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September 3, 1978

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Bobby Murcer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .279
OBP .500 .367
At Bats 2 438
Hits 1 122
• Singles 1 90
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 65
RBI’s 0 55

Vern Ruhle Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Wrigley Field - September 3, 1978
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Single
Vern Ruhle
Bruce Bochy
Enos Cabell
Keith Drumright
Julio Gonzalez
Rafael Landestoy
Denny Walling
Terry Puhl
Jose Cruz
Bobby Murcer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Julio Gonzalez now playing third base. Enos Cabell now playing first base. Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Donnie Moore now pitching. Bochy strikes out.
Top 6 Julio Gonzalez pinch hits for Dave Bergman. Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Walling strikes out.
Top 6 Cabell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Cabell reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Cruz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Scott. The throw from Bochy and he is safe. Scott steals second.
Bottom 5 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Holtzman strikes out.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out.
Top 5 There goes Landestoy. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Landestoy steals second.
Top 5 Drumright hits a line drive into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Landestoy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Ruhle strikes out.
Bottom 4 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bergman settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Bergman.
Bottom 4 Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kingman tags and scores. Murcer tags and moves to second.
Bottom 4 Murcer hits a line drive beyond first. Bergman can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Kingman moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kingman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walling. Kingman reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Bochy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Bergman is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Walling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Scott hits a line drive towards left. Walling chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Walling. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gross hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. De Jesus scores.
Bottom 3 Holtzman bunts towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cabell hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner fields the ball and throws to Holtzman covering. Safe.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Murcer hits a line drive into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Drumright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Ken Holtzman now pitching. Landestoy bunts towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to home to get Bergman. Bochy moves to third. Ruhle moves to second.
Top 2 Ruhle takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bochy hits a line drive to left field. Kingman throws towards third. Scott fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Scott. Cruz scores. Walling scores. Bergman moves to third. Bochy moves to second.
Top 2 Bergman takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Walling. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Walling steals second.
Top 2 Walling takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Cabell. The throw from Rader and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag.
Top 2 Cabell bunts towards third. Scott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cruz moves to third.
Top 2 Cruz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Cruz reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Puhl hits a popup towards third. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Drumright hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Landestoy is called out on strikes.