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August 16, 1979

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Bottom 7 R H E
Giants 2 11 0
Cubs 5 10 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Giants 2 11 0
Cubs 5 10 0

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .285
OBP .333 .318
At Bats 3 478
Hits 1 136
• Singles 0 85
• Doubles 1 31
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 1 62

Greg Minton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Wrigley Field - August 16, 1979
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Intentional Walk
Greg Minton
Mike Sadek
Willie McCovey
Joe Strain
Darrell Evans
Johnnie LeMaster
Greg Johnston
Bill North
Jack Clark
Bill Buckner
Scot Thompson
Ivan De Jesus
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Joe Strain now playing second base. Greg Minton now pitching. Buckner is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnston. Thompson reaches second base with a double. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 McCovey hits a line drive into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clark is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Andrews hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Scot Thompson now playing right field. North hits a line drive into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McGlothen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dillard strikes out.
Bottom 6 Foote hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ed Halicki now pitching. Martin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Johnston 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 6 Sadek hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 LeMaster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCovey scores. Evans moves to third.
Top 6 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clark scores. McCovey moves to third.
Top 6 Terry Whitfield pinch hits for Tom Griffin. Whitfield strikes out.
Top 6 McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clark moves to second.
Top 6 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kingman hits a popup towards short. LeMaster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Top 5 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 North hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sadek moves to third.
Top 5 Johnston hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sadek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vail. Sadek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Vail hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tom Griffin now pitching. Greg Johnston now playing left field. De Jesus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McGlothen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Knepper fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Dillard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin scores. Foote moves to third.
Bottom 4 Foote hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of North. Foote reaches second base with a double. Martin moves to third.
Bottom 4 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ivie moves to second.
Top 4 Ivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 McCovey strikes out.
Top 4 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 3 Kingman is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of North. Buckner reaches second base with a double. De Jesus scores.
Bottom 3 Vail hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ivie. De Jesus reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 North hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sadek moves to third.
Top 3 Knepper bunts towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Dillard covering, for the out. Sadek moves to second.
Top 3 Sadek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 McGlothen hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Foote takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of North. Martin reaches second base with a double. Ontiveros scores.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark who is chasing the ball. Ontiveros reaches third base with a triple. Kingman scores.
Bottom 2 Kingman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ivie. Kingman reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 LeMaster is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ivie hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Bottom 1 Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Clark is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 North hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.