Pirates @ Cubs
May 26, 1981

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Pirates 2 5 1
Cubs 4 6 1
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Pirates 2 5 1
Cubs 4 7 1

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .305
OBP .333 .341
At Bats 2 151
Hits 1 46
• Singles 1 25
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 3 26

Kent Tekulve Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 0
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Wrigley Field - May 26, 1981
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Single
Kent Tekulve
Steve Nicosia
Jason Thompson
Phil Garner
Bill Madlock
Tim Foli
Lee Lacy
Omar Moreno
Mike Easler
Bill Buckner
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 De Jesus is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Madlock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Madlock reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krukow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lacy strikes out.
Bottom 7 Krukow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Reitz strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kent Tekulve now pitching. Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tekulve fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Milner hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 John Milner pinch hits for Ernie Camacho. There goes Foli. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Foli steals second.
Top 7 Nicosia hits a fly ball into right field. Durham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Garner strikes out.
Bottom 6 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Durham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lacy throws the ball in to Garner who tags Durham, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 6 Buckner hits a line drive into right field. Easler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Easler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Krukow covering, for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Madlock hits a popup towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 5 Krukow hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moreno hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Lacy. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Lacy steals second.
Top 5 Lacy takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Camacho is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Nicosia hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Blackwell hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 The umpire calls a balk on Camacho Reitz moves to third.
Bottom 4 Reitz hits a fly ball towards left. Lacy settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lacy. Morales goes all the way around to score. Reitz moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Camacho fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Durham. The throw from Nicosia and he is safe. Durham steals second.
Bottom 4 Durham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Foli hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Easler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Easler throws the ball in to Garner who tags Buckner trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Blackwell scores. Krukow scores.
Bottom 3 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Camacho fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 De Jesus bunts towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out. Blackwell moves to third. Krukow moves to second.
Bottom 3 Krukow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Blackwell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Blackwell reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Madlock hits a ball on the ground for an out. Moreno moves to second.
Top 3 Moreno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nicosia scores. Camacho moves to second.
Top 3 Lacy strikes out.
Top 3 Camacho bunts towards the mound. Krukow fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Krukow. Foli scores. Nicosia moves to third.
Top 3 Nicosia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foli moves to second.
Top 3 Foli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Garner strikes out.
Top 2 Easler hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Durham strikes out.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a line drive into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. De Jesus tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Nicosia and he is safe. De Jesus steals second.
Bottom 1 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Madlock for the out.
Top 1 Moreno strikes out.
Top 1 Lacy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Strain reaches out and makes the catch for the out.