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June 2, 1979

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Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .293
OBP .750 .336
At Bats 4 99
Hits 3 29
• Singles 2 20
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 2 17

Dick Tidrow Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 3
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Wrigley Field - June 2, 1979
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Dick Tidrow
Tim Blackwell
Bill Buckner
Mick Kelleher
Steve Ontiveros
Ivan De Jesus
Dave Kingman
Jerry Martin
Bobby Murcer
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Tim Blackwell now catching. Mick Kelleher now playing second base. McCovey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Sam Mejias pinch runs for Barry Foote. Scot Thompson pinch hits for Steve Dillard. Gary Lavelle now pitching. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out. McCovey throws to Metzger, who throws back to McCovey who tags Mejias for the double play. Murcer scores.
Bottom 8 Foote hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer moves to third.
Bottom 8 Ontiveros strikes out.
Bottom 8 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Herndon strikes out.
Top 8 There goes North. The throw from Foote and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag.
Top 8 North takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a fly ball, foul, down the left field line, foul. Herndon chases it down, and drops the ball. That's an error on Herndon.
Bottom 7 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Darrell Evans now playing third base. Roger Metzger now playing shortstop. Mike Sadek now catching. Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Moffitt bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Foote settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Terry Whitfield pinch hits for Marc Hill. Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark scores. Madlock scores. Ivie moves to third. Whitfield moves to second.
Top 7 Darrell Evans pinch hits for Johnnie LeMaster. Evans hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foote settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ivie takes first base on ball four. Madlock moves to second.
Top 7 Madlock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark moves to third.
Top 7 McCovey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Steve Dillard now playing second base. Dick Tidrow now pitching. Clark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Ted Sizemore. Biittner hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Randy Moffitt now pitching. De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foote moves to third. Dillard moves to second.
Bottom 6 Steve Dillard pinch hits for Lynn McGlothen. Dillard takes first base on ball four. Foote moves to second.
Bottom 6 Foote takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Herndon hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 North hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Knepper strikes out.
Top 6 Hill strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kingman hits a line drive towards third. Ivie reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Buckner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a popup towards short. LeMaster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Madlock hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Clark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 McGlothen strikes out.
Bottom 4 Foote hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Herndon strikes out.
Top 4 Lynn McGlothen now pitching. There goes North. The throw from Foote and he is safe. North steals second.
Top 4 North hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Knepper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Knepper for the out.
Top 4 Hill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields the ball and throws to Knepper covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Ivie hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Madlock bunts towards third. Ontiveros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clark moves to third. McCovey moves to second.
Top 3 McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clark moves to second.
Top 3 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore misplays the ball. That's an error on Sizemore.
Bottom 2 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Holtzman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Murcer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Foote strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 2 North takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Knepper hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. LeMaster moves to third.
Top 2 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. LeMaster moves to second.
Top 2 LeMaster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Ivie hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a popup towards third. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. De Jesus scores.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Madlock strikes out.
Top 1 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. North scores.
Top 1 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Herndon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes North. The throw from Foote and he is safe. North steals second.
Top 1 North hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.