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September 27, 1981

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Phillies 0 7 1
Cubs 13 16 0
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Phillies 0 7 1
Cubs 14 17 0

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .316
OBP .500 .349
At Bats 4 389
Hits 2 123
• Singles 0 79
• Doubles 1 32
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 9
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 3 69

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 5 2
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Wrigley Field - September 27, 1981
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Home Run
Sparky Lyle
Don McCormack
Del Unser
Luis Aguayo
Ramon Aviles
Ryne Sandberg
George Vukovich
Bob Dernier
Greg Gross
Bill Buckner
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Buckner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Don McCormack now catching. De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Len Matuszek pinch hits for Jerry Reed. Matuszek strikes out.
Top 7 Aguayo strikes out.
Top 7 Aviles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dernier moves to third.
Top 7 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dernier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 6 Krukow is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Tabler hits a ball on the ground for an out.
Bottom 6 Ryne Sandberg now playing shortstop. Luis Aguayo now playing second base. Ramon Aviles now playing third base. Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 6 Unser hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Vukovich hits a popup towards the mound. Krukow settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Waller strikes out.
Bottom 5 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Durham hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vukovich. Durham reaches second base with a double. Morales scores.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Unser scoops it up and throws to first, with Reed covering, for the out. Morales moves to third.
Bottom 5 Greg Gross now playing right field. Jerry Reed now pitching. Ramon Aviles now playing second base. Luis Aguayo now playing shortstop. George VukoMorales hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dernier. Morales reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Greg Gross pinch hits for Lonnie Smith. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tabler fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Ozzie Virgil pinch hits for Warren Brusstar. Virgil is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Trillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bowa hits a fly ball into right field. Durham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Krukow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Warren Brusstar now pitching. Tabler hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Waller scores.
Bottom 4 Waller hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Waller reaches third base with a triple. Buckner scores. Durham scores. Henderson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Buckner moves to third. Durham moves to second.
Bottom 4 Durham is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Buckner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Buckner reaches second base with a double. Krukow scores. De Jesus goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Krukow moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mike Proly now pitching. Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tabler tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Krukow hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tabler moves to third.
Bottom 4 Tabler hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McBride. Tabler reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McBride hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blackwell hits a popup towards short. Bowa settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Waller hits a ball on the ground to left field. Matthews throws towards Trillo. Trillo fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Trillo. Henderson scores. Waller moves to second.
Bottom 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Matthews. Henderson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Durham hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a popup into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 There goes Smith. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Morales hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Krukow hits a line drive towards third. Schmidt reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tabler hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 2 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Waller hits a popup, foul, towards first. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Ruthven is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Trillo strikes out.
Top 2 Bowa hits a line drive towards short. De Jesus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boone hits a popup beyond short. De Jesus can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Bottom 1 Durham hits a popup towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner strikes out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 McBride hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Schmidt takes first base on ball four. Matthews moves to second.
Top 1 Matthews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tabler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tabler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.