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July 24, 1979

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Al Cowens Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .311
OBP .250 .363
At Bats 4 289
Hits 1 90
• Singles 1 68
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 48

Fred Howard Season Stats

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1 4 0
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Comiskey Park - July 24, 1979
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Walk
Fred Howard
Milt May
Mike Squires
Jorge Orta
Jim Morrison
Greg Pryor
Rusty Torres
Chet Lemon
Claudell Washington
Al Cowens
George Brett
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Cowens takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Washington who is chasing the ball. Brett reaches third base with a triple. White scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Fred Howard now pitching. Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilson scores. White moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. Quirk scores. Wilson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Wilson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 U L Washington pinch runs for Steve Braun. Jamie Quirk pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Quirk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon who is chasing the ball. Quirk reaches third base with a triple. Porter scores. Washington goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Steve Braun pinch hits for John Wathan. Braun is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Scott is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Ed Farmer now pitching. The ball gets by May for a passed ball. Cowens scores. Porter moves to second.
Top 8 Guy Hoffman now pitching. Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett scores. Cowens moves to third.
Top 8 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brett moves to third.
Top 8 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Orta hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Squires hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Otis hits a line drive into left field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kravec 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. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Morrison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 May strikes out.
Top 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wathan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Squires settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Scott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Washington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rusty Torres now playing left field. Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morrison scores.
Bottom 4 Squires bunts in front of the plate. Wathan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Steve Mingori now pitching. Rusty Torres pinch hits for Ralph Garr. Torres bunts towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Morrison moves to third.
Bottom 4 Morrison bunts towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett. Pryor scores. May goes all the way around to score. Morrison moves to second.
Bottom 4 May bunts towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pryor moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pryor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Patek. The throw from May and he is out, Morrison applying the tag.
Top 4 Wilson bunts towards first. Squires scoops it up and throws to first, with Orta covering, for the out. Patek moves to second.
Top 4 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Washington hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Orta hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 3 Squires hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morrison moves to third.
Bottom 3 Garr hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Morrison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wathan hits a line drive into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Scott moves to third.
Top 3 Scott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Scott reaches second base with a double. Brett scores. Cowens scores. Porter goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned.
Top 3 Porter takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to third. Cowens moves to second.
Top 3 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor misplays the ball. That's an error on Pryor. Brett moves to second.
Top 3 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 White hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Pryor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Washington hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wilson strikes out.
Top 2 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Porter scores. Wathan moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison juggles the ball. That's an error on Morrison. Porter moves to second.
Top 2 Scott hits a line drive into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Porter takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gale fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White misplays the ball. That's an error on White.
Top 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 White strikes out.
Top 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.