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August 31, 1972

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Dodgers 5 9 0
Cubs 3 5 3
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Dodgers 5 9 0
Cubs 3 5 3

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .322
OBP .250 .349
At Bats 4 329
Hits 1 106
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 32

Jack Aker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 5 13
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Wrigley Field - August 31, 1972
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Out
Jack Aker
Elrod Hendricks
Joe Pepitone
Carmen Fanzone
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
Billy Williams
Jose Cardenal
Jim Hickman
Bill Buckner
Manny Mota
Claude Osteen
Chris Cannizzaro
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Manny Mota pinch hits for Lee Lacy. Jack Aker now pitching. Elrod Hendricks now catching. Mota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo juggles the ball. That's an error on Santo. Valentine scores. Cannizzaro moves to third. Osteen moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Osteen takes first base on ball four. Valentine moves to third. Cannizzaro moves to second.
Top 8 Cannizzaro takes first base on ball four. Valentine moves to second.
Top 8 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Valentine takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hundley hits a popup towards third. Valentine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fanzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pepitone strikes out.
Bottom 7 Santo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Hickman takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cardenal hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Parker hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dan McGinn now pitching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Bottom 6 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Tyrone pinch hits for Rick Reuschel. Tyrone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Osteen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Cannizzaro moves to second.
Top 6 Cannizzaro takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Valentine bunts in front of the plate. Hundley fields it and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to second.
Top 6 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Fanzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Pepitone hits a popup towards short. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fanzone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Davis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cardenal who is chasing the ball. Davis reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lacy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams throws the ball in to Fanzone who tags Lacy, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Hickman hits a fly ball into right field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cardenal hits a popup towards short. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Osteen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Osteen for the out.
Top 4 Cannizzaro strikes out.
Top 4 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fanzone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Valentine moves to second.
Top 4 Valentine hits a fly ball towards center. Cardenal settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Cardenal.
Bottom 3 Kessinger strikes out.
Bottom 3 Reuschel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fanzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Parker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Parker reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fanzone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fanzone strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pepitone hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lacy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lacy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hickman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Osteen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. Cannizzaro moves to second.
Top 2 Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Russell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Valentine. The throw from Hundley and he is out, Fanzone applying the tag.
Top 1 Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Parker scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. Buckner scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Parker hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Hickman chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Kessinger. Kessinger fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Kessinger. Lacy scores. Buckner moves to third.
Top 1 Davis strikes out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lacy moves to second.
Top 1 Lacy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.