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August 30, 1980

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Larry Biittner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .254
OBP .000 .305
At Bats 3 213
Hits 0 54
• Singles 0 41
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 25

Vern Ruhle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 0
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Wrigley Field - August 30, 1980
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Vern Ruhle
Alan Ashby
Dave Bergman
Joe Morgan
Enos Cabell
Rafael Landestoy
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Terry Puhl
Larry Biittner
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruhle fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruhle covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Bergman now playing first base. Buckner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Landestoy strikes out.
Top 8 Ashby is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Walling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Puhl trying to get to home. Thompson throws the ball in to Blackwell who tags Puhl who's trying to score from second, for the out. Cruz moves to third. Walling moves to second.
Top 8 Bill Caudill now pitching. Cedeno is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl moves to second.
Top 8 Mick Kelleher now playing second base. Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to home to get Figueroa. Vail moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Mike Vail pinch hits for Lynn McGlothen. Vail hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan. Figueroa moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jesus Figueroa pinch hits for Steve Dillard. Figueroa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Blackwell strikes out.
Top 7 Cabell 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 7 Morgan is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Ruhle bunts towards the mound. McGlothen fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashby moves to second.
Top 7 Landestoy hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Biittner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Kingman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Walling 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 Cedeno strikes out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Cabell. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Top 6 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Randle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McGlothen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third. Blackwell moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dillard hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Ruhle fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ruhle. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Morgan hits a popup towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ruhle hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Biittner strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kingman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Walling hits a fly ball towards center. Thompson catches it and throws to second to double up Cedeno.
Top 4 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Randle hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McGlothen hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blackwell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Blackwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGlothen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kingman fields it and throws to second for the out. Ruhle scores.
Top 3 Cabell strikes out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ruhle moves to third.
Top 3 Ruhle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buckner. Ruhle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kingman strikes out.
Top 2 Landestoy hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ashby hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kingman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walling for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a line drive towards first. Walling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Randle strikes out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno 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 1 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cabell moves to third.
Top 1 Puhl hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.