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August 19, 1979

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Lee May Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .275
OBP .250 .312
At Bats 4 346
Hits 1 95
• Singles 1 66
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 60

Steve Busby Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 0
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Memorial Stadium - August 19, 1979
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Strikeout
Steve Busby
Darrell Porter
John Wathan
Frank White
George Brett
Todd Cruz
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Lee May
Eddie Murray
Ken Singleton
Al Bumbry
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Steve Busby now pitching. May is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Murray is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Bumbry moves to third. Singleton moves to second.
Bottom 9 Singleton is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Smith bunts towards the mound. Hrabosky fields it and throws to first for the out. Bumbry moves to second.
Bottom 9 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Bumbry takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There goes Brett. The throw from Skaggs and he is out, Belanger applying the tag.
Top 9 Porter strikes out.
Top 9 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Mark Belanger now playing shortstop. Dave Skaggs now catching. Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mark Belanger pinch runs for Terry Crowley. Benny Ayala pinch hits for Kiko Garcia. Ayala hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Terry Crowley pinch hits for Rick Dempsey. Crowley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Crowley reaches second base with a double. May scores. DeCinces goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz misplays the ball. That's an error on Cruz. May moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kelly hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dan Quisenberry now pitching. May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it and has Murray trapped. There's the throw to Brett and over to White, who tags Murray for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Steve Mingori now pitching. Murray hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Murray reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Singleton scores.
Bottom 8 Singleton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Singleton reaches second base with a double. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Don Stanhouse now pitching. Wilson hits a popup towards short. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. White goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Otis moves to third.
Top 8 Hurdle strikes out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Porter scores. Otis moves to second.
Top 8 Otis is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Wathan is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Porter moves to third.
Top 8 Wathan bunts towards the mound. Martinez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Porter moves to second.
Top 8 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bumbry 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 7 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Dempsey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Singleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores.
Bottom 6 John Wathan now playing first base. Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hurdle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Top 6 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 John Wathan pinch hits for Pete LaCock. Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bumbry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garcia strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dempsey hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Martinez covering. It's a double play.
Top 5 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Tippy Martinez now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Cowens moves to second.
Top 5 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Wilson bunts towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murray tags and scores.
Bottom 4 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murray moves to third.
Bottom 4 Murray hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Singleton hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops it up and throws to first, with Stone covering, for the out.
Top 4 Hurdle hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive towards first. LaCock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bumbry hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Otis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 LaCock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. LaCock reaches second base with a double. Brett scores. Porter goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Porter takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to second.
Top 3 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dempsey hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 DeCinces hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Kelly hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cruz strikes out.
Top 2 White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Murray hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Singleton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bumbry hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Wilson. The throw from Dempsey and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 1 Wilson bunts towards the mound. Stone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.