Royals @ Red Sox
August 27, 1969

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 3 9 0
Red Sox 3 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 3 9 0
Red Sox 4 9 2

Syd O'Brien Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .242
OBP .250 .294
At Bats 4 165
Hits 1 40
• Singles 1 27
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 17

Jim Rooker Season Stats

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4 10 0
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Fenway Park - August 27, 1969
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Single
Jim Rooker
Buck Martinez
Mike Fiore
Jerry Adair
Joe Foy
Juan Rios
Lou Piniella
Ed Kirkpatrick
Pat Kelly
Syd O'Brien
Dick Schofield
Russ Gibson
George Scott

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 3 9 0 6
Boston Red Sox 4 9 2 7
Winning Pitcher Vicente Romo
Losing Pitcher Jim Rooker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Syd O'Brien
Attendance 20,717
Time of Game 2 hours 25 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Scott scores. Gibson moves to third. Schofield moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Dick Schofield pinch hits for Vicente Romo. Schofield takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to third. Gibson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gibson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 9 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Conigliaro hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Buck Martinez now catching. Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rios scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rooker bunts towards the mound. Romo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Jackie Hernandez pinch runs for Ellie Rodriguez. Rios bunts towards the mound. Romo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Adair hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 8 Andrews bunts towards first. Fiore scoops it up and throws to first, with Adair covering, for the out. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 8 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 There goes Foy. The throw from Gibson and he is out, Petrocelli applying the tag.
Top 8 Foy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out.
Top 8 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Romo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fiore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Conigliaro hits a popup towards short. Rios settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fiore is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rooker strikes out.
Bottom 6 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rios scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rios fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rios hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Adair hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Andrews hits a popup towards first. Fiore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Romo hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Romo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Gibson hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Piniella moves to second.
Top 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Fiore is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Kelly hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Rooker strikes out.
Top 5 Rios hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Petrocelli.
Bottom 4 There goes Conigliaro. The throw from Rodriguez and he is out, Rios applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Conigliaro takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Foy. The throw from Gibson and he is out, O'Brien applying the tag.
Top 4 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Foy. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Foy steals second.
Top 4 Adair hits a fly ball into right field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Romo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rios scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 3 Andrews is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Fiore hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rooker hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rios fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Romo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fiore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Gibson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Scott scores.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Scott reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rios scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Petrocelli hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rios is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Brien fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on O'Brien. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 2 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Foy hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Andrews hits a line drive into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards third. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fiore hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kelly bunts towards the mound. Romo fields it and throws to first for the out.