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July 20, 1978

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Giants 9 14 2
Cubs 8 13 0
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Cubs 8 13 0

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .274
OBP .500 .321
At Bats 3 201
Hits 1 55
• Singles 1 46
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 1 15

Bruce Sutter Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 16
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Wrigley Field - July 20, 1978
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Bruce Sutter
Tim Blackwell
Ed Putman
Manny Trillo
Rodney Scott
Ivan De Jesus
Larry Biittner
Jerry White
Bobby Murcer
Roger Metzger
Larry Herndon
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Metzger bunts in front of the plate. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out. Herndon moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Herndon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of White. Herndon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Biittner hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Putman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lavelle strikes out.
Top 8 Ed Putman now playing first base. Tim Blackwell now catching. McCovey hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Clark moves to third.
Top 8 Clark hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Tamargo scores.
Top 8 Bruce Sutter now pitching. Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tamargo moves to third.
Top 8 Madlock bunts towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. Tamargo moves to second.
Top 8 Ivan De Jesus now playing shortstop. Rodney Scott now playing third base. Donnie Moore now pitching. Tamargo hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. There goes Cox trying to get to home. Clark throws the ball in to Tamargo who tags Cox who's trying to score from second, for the out. Clines moves to third. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gene Clines pinch hits for Ken Holtzman. Clines hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. De Jesus scores. Cox moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 7 Ivan De Jesus pinch hits for Steve Ontiveros. De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Trillo hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Larry Cox now catching. Herndon hits a line drive into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes White. The throw from Tamargo and he is safe. White steals second.
Bottom 6 Murcer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gary Lavelle now pitching. Hector Cruz now playing third base. Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White bunts towards third. Evans fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Evans is called out on strikes.
Top 6 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Clark hits a popup towards short. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ken Holtzman now pitching. Whitfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mike Vail pinch hits for Dave Geisel. Vail hits a line drive beyond short. Metzger can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Biittner scores. Ontiveros moves to third.
Bottom 5 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four. Biittner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Charlie Williams now pitching. Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Tamargo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott fields it and throws to third for the out. Ivie moves to second.
Top 5 Jim Dwyer pinch hits for John Curtis. Dave Geisel now pitching. Mike Ivie pinch hits for Jim Dwyer. Ivie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Evans scores. Herndon scores. Metzger moves to second.
Top 5 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Clark scores. Evans moves to third. Herndon moves to second.
Top 5 Lynn McGlothen now pitching. Herndon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Whitfield scores. Clark moves to third. Evans moves to second.
Top 5 Evans takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second.
Top 5 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Madlock tags and scores. Whitfield tags and moves to third.
Top 5 Clark takes first base on ball four. Madlock moves to third. Whitfield moves to second.
Top 5 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tamargo scores.
Top 5 Madlock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Madlock reaches second base with a double. Tamargo moves to third.
Top 5 Tamargo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Buckner hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 John Curtis now pitching. John Tamargo now catching. There goes White. The throw from Tamargo and he is safe. White steals second.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock fields it and throws to second for the out. Krukow scores.
Bottom 4 Scott bunts in front of the plate. Hill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Krukow moves to third.
Bottom 4 Krukow hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Krukow reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Metzger 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 4 Herndon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Trillo hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Biittner is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Evans hits a popup towards third. Ontiveros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krukow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Clark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Murcer hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Buckner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Buckner reaches second base with a double. Krukow scores. Scott scores.
Bottom 2 There goes Scott. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Scott steals second.
Bottom 2 White hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rader tags and scores. Krukow tags and moves to third.
Bottom 2 Scott takes first base on ball four. Rader moves to third. Krukow moves to second.
Bottom 2 Krukow bunts towards first. McCovey fields it and throws to third for the out. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rader bunts towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ontiveros moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Halicki hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krukow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hill takes first base on ball four. Herndon moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Top 2 Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Herndon moves to second.
Top 2 Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 McCovey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes White. The throw from Hill and he is safe. White steals second.
Bottom 1 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Scott. The throw from Hill and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.Herndon fumbles the ball. That's an error on Herndon. Scott goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Whitfield 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.
Top 1 Madlock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.