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August 23, 1980

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Bottom 17 R H E
Cubs 0 7 1
Astros 0 12 0
Bottom 17 R H E
Cubs 0 7 1
Astros 1 13 0

Joe Niekro Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .286
At Bats 0 60
Hits 0 15
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 6

George Riley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 0
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Astrodome - August 23, 1980
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Single
George Riley
Tim Blackwell
Cliff Johnson
Mick Kelleher
Lenny Randle
Ivan De Jesus
Bill Buckner
Jesus Figueroa
Scot Thompson
Joe Niekro
Denny Walling
Enos Cabell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 0 7 1 9
Houston Astros 1 13 0 18
Winning Pitcher Joe Niekro
Losing Pitcher George Riley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Niekro
Attendance 25,031
Time of Game 4 hours 47 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Niekro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cabell scores. Walling moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 17 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher fields it and throws to second for the out. Cabell moves to third.
Bottom 17 Cruz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 17 Puhl bunts towards the mound. Riley fields it and throws to first for the out. Cabell moves to second.
Bottom 17 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 17 Figueroa 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 17 Thompson 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 17 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 16 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Figueroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 16 Leonard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 16 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 16 Pujols hits a fly ball into center field. Figueroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 16 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 16 Randle 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 16 Joe Niekro now pitching. De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 Art Howe pinch hits for Joe Sambito. Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Figueroa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Puhl moves to third. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 15 Cruz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 15 Riley fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Riley. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 15 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 15 Cabell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 Riley fires to first and picks off Morgan.
Bottom 15 George Riley now pitching. Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 15 Dave Kingman pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 15 Kelleher hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 15 Blackwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 15 Luis Pujols now catching. Rafael Landestoy now playing shortstop. Figueroa strikes out.
Bottom 14 Leonard hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Rafael Landestoy pinch hits for Craig Reynolds. Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 14 Luis Pujols pinch hits for Alan Ashby. Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 14 Thompson 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 14 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Sambito strikes out.
Bottom 13 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 13 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Cruz 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 13 Randle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 De Jesus 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 13 Jerry Martin pinch hits for Dick Tidrow. Martin strikes out.
Bottom 12 Puhl strikes out.
Bottom 12 Cabell strikes out.
Bottom 12 Morgan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 12 Leonard bunts towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Kelleher covering, for the out. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 12 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 12 Kelleher strikes out.
Top 12 Blackwell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ashby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Denny Walling now playing first base. Joe Sambito now pitching. Figueroa hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Heep hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 11 Denny Walling pinch hits for Bert Roberge. Walling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Tidrow covering, for the out.
Bottom 11 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Top 11 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Puhl hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Dick Tidrow now pitching. Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Randle strikes out.
Top 10 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Mike Vail pinch hits for Dennis Lamp. Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Mick Kelleher now playing second base. Heep 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 9 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Mike Tyson. Biittner hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blackwell hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Figueroa takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bert Roberge now pitching. Jeffrey Leonard now playing center field. Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out. Morgan moves to third. Cabell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson has Andujar trapped. There's the throw to Blackwell and over to Randle, who tags Andujar for the out. Morgan moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Andujar hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thompson who is chasing the ball. Andujar reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heep scoops it up and throws to first, with Andujar covering, for the out. Randle moves to second.
Top 8 Randle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 De Jesus hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Heep hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blackwell hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cabell hits a line drive towards short. De Jesus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Figueroa hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Buckner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Andujar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Blackwell scoops up the ball and tags Reynolds for the out.
Top 5 Randle 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 5 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heep scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats De Jesus for the out.
Top 5 Lamp bunts towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out. Tyson moves to second.
Top 5 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashby for the out.
Bottom 4 Heep takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heep scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blackwell for the out.
Top 4 Figueroa hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thompson 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 3 Puhl strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cabell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a popup towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Andujar bunts towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 3 Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Buckner takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Randle hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. De Jesus steals second.
Top 3 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lamp 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 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Heep hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thompson. Heep reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Cruz. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, Tyson applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tyson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ashby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blackwell hits a line drive towards short. Reynolds reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Figueroa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Thompson trying to get to third. Cedeno throws the ball in to Cabell, who tags Thompson for the out. Figueroa moves to second.
Top 2 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Puhl. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cabell strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Morgan. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.