second.
Top 4 Burks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Barrett hits a line drive towards third. Seitzer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cerone moves to third.
Top 3 Cerone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Eisenreich. Cerone reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Reed hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Esasky hits a fly ball into right field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Bottom 2 Tabler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Seitzer scores.
Bottom 2 There goes Seitzer. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Seitzer steals second.
Bottom 2 Brett hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Seitzer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Eisenreich bunts towards the mound. Dopson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Tabler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Greenwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 John Dopson now pitching. Stillwell strikes out.
Bottom 1 White takes first base on ball four. Tabler scores. Buckner moves to third. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boone is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. Tabler moves to third. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Seitzer scores. Tabler moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tabler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it and throws to second for the out. Eisenreich scores. Seitzer moves to third.
Bottom 1 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Seitzer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Seitzer reaches second base with a double. Eisenreich moves to third.
Bottom 1 Eisenreich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Burks hits a fly ball into center field. Eisenreich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Barrett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.