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June 6, 1977

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Red Sox	1	5	1
Royals	0	5	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Red Sox	1	5	1
Royals	0	5	1

Hal McRae Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.288
OBP	.000	.358
At Bats	4	205
Hits	0	59
• Singles	0	33
• Doubles	0	17
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	5
Walks	0	21
RBI’s	0	32

Bill Campbell Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	3	9

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Royals Stadium - June 6, 1977

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Strikeout

Bill Campbell

Carlton Fisk

George Scott

Denny Doyle

Butch Hobson

Steve Dillard

Carl Yastrzemski

Fred Lynn

Bernie Carbo

Hal McRae

Joe Zdeb

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Boston Red Sox	1	5	1	6
Kansas City Royals	0	5	1	11
Winning Pitcher	Luis Tiant
Losing Pitcher	Dennis Leonard
Save	Bill Campbell
Game Winning RBI	Carl Yastrzemski
Attendance	25,881
Time of Game	2 hours 53 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

McRae strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Joe Zdeb pinch runs for Pete LaCock. White bunts towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Doyle covering, for the out. Zdeb moves to second.

Bottom 9 Pete LaCock pinch hits for Freddie Patek. LaCock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Hobson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Scott strikes out.

Top 9 Fisk hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Fisk reaches second base with a double.

Top 9 John Wathan now playing first base. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wathan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.

Bottom 8 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 8 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 8 Bill Campbell now pitching. Dave Nelson pinch runs for John Mayberry. Cowens strikes out.

Bottom 8 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Rice strikes out.

Top 8 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Doyle moves to third. Carbo moves to second.

Top 8 Carbo takes first base on ball four. Doyle moves to second.

Top 8 Dillard hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Doyle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Otis is called out on strikes.

Bottom 7 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out.

Top 7 Hobson strikes out.

Top 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Fisk strikes out.

Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 6 White hits a line drive towards third. Hobson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Porter is walked intentionally.

Bottom 6 Poquette hits a line drive into right field. Carbo picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Carbo. Mayberry moves to third. Poquette moves to second.

Bottom 6 Cowens hits a line drive into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out.

Bottom 5 Otis strikes out.

Bottom 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 There goes White. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. White steals second.

Bottom 5 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out.

Top 5 Hobson hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Porter for the out.

Bottom 4 Poquette hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Scott strikes out.

Top 4 Fisk hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 There goes Otis. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Otis steals second.

Bottom 3 Otis takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 McRae hits a line drive into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.

Top 3 Carbo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dillard moves to third.

Top 3 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brett.

Top 3 Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out.

Bottom 2 White strikes out.

Bottom 2 Patek takes first base on ball four. Poquette moves to second.

Bottom 2 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Hobson hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Fisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Cowens strikes out.

Bottom 1 Mayberry is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Otis takes first base on ball four. McRae moves to second.

Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Brett takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Lynn hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Carbo is called out on strikes.

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