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August 7, 1979

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Bottom 8 R H E
Astros 8 13 0
Dodgers 6 11 3
Bottom 8 R H E
Astros 8 13 0
Dodgers 6 11 3

Joe Ferguson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .253
OBP 1.000 .389
At Bats 3 249
Hits 3 63
• Singles 1 42
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 2 15
Walks 0 56
RBI’s 2 54

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 14
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Dodger Stadium - August 7, 1979
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Joe Sambito
Bruce Bochy
Enos Cabell
Rafael Landestoy
Art Howe
Julio Gonzalez
Jose Cruz
Terry Puhl
Jeffrey Leonard
Joe Ferguson
Dusty Baker
Ron Cey
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Ferguson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bochy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Russell scores. Garvey scores. Cey moves to third.
Bottom 8 Cey takes first base on ball four. Garvey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Garvey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Russell moves to third.
Bottom 8 Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cruz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yeager settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ken Brett now pitching. Puhl hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lopes hits a popup, foul, towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Von Joshua pinch hits for Joe Beckwith. Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabell scoops it up and throws to first, with Roberge covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Landestoy. The throw from Yeager and he is safe. Landestoy steals second.
Top 7 Landestoy takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Roberge strikes out.
Top 7 Bochy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Ferguson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 6 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Bert Roberge now pitching. Cey takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Howe is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Cruz is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Cabell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Cabell reaches third base with a triple. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Leonard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Leonard reaches second base with a double. That run is unearned.
Top 6 There goes Puhl. The throw from Yeager and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Top 6 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landestoy scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards second. Lopes picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lopes. Landestoy moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second.
Top 6 Joe Beckwith now pitching. Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Rick Williams. Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Howe scores.
Top 6 Bochy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to third. Howe moves to second.
Top 6 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell. Cruz moves to second.
Top 6 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Garvey hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rick Williams now pitching. Lopes hits a popup towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cabell strikes out.
Top 5 Leonard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Landestoy scores. Puhl scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss juggles the ball. That's an error on Reuss. Landestoy moves to third. Puhl moves to second.
Top 5 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Landestoy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jimmy Sexton pinch hits for Ken Forsch. Sexton hits a fly ball into right field. Ferguson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Reuss strikes out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Yeager hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Ferguson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bochy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Howe takes first base on ball four. Cruz moves to second.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopes moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lopes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores.
Bottom 3 Reuss bunts towards first. Cabell scoops it up and throws to first, with Landestoy covering, for the out. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Yeager and he is out, Cey applying the tag.
Top 3 Puhl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 3 Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Forsch moves to second.
Top 3 Forsch takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ferguson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cey hits a popup towards first. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bochy strikes out.
Top 2 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Cabell. The throw from Yeager and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Top 2 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Leonard hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Garvey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Reuss, and towards Cey, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.