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June 24, 1989

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Wally Backman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .259
OBP .333 .328
At Bats 2 166
Hits 0 43
• Singles 0 37
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 0 20

Mike Smithson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 2
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Fenway Park - June 24, 1989
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Out
Mike Smithson
Rick Cerone
Nick Esasky
Ed Romero
Wade Boggs
Jody Reed
Mike Greenwell
Kevin Romine
Danny Heep
Wally Backman
Al Newman
Count: 2-2, 1 Out
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs

Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Newman moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Moses strikes out.
Top 8 Newman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Romine. Newman reaches second base with a double. Harper goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Harper hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Greenwell hits a line drive into center field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reed tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Heep hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Castillo. Heep reaches second base with a double. Romine scores. Reed moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Reed takes first base on ball four. Romine moves to second.
Bottom 7 Romero hits a fly ball into left field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Roy Smith now pitching. Carmelo Castillo now playing right field. John Moses now playing center field. Romine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Backman.
Top 7 Larkin strikes out.
Top 7 Bush hits a fly ball into right field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. St. Claire fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Esasky hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a line drive into rightcenter field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Heep scores. Greenwell moves to third.
Bottom 6 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman fields it and throws to second for the out. Reed scores. Heep moves to third.
Bottom 6 Boggs takes first base on ball four. Heep moves to second.
Bottom 6 Heep hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Reed moves to third.
Bottom 6 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Romero hits a popup towards short. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Puckett strikes out.
Top 6 Backman takes first base on ball four. Moses moves to second.
Top 6 Moses hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Romine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Cerone hits a popup towards short. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Randy St. Claire now pitching. Esasky takes first base on ball four. Greenwell moves to third. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 5 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Greenwell reaches second base with a double. Heep scores. Boggs goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Boggs takes first base on ball four. Heep moves to second.
Bottom 5 Heep hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Mike Smithson now pitching. Harper hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Larkin takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Gardner fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Gardner. Bush moves to second.
Top 5 Bush takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Romero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Romine hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cerone moves to third.
Bottom 4 Cerone hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bush. Cerone reaches second base with a double. Esasky scores.
Bottom 4 Esasky hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Esasky reaches second base with a double. Evans goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Greenwell hits a fly ball into left field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gaetti strikes out.
Top 4 Dwyer hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Puckett strikes out.
Bottom 3 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Toliver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Heep strikes out.
Bottom 3 Reed hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 John Moses now playing right field. Randy Bush now playing left field. Romero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 John Moses pinch runs for Dan Gladden. Backman hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Gladden. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Gladden steals second.
Top 3 Gladden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Newman takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Harper hits a fly ball into center field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Romine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. Esasky moves to second.
Bottom 2 Esasky takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 2 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Larkin strikes out.
Top 2 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Toliver fields it and throws to first for the out. Heep moves to second.
Bottom 1 Heep hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larkin juggles the ball. That's an error on Larkin.
Bottom 1 Reed hits a fly ball into right field. Bush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dwyer strikes out.
Top 1 Puckett strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Gladden scores.
Top 1 Backman strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Gladden. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Gladden steals second.
Top 1 Gladden hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.