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May 17, 1979

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Mike Schmidt Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .271
OBP .714 .404
At Bats 3 118
Hits 1 32
• Singles 0 14
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 13
Walks 4 27
RBI’s 3 31

Bruce Sutter Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 6
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Wrigley Field - May 17, 1979
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Home Run
Bruce Sutter
Barry Foote
Bill Buckner
Mick Kelleher
Steve Ontiveros
Ivan De Jesus
Dave Kingman
Bobby Murcer
Scot Thompson
Mike Schmidt
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Schmidt hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 De Jesus hits a popup, foul, towards first. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Rawly Eastwick now pitching. Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 McBride hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Meoli moves to third.
Top 9 Tim McCarver pinch hits for Ron Reed. There goes Meoli. The throw from Foote and he is safe. Meoli steals second.
Top 9 Meoli takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Scot Thompson now playing right field. Bruce Sutter now pitching. Bobby Murcer now playing center field. Boone hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meoli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Foote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ontiveros scores. Martin moves to second.
Bottom 8 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Ontiveros moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meoli fields it and throws to second for the out. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. De Jesus scores. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Scot Thompson pinch hits for Ray Burris. Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 8 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Burris covering, for the out.
Top 8 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Unser for the out. Rose moves to second.
Top 8 Schmidt hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mick Kelleher now playing second base. Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Steve Dillard. Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Foote moves to second.
Bottom 7 Foote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt juggles the ball. That's an error on Schmidt.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ray Burris now pitching. Bobby Murcer now playing right field. McBride strikes out.
Top 7 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Meoli is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Boone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Boone reaches second base with a double. Gross scores.
Top 7 Gross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin who is chasing the ball. Gross reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus scores.
Bottom 6 Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dillard scores. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 6 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. De Jesus reaches second base with a double. Dillard moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Unser strikes out.
Top 6 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Bowa. The throw from Foote and he is safe. Bowa steals second.
Top 6 Rose hits a line drive into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bowa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bill Caudill now pitching. Steve Dillard now playing second base. McBride strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ron Reed now pitching. Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Foote hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Unser. Foote reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Martin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Ontiveros strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kingman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 5 Vail hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus takes first base on ball four. Foote scores. Sizemore moves to third. Dillard moves to second.
Bottom 5 Steve Dillard pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Dillard takes first base on ball four. Foote moves to third. Sizemore moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt juggles the ball. That's an error on Schmidt. Foote moves to second.
Bottom 5 Tug McGraw now pitching. Foote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Espinosa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Meoli takes first base on ball four. Schmidt moves to third. Boone moves to second.
Top 5 Boone is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose tags and scores. Schmidt tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Unser hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bowa tags and scores. Rose tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Schmidt takes first base on ball four. Bowa moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus misplays the ball. That's an error on De Jesus. McBride scores.
Top 5 Bowa hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vail. Bowa reaches second base with a double. Espinosa scores. McBride moves to third.
Top 5 Nino Espinosa pinch runs for Greg Luzinski. McBride hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Espinosa moves to second.
Top 5 Greg Luzinski pinch hits for Doug Bird. Luzinski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Vail hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Greg Gross now playing center field. De Jesus strikes out.
Top 4 Meoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Greg Gross pinch runs for Garry Maddox. Boone is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Maddox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Maddox reaches second base with a double. Rose scores. Unser moves to third.
Top 4 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out. Rose moves to third.
Top 4 Schmidt is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vail. Rose reaches second base with a double. Bowa goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Bowa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 McBride hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Foote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bird strikes out.
Top 3 Meoli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Top 3 Boone is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Maddox hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Unser for the out. Bowa scores. Rose moves to third. Schmidt moves to second.
Top 3 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Schmidt is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Rose hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Rose reaches second base with a double. Bird scores. McBride scores. Bowa moves to third.
Top 3 Bowa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bird moves to third. McBride moves to second.
Top 3 McBride hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone scores. Bird moves to second.
Top 3 Bird takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Meoli hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boone hits a line drive into left field. Kingman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kingman. Maddox scores. Boone moves to second.
Top 3 Maddox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vail. Maddox reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rose scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ontiveros for the out.
Bottom 2 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vail moves to third.
Bottom 2 Vail hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Unser hits a line drive into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bowa for the out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moore hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox who is chasing the ball. Moore reaches third base with a triple. Sizemore goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin scores.
Bottom 1 Doug Bird now pitching. Foote hits a line drive into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McBride. Martin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rose scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ontiveros for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus scores. Vail moves to second.
Bottom 1 Vail hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 McBride hits a popup towards third. Ontiveros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lerch hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Donnie Moore now pitching. Meoli is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Boone hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Unser moves to second.
Top 1 Unser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Schmidt hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and has McBride trapped. Lamp throws to third, and Ontiveros tags McBride for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Bowa hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Bowa reaches second base with a double. McBride moves to third.
Top 1 McBride hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.