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April 23, 1978

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Indians 6 13 2
Red Sox 6 9 0
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Indians 6 13 2
Red Sox 6 9 0

Butch Hobson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .357
OBP .333 .400
At Bats 3 56
Hits 1 20
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 3 21

Jim Kern Season Stats

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Fenway Park - April 23, 1978
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Walk
Jim Kern
Ron Hassey
Andre Thornton
Duane Kuiper
Buddy Bell
Larvell Blanks
Johnny Grubb
Rick Manning
Paul Dade
Butch Hobson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jim Kern now pitching. Hobson takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Dade hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hassey hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops it up and throws to first, with Kreuger covering, for the out.
Top 7 Kuiper hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski throws the ball in to Remy who tags Kuiper, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Norris scores.
Top 7 There goes Norris. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Norris steals second.
Top 7 Norris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Top 7 Bill Campbell now pitching. Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards second. Remy scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Bell moves to third.
Top 7 Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 7 Bell hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Dwight Evans now playing right field. Grubb hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dwight Evans pinch hits for Bernie Carbo. Evans hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Remy strikes out.
Top 6 Dade strikes out.
Top 6 Manning hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hassey hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kuiper hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Kendall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scott scores. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hobson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Rick Kreuger now pitching. Lynn bunts towards the mound. Kreuger fields it and has Yastrzemski trapped. Kreuger throws to third, and Bell tags Yastrzemski for the out. Scott moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Norris hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blanks hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carbo strikes out.
Bottom 4 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks misplays the ball. That's an error on Blanks.
Bottom 4 Duffy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hassey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kendall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Lynn hits a ball on the ground into right field. Dade picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Dade. Scott moves to third. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Grubb strikes out.
Top 4 Dade hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Manning takes first base on ball four. Hassey moves to second.
Top 4 Hassey hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 There goes Kuiper. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Duffy applying the tag.
Top 4 Kuiper hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Norris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carbo hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blanks hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bell takes first base on ball four. Grubb moves to second.
Top 3 Grubb takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Dade hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Remy hits a popup towards short. Blanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Duffy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Paxton, and towards Kuiper, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Manning hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hassey hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hobson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lynn takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to third. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 1 Scott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice scores. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Carbo strikes out.
Bottom 1 Remy hits a line drive into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Norris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Blanks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Blanks reaches second base with a double. Grubb scores. Bell scores.
Top 1 Thornton hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Bell reaches second base with a double. Grubb moves to third.
Top 1 Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Dade hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.