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May 14, 1977

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Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .240
OBP .667 .294
At Bats 2 125
Hits 1 30
• Singles 0 20
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 1
Walks 1 10
RBI’s 1 10

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 6
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Astrodome - May 14, 1977
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Strikeout
Rich Gossage
Duffy Dyer
Ed Kirkpatrick
Rennie Stennett
Phil Garner
Frank Taveras
Al Oliver
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Jose Cruz
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Cruz strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Stennett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Oliver. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Gonzalez applying the tag.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 8 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sambito fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Parker strikes out.
Top 7 Taveras hits a line drive into right field. Cruz picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cruz. Dyer scores. Moreno goes all the way around to score. Taveras moves to second.
Top 7 Moreno takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gossage bunts towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. Dyer moves to second.
Top 7 Dyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Joe Ferguson now catching. Wilbur Howard now playing second base. Joe Sambito now pitching. Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rich Gossage now pitching. Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Willie Crawford pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar. Terry Forster now pitching. Crawford hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wilbur Howard pinch runs for Ed Herrmann. Joe Ferguson pinch hits for Art Howe. Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kirkpatrick throws to second for one, and Taveras throws to first, and Kirkpatrick drops the ball. Herrmann moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kent Tekulve now pitching. Watson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Andujar fires to first and picks off Kirkpatrick.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cedeno hits a fly ball towards left. Oliver catches it and throws to third to double up Gonzalez.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 There goes Taveras. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Cabell applying the tag.
Top 5 Parker hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Taveras. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Taveras steals second.
Top 5 Taveras hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Moreno hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Andujar scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Bottom 4 Andujar strikes out.
Bottom 4 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras misplays the ball. That's an error on Taveras.
Bottom 4 Herrmann hits a popup towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Demery hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Garner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kirkpatrick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Dyer and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Andujar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Taveras hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moreno takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Demery strikes out.
Top 2 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 2 Dyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stennett moves to third.
Top 2 Garner bunts in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Stennett moves to second.
Top 2 Stennett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Demery fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to third. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick strikes out. There goes Oliver. The throw from Herrmann and Oliver is out.
Top 1 Andujar fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Andujar. Parker scores. Oliver moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moreno scores. Parker moves to third.
Top 1 Parker takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Taveras bunts towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Moreno moves to third.
Top 1 Moreno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Moreno reaches second base with a double.