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August 1, 1979

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Red Sox 7 16 3
Indians 4 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 7 16 3
Indians 4 10 0

Andre Thornton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .236
OBP .750 .345
At Bats 3 351
Hits 2 83
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 2 22
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 1 60
RBI’s 0 69

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 5 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 1, 1979
Dennis Eckersley
Carlton Fisk
Bob Watson
Stan Papi
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Carl Yastrzemski
Tom Poquette
Dwight Evans
Andre Thornton
Rick Manning
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Manning moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Manning takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Dan Spillner now pitching. Evans hits a ball on the ground towards second. Kuiper scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Hobson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 9 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Gary Alexander now catching. Fisk hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hargrove hits a popup into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Alston. The throw from Fisk and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.Poquette fumbles the ball. That's an error on Poquette. Alston goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Cox strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dell Alston pinch runs for Ron Hassey. Kuiper hits a fly ball into center field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hassey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Burleson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sid Monge now pitching. There goes Poquette. The throw from Hassey and he is out, Kuiper applying the tag.
Top 8 Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Evans moves to third.
Top 8 Papi bunts towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Norris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Harrah strikes out.
Bottom 7 Thornton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Manning. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Manning steals second.
Bottom 7 Manning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Watson is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Rice strikes out.
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norris. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Fisk hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Hassey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Norris hits a fly ball into center field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out. Papi moves to second.
Top 6 Papi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 5 Harrah strikes out.
Bottom 5 Thornton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Thornton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Manning hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hargrove hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ted Cox now playing third base. Toby Harrah now playing shortstop. Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Tom Veryzer. Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kuiper takes first base on ball four. Thornton moves to third. Hassey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hassey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Norris hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Harrah hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thornton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Thornton reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Burleson hits a fly ball into left field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Poquette hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bonds strikes out.
Bottom 3 Manning hits a fly ball into center field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hargrove hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Papi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mike Paxton now pitching. Papi hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hassey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 3 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Rice hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 There goes Fisk. The throw from Hassey and he is safe. Fisk steals second.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burleson scores.
Top 3 Burleson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Burleson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Veryzer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kuiper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hassey hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Norris hits a line drive towards first. Watson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Papi hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evans hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Harrah strikes out.
Bottom 1 Thornton hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. Manning moves to second.
Bottom 1 Manning bunts towards the mound. Eckersley fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Eckersley. Hargrove moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hargrove hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hobson strikes out.
Top 1 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burleson scores. Yastrzemski goes all the way around to score. Watson moves to second.
Top 1 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burleson moves to second.
Top 1 Fisk hits a line drive towards third. Harrah reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.