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September 26, 1989

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Yankees 5 10 2
Red Sox 9 10 0
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Yankees 5 10 2
Red Sox 9 10 0

Luis Polonia Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .302
OBP .500 .341
At Bats 3 421
Hits 1 127
• Singles 0 101
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 25
RBI’s 0 43

Lee Smith Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 25
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Fenway Park - September 26, 1989
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Strikeout
Lee Smith
Rick Cerone
Nick Esasky
Jody Reed
Wade Boggs
Luis Rivera
Mike Greenwell
Kevin Romine
Carlos Quintana
Luis Polonia

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 5 10 2 6
Boston Red Sox 9 10 0 7
Winning Pitcher Eric Hetzel
Losing Pitcher Andy Hawkins
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Nick Esasky
Attendance 31,932
Time of Game 2 hours 42 minutes
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Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Polonia strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Lee Smith now pitching. Dorsett strikes out.
Bottom 8 Greenwell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Reed hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mattingly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Blowers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Velarde hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Barfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Boggs hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cerone hits a fly ball into center field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Romine hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Balboni strikes out.
Top 7 Carlos Quintana now playing right field. Mattingly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Carlos Quintana pinch hits for Danny Heep. Quintana hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guetterman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Esasky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dorsett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greenwell hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Lee Guetterman now pitching. Evans strikes out.
Top 6 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to second for the out. Blowers moves to third.
Top 6 Dennis Lamp now pitching. Dorsett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Velarde scores. Blowers moves to second.
Top 6 Blowers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Velarde moves to second.
Top 6 Velarde hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Barfield hits a popup towards the mound. Hetzel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blowers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Boggs hits a line drive towards short. Velarde reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cerone hits a line drive towards short. Velarde reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hall hits a line drive into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Balboni hits a popup, foul, towards first. Esasky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mattingly hits a fly ball into right field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Polonia takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Romine hits a fly ball into right field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Heep hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mattingly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heep for the out.
Bottom 4 Esasky hits a fly ball into center field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sax hits a fly ball into right field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dorsett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dorsett for the out.
Top 4 Blowers strikes out.
Bottom 3 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mattingly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Greenwell for the out.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mattingly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out. Boggs moves to third. Reed moves to second.
Bottom 3 Reed hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 3 Boggs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Velarde hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Barfield hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Romine who is chasing the ball. Barfield reaches third base with a triple. Mattingly scores.
Top 3 The ball gets by Cerone for a passed ball. Mattingly moves to second.
Top 3 Hall hits a fly ball into right field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Balboni hits a line drive into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mattingly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Romine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Velarde fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Heep moves to second.
Bottom 2 Heep takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Esasky strikes out.
Top 2 Polonia hits a fly ball into center field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sax hits a fly ball into right field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Barfield tags and scores. Velarde tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Dorsett hits a line drive towards short. Rivera reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blowers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hall scores. Barfield moves to third. Velarde moves to second.
Top 2 Velarde takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Barfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Barfield reaches second base with a double. Hall moves to third.
Top 2 Hall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Evans takes first base on ball four. Cerone scores. Boggs moves to third. Reed moves to second.
Bottom 1 Reed hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Romine scores. Cerone moves to third. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 1 Jimmy Jones now pitching. Boggs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivera scores. Romine moves to third. Cerone moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cerone takes first base on ball four. Heep scores. Rivera moves to third. Romine moves to second.
Bottom 1 Romine takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Barfield. Rivera reaches second base with a double. Esasky scores. Heep moves to third.
Bottom 1 Heep hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Greenwell scores. Esasky moves to third.
Bottom 1 Esasky hits a line drive into center field. Barfield picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Barfield. Evans scores. Greenwell moves to third. Esasky moves to second.
Bottom 1 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boggs scores. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 1 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins fields it and throws to second for the out. Boggs moves to third.
Bottom 1 Reed takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Balboni hits a popup, foul, towards first, in foul territory. Esasky races over to make the catch. There's the throw to catch Mattingly, and he's out, with Hetzelcovering. Double play.
Top 1 Mattingly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Polonia scores.
Top 1 Polonia hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heep. Polonia reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Sax hits a fly ball into center field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.