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July 1, 1980

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Gary Matthews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .262
OBP .333 .309
At Bats 3 225
Hits 1 59
• Singles 1 45
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 27

Joe Niekro Season Stats

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8 6 0
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - July 1, 1980
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Single
Joe Niekro
Alan Ashby
Denny Walling
Joe Morgan
Enos Cabell
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Terry Puhl
Gary Matthews
Chris Chambliss
Dale Murphy
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murphy scores. Chambliss moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hubbard scores. Murphy moves to second.
Bottom 6 Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hubbard moves to third.
Bottom 6 Hubbard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Alexander hits a popup, foul, towards first. Walling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner juggles the ball. That's an error on Horner.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a popup towards third. Horner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Benedict hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burroughs hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Horner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murphy scores. Chambliss scores. Matthews moves to second.
Bottom 5 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Murphy moves to third. Chambliss moves to second.
Bottom 5 Chambliss takes first base on ball four. Murphy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Hubbard hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Benedict settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Walling hits a popup towards short. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gomez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Benedict is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Horner hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Puhl is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ashby hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Matthews. Ashby reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murphy moves to third.
Bottom 3 Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hubbard strikes out.
Top 3 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Benedict and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz moves to third.
Top 3 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Puhl tags and scores.
Top 3 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Alexander covering, for the out. Puhl moves to third.
Top 3 Puhl hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Puhl reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds throws towards first. Walling fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Walling. Horner scores. Benedict scores.
Bottom 2 Benedict hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Benedict reaches second base with a double. Horner moves to third.
Bottom 2 Burroughs strikes out.
Bottom 2 Horner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reynolds for the out.
Top 2 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Chambliss hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cabell strikes out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Puhl scores. Walling moves to second.
Top 1 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Walling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Puhl moves to second.
Top 1 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.