Pirates @ Dodgers
May 17, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 1 4 2
Dodgers 10 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 1 4 2
Dodgers 10 11 1

Willie Stargell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .220
OBP .333 .340
At Bats 3 82
Hits 1 18
• Singles 1 12
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 12

Tommy John Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 0
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Dodger Stadium - May 17, 1978
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Strikeout
Tommy John
Steve Yeager
Steve Garvey
Lee Lacy
Ron Cey
Ted Martinez
Vic Davalillo
Bill North
Reggie Smith
Willie Stargell
Dave Parker

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 4 2 4
Los Angeles Dodgers 10 11 1 5
Winning Pitcher Tommy John
Losing Pitcher Jim Rooker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Davey Lopes
Attendance 33,097
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Stargell strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jim Fregosi pinch hits for Will McEnaney. Fregosi strikes out.
Top 9 Parker takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Lee Lacy now playing second base. Moreno strikes out.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lee Lacy pinch hits for Davey Lopes. Lacy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 John hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. John fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mendoza hits a line drive towards short. Martinez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ted Martinez now playing shortstop. Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 North takes first base on ball four. Davalillo moves to second.
Bottom 7 Davalillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Will McEnaney now pitching. Mario Mendoza now playing second base. Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lopes hits a line drive into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 John bunts towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats John for the out. North moves to second.
Bottom 6 Yeager hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 North takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Lopes fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Parker strikes out.
Top 6 Moreno hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Vic Davalillo now playing left field. Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Vic Davalillo pinch runs for Dusty Baker. There goes Davalillo. The throw from Dyer and he is out, Taveras applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kison fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Bruce Kison now pitching. Cey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras misplays the ball. That's an error on Taveras.
Top 5 Manny Sanguillen pinch hits for Jim Bibby. Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 4 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 John hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brye. John reaches second base with a double. North scores. Yeager scores.
Bottom 4 Jim Bibby now pitching. Yeager hits a line drive into center field. Moreno picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Moreno. Garvey scores. Baker scores. North moves to third. Yeager moves to second.
Bottom 4 North takes first base on ball four. Cey scores. Garvey moves to third. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cey moves to third. Garvey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Cey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cey takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Stargell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 John bunts towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out. Yeager moves to second.
Bottom 3 Yeager hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 North hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Parker strikes out.
Top 3 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Top 3 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a line drive into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cey strikes out.
Top 2 Rooker is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Yeager fires to second and picks off Garner for the out.
Top 2 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Garner moves to second.
Top 2 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Rooker spins and fires to second, with Taveras covering, and Lopes is picked off.
Bottom 1 Russell takes first base on ball four. Lopes moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lopes takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stargell for the out.
Top 1 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Moreno scores. Parker moves to second.
Top 1 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moreno moves to third.
Top 1 Moreno takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 John fires to first and has Taveras trapped. There's the throw to Russell who tags Taveras for the out.
Top 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. John juggles the ball. That's an error on John.