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May 8, 1979

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Bottom 8 R H E
Mets 2 5 1
Dodgers 3 5 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Mets 2 5 1
Dodgers 3 5 0

Bill Russell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .288
OBP .000 .323
At Bats 2 125
Hits 0 36
• Singles 0 29
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 13

Dale Murray Season Stats

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2 3 0
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Dodger Stadium - May 8, 1979
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Out
Dale Murray
John Stearns
Willie Montanez
Doug Flynn
Richie Hebner
Frank Taveras
Joel Youngblood
Lee Mazzilli
Ed Kranepool
Bill Russell
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kranepool hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bob Welch now pitching. Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazzilli for the out.
Bottom 7 Lopes hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Flynn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Rick Sutcliffe. Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomasson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ferguson hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baker tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Thomasson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baker moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dale Murray now pitching. Baker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Baker reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Hebner hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sutcliffe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bruce Boisclair pinch hits for Mike Scott. Boisclair is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Cey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopes scores. There goes Smith trying to get to home. Youngblood throws the ball in to Stearns who tags Smith, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Smith. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Smith steals second.
Bottom 6 Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopes moves to third.
Bottom 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Russell bunts towards the mound. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out. Lopes moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lopes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sutcliffe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Montanez hits a popup towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sutcliffe strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ferguson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomasson hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stearns hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kranepool hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. Hebner moves to second.
Top 5 Hebner takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cey hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Garvey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Youngblood. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Russell applying the tag.
Top 4 Youngblood takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli who is chasing the ball. Lopes reaches third base with a triple. Ferguson goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Lopes hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Stearns settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Stearns.
Bottom 3 Sutcliffe strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Montanez hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hebner moves to third. Mazzilli moves to second.
Top 3 Kranepool hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scott scores. Hebner moves to second.
Top 3 Hebner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scott moves to third.
Top 3 Taveras bunts towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taveras for the out. Scott moves to second.
Top 3 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Cey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Flynn hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Youngblood strikes out.
Top 2 Montanez hits a line drive towards short. Russell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hebner scores. Mazzilli moves to third.
Top 1 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hebner moves to third.
Top 1 Hebner takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Taveras hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ferguson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.