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April 21, 1989

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 7 8 1
Red Sox 4 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 7 8 1
Red Sox 4 10 1

Ellis Burks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .268
OBP .500 .379
At Bats 4 56
Hits 2 15
• Singles 2 10
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 8

Steve Farr Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 3
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Fenway Park - April 21, 1989
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Out
Steve Farr
Bob Boone
Bill Buckner
Frank White
Bill Pecota
Kurt Stillwell
Bo Jackson
Willie Wilson
Gary Thurman
Ellis Burks
Marty Barrett
Wade Boggs
Sam Horn

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 7 8 1 4
Boston Red Sox 4 10 1 8
Winning Pitcher Floyd Bannister
Losing Pitcher John Dopson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Boone
Attendance 31,766
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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Bottom 9 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gedman scores. Horn moves to third. Boggs moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Boggs hits a line drive towards third. Pecota reaches out and makes the catch for the out. Gedman moves to third. Horn moves to second.
Bottom 9 Sam Horn pinch hits for Jody Reed. Horn takes first base on ball four. Rice scores. Evans moves to third. Gedman moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pecota juggles the ball. That's an error on Pecota. Rice moves to third. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 9 Esasky strikes out.
Bottom 9 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 9 Steve Farr now pitching. Rice hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Wilson for the double play.
Top 9 Wilson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pecota scores.
Top 9 Pecota hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans who is chasing the ball. Pecota reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Mike Smithson now pitching. White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gedman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Greenwell for the out.
Bottom 8 Burks hits a popup in front of the plate. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gary Thurman now playing right field. Barrett hits a popup towards short. Stillwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murphy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jackson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out. Thurman moves to third.
Top 8 Gary Thurman pinch runs for Danny Tartabull. There goes Thurman. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Thurman steals second.
Top 8 Tartabull takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Rob Murphy now pitching. Brett strikes out.
Bottom 7 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Gedman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Esasky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tartabull. Esasky reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stillwell for the out.
Top 7 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores.
Top 7 Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third.
Top 7 The umpire calls a balk on Dopson White moves to second.
Top 7 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pecota fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Burks moves to third.
Bottom 6 The umpire calls a balk on Montgomery Burks moves to second.
Bottom 6 Greenwell hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jeff Montgomery now pitching. Burks bunts towards the mound. Montgomery fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dopson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jackson strikes out.
Top 6 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 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Dopson Stillwell moves to second.
Top 5 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stillwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gedman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pecota fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 White strikes out. There goes Boone. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 4 Boone hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Boone reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores.
Top 4 There goes Jackson. The throw from Gedman and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Buckner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Greenwell. The throw from Boone and he is safe. Greenwell steals second.
Bottom 3 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. Boggs scores.
Bottom 3 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it and throws to second for the out. Boggs moves to third.
Bottom 3 Barrett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 3 Boggs takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops it up and throws to first, with Dopson covering, for the out. Stillwell moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Stillwell. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Stillwell steals second.
Top 3 Stillwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilson for the out.
Bottom 2 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pecota fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Gedman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 2 Esasky hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Pecota strikes out.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jackson scores.
Top 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Jackson. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Jackson steals third.
Top 2 There goes Jackson. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Jackson steals second.
Top 2 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Buckner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards second. White scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Boggs scores. Barrett moves to third.
Bottom 1 Burks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boggs moves to third. Barrett moves to second.
Bottom 1 Barrett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boggs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson tags and scores.
Top 1 Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Wilson. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 1 Wilson takes first base on ball four.