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September 26, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 8 13 0
Cubs 3 10 2
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Mets 8 13 0
Cubs 3 11 2

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .281
OBP .250 .315
At Bats 4 577
Hits 1 162
• Singles 1 108
• Doubles 0 33
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 66

Neil Allen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 10 7
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Wrigley Field - September 26, 1979
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Single
Neil Allen
John Stearns
Bruce Boisclair
Kelvin Chapman
Alex Trevino
Doug Flynn
Joel Youngblood
Elliott Maddox
Dan Norman
Bill Buckner
Mike Vail
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Vail moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Neil Allen now pitching. De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 9 Mike Vail pinch hits for Doug Capilla. Vail takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Barry Foote pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Foote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Flynn hits a line drive into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Capilla juggles the ball. That's an error on Capilla.
Top 9 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bruce Kimm now catching. Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Scot Thompson pinch hits for Tim Blackwell. Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Martin reaches second base with a double. Biittner scores. Ontiveros scores.
Bottom 8 Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Norman. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double. Biittner moves to third.
Bottom 8 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dan Norman now playing right field. Bruce Boisclair now playing first base. Kelvin Chapman now playing second base. Doug Flynn now playing shortstBuckner hits a fly ball into right field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dan Norman pinch hits for Richie Hebner. Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Trevino takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Maddox 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 8 Doug Capilla now pitching. Taveras strikes out.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Trevino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Dave Geisel. Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Trevino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kelleher hits a popup towards first. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hausman hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Buckner, and towards Kelleher, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Blackwell hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double. Biittner goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kingman strikes out.
Top 6 Stearns hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Youngblood hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hebner is hit by the pitch. Trevino moves to second.
Top 6 Trevino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taveras scores.
Top 6 Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin throws the ball in to Buckner who tags Maddox trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Taveras moves to third.
Top 6 Dave Geisel now pitching. Taveras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Steve Macko pinch hits for George Riley. Macko hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alex Trevino now playing third base. Richie Hebner now playing first base. Kelleher hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hausman for the out.
Top 5 Flynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stearns scores.
Top 5 Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Riley covering, for the out. Stearns moves to third.
Top 5 Stearns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hebner scores. There goes Youngblood trying to get to third. Martin throws the ball in to Ontiveros, who tags Youngblood for the out. Stearns moves to second.
Top 5 Youngblood takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 George Riley now pitching. Hebner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Maddox scores. Mazzilli goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Mazzilli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third.
Top 5 Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Taveras hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hausman bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 4 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Boisclair hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Biittner. Boisclair reaches second base with a double. Biittner throws the ball in to Ontiveros who tags Boisclair trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Stearns scores.
Top 4 Moore fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Moore. Stearns moves to second.
Top 4 Stearns takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kelleher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Youngblood throws the ball in to Flynn who tags Kelleher, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 3 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hebner is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Mazzilli is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Taveras steals second.
Top 3 Taveras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hausman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Moore covering, for the out.
Top 2 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boisclair hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Stearns hits a line drive into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hebner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.