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July 28, 1977

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Bobby Murcer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .429 .277
OBP .429 .363
At Bats 7 343
Hits 3 95
• Singles 2 65
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 15
Walks 0 49
RBI’s 2 63

Jack Billingham Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 7 0
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Wrigley Field - July 28, 1977
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Jack Billingham
Johnny Bench
Mike Lum
Joe Morgan
Pete Rose
Dave Concepcion
George Foster
Cesar Geronimo
Ken Griffey
Bobby Murcer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 13 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Bobby Murcer now playing shortstop. Dave Rosello now playing second base. Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geronimo for the out.
Top 13 Rick Reuschel now pitching. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to second for the out. Griffey moves to third.
Top 13 Bobby Murcer now playing second base. Dave Rosello now playing shortstop. Foster is walked intentionally.
Top 13 Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Griffey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Griffey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 12 Biittner hits a line drive into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Clines hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Clines reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 12 Mitterwald hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 12 Jack Billingham now pitching. Rosello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Rose strikes out.
Top 12 Champ Summers pinch hits for Fred Norman. Summers strikes out.
Top 12 Lum is walked intentionally.
Top 12 Bobby Murcer now playing shortstop. Dave Rosello now playing second base. There goes Concepcion. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Concepcion steals second.
Top 12 Bench advances to third in unknown way. Bench moves to third.
Top 12 Bobby Murcer now playing second base. Dave Rosello now playing shortstop. Concepcion hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Foster scores. Bench moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 12 Bobby Murcer now playing shortstop. Dave Rosello now playing second base. Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Pete Broberg now pitching. Gene Clines now playing center field. Bobby Murcer now playing second base. Dave Rosello now playing shortstop. Foster hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cardenal. Foster reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 11 Ontiveros hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Morales is called out on strikes.
Bottom 11 Murcer is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morgan for the out.
Top 11 Griffey strikes out.
Top 11 Rose bunts towards the mound. Sutter fields it and throws to first for the out. Norman moves to second.
Top 11 Norman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Norman fields it and throws to second for the out. Sutter moves to third.
Bottom 10 Cardenal takes first base on ball four. Sutter moves to second.
Bottom 10 Sutter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Mitterwald strikes out.
Top 10 Bobby Murcer now playing shortstop. Dave Rosello now playing second base. Lum strikes out.
Top 10 Bobby Murcer now playing second base. Dave Rosello now playing shortstop. Concepcion is called out on strikes.
Top 10 Jose Cardenal now playing right field. Dave Rosello now playing second base. Bobby Murcer now playing shortstop. Geronimo hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Rosello hits a line drive towards first. Lum reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ontiveros hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murcer scores. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 9 Fred Norman now pitching. Morales takes first base on ball four. Murcer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Murcer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Biittner strikes out.
Top 9 Bench strikes out.
Top 9 Foster strikes out.
Top 9 Jose Cardenal now playing second base. Dave Rosello now playing shortstop. There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 9 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner juggles the ball. That's an error on Buckner. Rose moves to second.
Top 9 Jose Cardenal now playing shortstop. Dave Rosello now playing second base. Griffey strikes out.
Top 9 Bruce Sutter now pitching. Dave Rosello now playing shortstop. Jose Cardenal now playing second base. Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cardenal misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenal.
Bottom 8 Jose Cardenal pinch hits for Ivan De Jesus. Cardenal hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Greg Gross pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Gross is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Mitterwald reaches second base with a double. Ontiveros moves to third.
Bottom 8 Joe Wallis pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Wallis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Morales hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Murcer strikes out.
Bottom 8 Buckner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Biittner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Sarmiento hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sarmiento for the out.
Top 8 Lum hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Concepcion hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Geronimo hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 De Jesus is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Kelleher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Mitterwald hits a line drive into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Foster is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Morgan strikes out.
Top 7 Griffey hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Griffey reaches second base with a double. Concepcion scores. Lum scores. Rose moves to third.
Top 7 Rose is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Mick Kelleher now playing second base. There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 7 Ed Armbrister pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Armbrister is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Lum takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There goes Concepcion. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Concepcion steals second.
Top 7 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 6 Morales hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Murcer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Geronimo hits a line drive into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bench hits a line drive into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Morgan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Morgan reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Griffey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Biittner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reuschel strikes out.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Borbon bunts towards the mound. Reuschel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Trillo covering - double play.
Top 5 Lum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Mitterwald hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Trillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murcer scores. Ontiveros moves to third.
Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a popup into left field for a base hit. Biittner scores. Murcer moves to third.
Bottom 4 Morales hits a line drive into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Biittner moves to third.
Bottom 4 Murcer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Biittner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Biittner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Paul Reuschel now pitching. Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Foster moves to third.
Top 4 Bench takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second.
Top 4 Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geronimo who is chasing the ball. Moore reaches third base with a triple. Trillo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Mitterwald hits a line drive towards third. Rose reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Trillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Ontiveros strikes out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lum scores. Rose moves to second.
Top 3 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lum moves to third.
Top 3 Borbon bunts in front of the plate. Mitterwald scoops up the ball and tags Borbon for the out.
Top 3 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Concepcion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench scores. Geronimo scores.
Top 3 Donnie Moore now pitching. Geronimo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Geronimo reaches second base with a double. Foster scores. Bench moves to third.
Top 3 Bench takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second.
Top 3 Foster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 2 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. De Jesus scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 2 Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burris scores. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pedro Borbon now pitching. De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lum juggles the ball. That's an error on Lum. Burris moves to third.
Bottom 2 Burris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Burris reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Morgan hits a line drive into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Griffey hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ontiveros strikes out.
Bottom 1 Morales hits a popup towards first. Lum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. De Jesus reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Murray strikes out.
Top 1 Lum hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Geronimo hits a line drive into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bench hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Foster strikes out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Griffey moves to second.
Top 1 Griffey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rose hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.