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Friday May 2, 1980
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Jack Brohamer delivered the Red Sox' first successful pinch-hit this season, coming through with a single in the 11th inning to score Carlton Fisk and beat the Royals, 6-5. Fisk doubled and moved up on a sacrifice before Brohamer snapped a string of eight straight outs by Red Sox pinch-batters. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Game Played on Friday, May 2, 1980 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Red Sox      1  0  1    0  1  0    2  0  0    0  1  -   6 11  0
Royals       1  1  0    0  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  -   5 12  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .282      Wilson cf             5   1   3   1     1   0   .272
Burleson ss           5   2   2   2     1   0   .205      White 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Lynn cf               5   0   2   3     0   0   .279        Braun ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .063
Rice lf               5   0   0   0     0   2   .263        Terrell pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Yastrzemski dh        3   0   1   0     2   0   .286      McRae dh              5   0   0   1     0   1   .257
Perez 1b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .347      Aikens 1b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .200
Fisk c                5   1   1   0     0   2   .327      Wathan c              5   1   4   0     0   0   .452
Hobson 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Quirk 3b              5   2   2   2     0   1   .250
  Evans rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      LaCock lf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .131
Dwyer rf              3   1   1   0     0   1   .500      Hurdle rf             5   1   2   1     0   2   .289
  Hoffman 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Washington ss         2   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Brohamer ph,3b      1   0   1   1     0   0   .385        Porter ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mulliniks ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Chalk ph,ss         1   0   0   0     1   0   .231
  Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   6  11   6     3   6             Totals               43   5  12   5     4   4

Time of Game: 3:17   Attendance: 25,965
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Royals 10
DP: Red Sox 1, Royals 0
Errors: Quirk
Doubles: Lynn (4), Fisk (5), Hurdle 2 (7), Aikens (5), Quirk (1)
Triples: Remy (2), Wilson (3)
Home Runs: Burleson (2), Quirk (1)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (7)
Caught Stealing: Yastrzemski (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Remy (4), Evans (1)
Sacrifice Flies: McRae (1)
GIDP: Wilson (1)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez                  6.2  11   5   5   2   2   1  33   6.49
Burgmeier               1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.50
Lockwood W(2-1)         3     1   0   0   1   1   0  11   1.59
Totals                 11    12   5   5   4   4   1  48

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale                    7     9   5   5   2   4   1  32   5.50
Quisenberry L(1-1)      4     2   1   1   1   2   0  15   2.25
Totals                 11    11   6   6   3   6   1  47

Balks: Torrez (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Deegan


RED SOX 1ST: Remy tripled to left; Burleson grounded out (second
to first) [Remy scored]; Lynn grounded out (second to first);
Rice struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson tripled to right; White popped to first in
foul territory; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to right [Wilson
scored]; Aikens walked; Wathan singled to right [Aikens to
second]; Quirk was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Royals 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to right; Perez flied out to
right; Fisk flied out to left [Yastrzemski to second]; Hobson
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: LaCock lined to first; Hurdle doubled to left;
Washington flied out to left; Wilson singled to left [Hurdle
scored]; Wilson stole second; White grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Dwyer singled to left; Remy out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Dwyer to second]; Burleson walked; Lynn
singled to right [Dwyer scored, Burleson to second]; Rice flied
out to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae grounded out (third to first); Aikens doubled
to left; Wathan singled [Aikens stayed at second]; Quirk forced
Wathan (second to shortstop) [Aikens to third]; LaCock grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals
2.

RED SOX 4TH: Perez singled to right; Fisk was called out on
strikes; Hobson flied out to right; Dwyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle flied out to left; Washington made an out to
shortstop; Wilson singled to center; Torrez balked [Wilson to
second]; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Remy lined to left; Burleson homered; Lynn lined to
right; Rice flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae struck out; Aikens flied out to left; Wathan
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Royals 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Perez
grounded out (second to first); Fisk lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Quirk doubled to right; LaCock lined to first;
Hurdle doubled to left [Quirk scored]; PORTER BATTED FOR
WASHINGTON; Porter flied out to center; Wilson was walked
intentionally; White forced Wilson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 3.

RED SOX 7TH: MULLINIKS REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING SS); Hobson
flied out to center; Dwyer popped to catcher in foul territory;
On a bunt Remy singled; Burleson singled to center [Remy to
second]; Lynn doubled to right [Remy scored, Burleson scored];
Rice made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: EVANS REPLACED HOBSON (PLAYING RF); HOFFMAN REPLACED
DWYER (PLAYING 3B); McRae flied out to right; Aikens grounded
out (pitcher to first); Wathan singled to center; Quirk homered
[Wathan scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); LaCock
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Royals 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski walked; QUISENBERRY REPLACED GALE
(PITCHING); Yastrzemski was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Perez flied out to right; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Hurdle struck out; CHALK BATTED FOR MULLINIKS; Chalk
walked; Wilson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Chalk out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Royals 5.

RED SOX 9TH: CHALK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Evans made an
out to second; Hoffman grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 9TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); White made
an out to third; McRae grounded out (third to first); Aikens
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Royals 5.

RED SOX 10TH: Burleson reached on an error by Quirk [Burleson to
first]; Lynn grounded out (first unassisted) [Burleson to
second]; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski was walked intentionally;
Perez forced Yastrzemski (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 10TH: Wathan singled to center; Quirk forced Wathan
(first to shortstop) [Quirk to first]; LaCock lined to right;
Hurdle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Royals 5.

RED SOX 11TH: Fisk doubled to left; Evans out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Fisk to third]; BROHAMER BATTED FOR
HOFFMAN; Brohamer singled to center [Fisk scored]; Remy lined to
center; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 6, Royals 5.

ROYALS 11TH: BROHAMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Chalk flied
out to left; Wilson made an out to shortstop; BRAUN BATTED FOR
WHITE; Braun walked; TERRELL RAN FOR BRAUN; McRae lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Royals 5.



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