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June 9, 1979

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Bottom 11 R H E
Yankees 8 11 0
Royals 8 15 2
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Yankees 8 11 0
Royals 8 15 2

Al Cowens Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .312
OBP .600 .377
At Bats 4 138
Hits 2 43
• Singles 2 32
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 1 29

Ron Davis Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 0
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Royals Stadium - June 9, 1979
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Strikeout
Ron Davis
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Roy White
Mickey Rivers
Lou Piniella
Al Cowens
George Brett
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Cowens strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Brett hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers who is chasing the ball. Brett reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 11 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Washington for the out.
Top 11 Jay Johnstone pinch hits for Cliff Johnson. Johnstone strikes out.
Top 11 Nettles is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Munson bunts towards the mound. Pattin fields it and throws to first for the out. Randolph moves to second.
Top 11 Jerry Terrell now playing second base. U L Washington now playing shortstop. Marty Pattin now pitching. Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Jerry Terrell pinch runs for Steve Braun. Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 10 Steve Braun pinch hits for Todd Cruz. Braun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it and throws to second for the out. Wathan moves to third.
Bottom 10 LaCock is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Wathan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Piniella. Wathan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 10 Porter strikes out.
Top 10 Rivers hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 White hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson scores.
Bottom 9 Ron Davis now pitching. Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 9 Washington bunts in front of the plate. Munson fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Jim Spencer. Johnson is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Nettles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Nettles reaches second base with a double. Randolph scores.
Top 9 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Randolph moves to second.
Top 9 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. White hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock juggles the ball. That's an error on LaCock.
Top 8 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Jim Spencer pinch hits for Darryl Jones. Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards second. Randolph scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Cowens is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Jim Kaat now pitching. Brett hits a line drive off the glove of Randolph, and into shallow right field. Brett reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. Washington moves to third.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a popup towards the mound. Burris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Renie Martin now pitching. Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivers scores. Randolph scores.
Top 7 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to third. Randolph moves to second.
Top 7 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Rivers reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 George Brett now playing third base. Pete LaCock now playing first base. Todd Cruz now playing shortstop. Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers throws the ball in to Dent who tags Patek trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Wathan scores.
Bottom 6 Ray Burris now pitching. Wathan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Piniella who is chasing the ball. Wathan reaches third base with a triple. Brett scores. Porter goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Porter is hit by the pitch. Brett moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 White strikes out.
Top 6 Chambliss strikes out.
Top 6 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 4 Wathan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Porter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Bottom 4 Brett hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. John scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Chambliss. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Chambliss steals second.
Top 4 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Chambliss takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jones strikes out.
Top 3 Nettles hits a popup towards the mound. Gura settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Piniella hits a line drive to center field. Otis throws towards third. Cruz fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cruz. Rivers scores. Randolph scores. Munson goes all the way around to score. Piniella moves to third.
Top 3 Munson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Randolph hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Randolph reaches second base with a double. Rivers moves to third.
Top 3 Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with John covering. It's a double play. Brett moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett moves to second.
Bottom 2 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 White hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chambliss hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wilson strikes out.
Top 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.