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July 1, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 4 8 0
Cubs 4 12 1
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Mets 4 8 0
Cubs 5 12 1

Steve Dillard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .000 .500
At Bats 0 14
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 3
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 1

Wayne Twitchell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 0
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Wrigley Field - July 1, 1979
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Walk
Wayne Twitchell
John Stearns
Willie Montanez
Doug Flynn
Richie Hebner
Frank Taveras
Joel Youngblood
Lee Mazzilli
Elliott Maddox
Steve Dillard
Barry Foote
Steve Ontiveros
Dave Kingman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 4 8 0 8
Chicago Cubs 5 12 1 13
Winning Pitcher Dick Tidrow
Losing Pitcher Wayne Twitchell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Steve Dillard
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Dillard takes first base on ball four. Kingman scores. Ontiveros moves to third. Foote moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Foote is hit by the pitch. Kingman moves to third. Ontiveros moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ontiveros hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kingman moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Sam Mejias. Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wayne Twitchell now pitching. Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson scores.
Bottom 9 Ed Glynn now pitching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 9 Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Thompson reaches second base with a double. De Jesus goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Mazzilli 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 9 Taveras hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maddox scores.
Top 9 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Maddox reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Dick Tidrow now pitching. Steve Dillard now playing second base. Flynn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Steve Dillard pinch runs for Ted Sizemore. Larry Biittner pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Biittner hits a line drive towards the mound. Murray catches it and throws to first to double up Dillard.
Bottom 8 Sizemore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Joel Youngblood now playing left field. Dale Murray now pitching. Elliott Maddox now playing right field. Foote hits a popup towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Montanez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Stearns strikes out.
Top 8 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Hebner strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mejias hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Buckner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Taveras hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bill Caudill now pitching. Sam Mejias now playing center field. Hassler strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mike Vail pinch hits for Ken Holtzman. Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Andy Hassler now pitching. Foote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. Martin moves to third. Ontiveros moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to second.
Bottom 6 Martin is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Flynn hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Henderson strikes out.
Top 6 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kingman hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngblood who is chasing the ball. Thompson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Hebner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Youngblood scores. Mazzilli moves to third.
Top 5 Mazzilli is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Taveras bunts towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Youngblood moves to second.
Top 5 Youngblood takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hausman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Holtzman strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Foote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Flynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Flynn reaches second base with a double. Stearns scores. There goes Henderson trying to get to home. Kingman throws the ball in to Foote, who tags Henderson for the out.
Top 4 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Montanez strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Stearns. The throw from Foote and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 4 Stearns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hebner hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ontiveros for the out.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Hausman covering, for the out.
Top 3 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Taveras hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Holtzman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Holtzman reaches second base with a double. Sizemore moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sizemore bunts towards the mound. Hausman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Foote hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Hausman covering, for the out.
Top 2 Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Flynn takes first base on ball four. Hebner scores. Stearns moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Top 2 Henderson is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stearns hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Stearns reaches second base with a double. Hebner moves to third.
Top 2 Hebner is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. De Jesus steals second.
Bottom 1 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Taveras. The throw from Foote and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag.
Top 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Youngblood takes first base on ball four.