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Rico Carty Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .295
OBP .500 .352
At Bats 2 454
Hits 1 134
• Singles 1 86
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 27
Walks 0 43
RBI’s 2 87

Steve Busby Season Stats

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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - September 6, 1978
Steve Busby
Darrell Porter
Pete LaCock
Frank White
George Brett
Jerry Terrell
Clint Hurdle
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Rico Carty
Taylor Duncan
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Carty hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 4 Duncan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Edwards. The throw from Porter and he is out, Terrell applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hurdle strikes out.
Top 4 Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Porter moves to third.
Top 4 Porter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page. Porter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Dilone hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Newman strikes out.
Top 3 LaCock hits a line drive into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Terrell bunts in front of the plate. Hosley fields it and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Top 3 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Steve Busby now pitching. Guerrero hits a popup towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hosley takes first base on ball four. Carty moves to third. Page moves to second.
Bottom 2 Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Edwards scores. Carty moves to second.
Bottom 2 Carty hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman scores. Dilone scores. Edwards moves to third.
Bottom 2 Duncan strikes out.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman moves to third. Dilone moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dilone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Newman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Newman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Porter hits a popup towards third. Duncan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hosley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett. Duncan scores. Carty scores. Hosley moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Page strikes out.
Bottom 1 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terrell misplays the ball. That's an error on Terrell. Duncan moves to third. Carty moves to second.
Bottom 1 Duncan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Duncan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McRae is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.