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May 9, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 3 7 0
Red Sox 4 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Royals 3 7 0
Red Sox 4 11 1

Amos Otis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .276
OBP .333 .321
At Bats 3 76
Hits 1 21
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 2 14

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Fenway Park - May 9, 1978
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Strikeout
Dennis Eckersley
Carlton Fisk
Carl Yastrzemski
Jerry Remy
Jack Brohamer
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Amos Otis
Willie Wilson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 3 7 0 4
Boston Red Sox 4 11 1 9
Winning Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Losing Pitcher Jim Colborn
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Rice
Attendance 22,369
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Otis strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 The ball gets by Fisk for a passed ball. McRae scores. Wilson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 9 There goes Wilson. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 9 Willie Wilson pinch runs for Darrell Porter. Hurdle hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McRae moves to third.
Top 9 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McRae moves to second.
Top 9 Cowens hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Burleson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brohamer hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 U L Washington now playing shortstop. Pete LaCock now playing first base. Clint Hurdle now playing third base. Jerry Terrell now playing second baEvans strikes out.
Top 8 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out.
Top 8 Joe Lahoud pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Lahoud hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pete LaCock pinch hits for Frank White. LaCock hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Hobson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hurdle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.
Bottom 7 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Remy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens who is chasing the ball. Remy reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Terrell strikes out.
Top 7 Otis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Hurdle is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Porter hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Brohamer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 6 Evans bunts towards the mound. Colborn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Hobson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brohamer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rice is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Remy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 White hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Terrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brohamer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brohamer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hurdle hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cowens hits a line drive into center field. Lynn picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lynn. McRae moves to third. Cowens moves to second.
Top 4 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Poquette hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Fisk strikes out.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Patek strikes out.
Top 3 White strikes out.
Top 3 Terrell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Porter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Remy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brohamer scores. Burleson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lynn scores. Brohamer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Brohamer takes first base on ball four. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Otis is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Porter for the out.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Remy bunts between the mound and first base. Colborn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Remy for the out.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cowens hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae strikes out.
Top 1 Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Patek strikes out.