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June 9, 1979

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Dodgers 3 8 1
Cubs 5 10 0
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Dodgers 3 8 1
Cubs 5 10 0

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .281
OBP .500 .305
At Bats 4 228
Hits 2 64
• Singles 2 38
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 1 28

Dave Patterson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Wrigley Field - June 9, 1979
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Dave Patterson
Steve Yeager
Steve Garvey
Davey Lopes
Ron Cey
Bill Russell
Dusty Baker
Gary Thomasson
Reggie Smith
Bill Buckner
Ted Sizemore
Ivan De Jesus
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Buckner hits a line drive into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Sizemore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Yeager and he is safe. De Jesus steals second.
Bottom 8 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Tidrow bunts towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tidrow for the out. Foote moves to second.
Bottom 8 Foote takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Cey hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Garvey is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yeager settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Patterson now pitching. Murcer takes first base on ball four. Buckner moves to third. Kingman moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kingman takes first base on ball four. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 7 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sizemore scores.
Bottom 7 There goes Sizemore. The throw from Yeager and he is safe. Sizemore steals second.
Bottom 7 Sizemore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Charlie Hough now pitching. Steve Yeager now catching. De Jesus strikes out. Yeager drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws De Jesus out.
Top 7 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tidrow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Steve Yeager pinch runs for Joe Ferguson. Von Joshua pinch hits for Rick Sutcliffe. Joshua hits a line drive towards third. Ontiveros catches it and throws to first to double up Yeager.
Top 7 Dick Tidrow now pitching. Ferguson bunts towards third. Ontiveros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Dennis Lamp. Biittner strikes out.
Bottom 6 Foote hits a popup, foul, towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Martin reaches second base with a double. Kingman scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kingman moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Kingman. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Kingman steals second.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell.
Top 6 Thomasson 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 6 Baker strikes out.
Top 6 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus bunts towards the mound. Sutcliffe fields it and throws to first for the out. Lamp moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lamp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Garvey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopes moves to third.
Top 5 Russell bunts towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out. Lopes moves to second.
Top 5 Lopes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Foote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martin moves to third.
Bottom 4 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Sutcliffe spins and fires to second, with Russell covering, and Murcer is picked off.
Bottom 4 There goes Murcer. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Murcer steals second.
Bottom 4 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sutcliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Sutcliffe hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. De Jesus fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Thomasson 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 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sutcliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Cey hits a line drive towards left. Kingman catches it and throws to De Jesus who relays to Sizemore to double up Garvey.
Top 3 Garvey is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 There goes Smith. The throw from Foote and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag.
Top 3 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Foote hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Sutcliffe moves to third.
Top 2 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. Sutcliffe moves to second.
Top 2 Sutcliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomasson scores. Ferguson moves to second.
Top 2 Ferguson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomasson moves to second.
Top 2 Thomasson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ontiveros strikes out.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buckner scores. Kingman scores.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kingman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sizemore scores. Buckner moves to third.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Sizemore moves to third. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sizemore moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sizemore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cey hits a line drive towards third. Ontiveros reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Garvey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores.
Top 1 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Russell strikes out.
Top 1 Lopes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.