Astros @ Dodgers
August 8, 1979

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Astros 4 6 0
Dodgers 1 5 1
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Astros 4 6 0
Dodgers 1 5 1

Steve Yeager Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .214
OBP .500 .289
At Bats 2 229
Hits 1 49
• Singles 1 31
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 36

J.R. Richard Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 11 0
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Dodger Stadium - August 8, 1979
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Strikeout
J.R. Richard
Alan Ashby
Enos Cabell
Rafael Landestoy
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Terry Puhl
Jeffrey Leonard
Steve Yeager
Joe Ferguson
Dusty Baker
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Yeager strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
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 short. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Bobby Castillo now pitching. Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopes takes first base on ball four. Yeager moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gary Thomasson pinch hits for Burt Hooton. Thomasson hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yeager hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ashby scores. Richard moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Hooton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landestoy for the out. Ashby moves to third. Richard moves to second.
Top 5 Richard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cabell scores. Leonard scores. Ashby moves to second.
Top 5 Ashby is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Howe for the out. Cabell moves to third. Leonard moves to second.
Top 5 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cabell moves to second.
Top 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell.
Bottom 4 Ferguson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Baker strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Ferguson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reynolds is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Russell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lopes strikes out.
Top 3 Landestoy hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Richard strikes out.
Top 3 Ashby strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hooton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Yeager strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ferguson strikes out.
Top 2 Howe strikes out.
Top 2 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baker strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Leonard. Cey reaches second base with a double. Garvey goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Garvey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopes strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Cruz. The throw from Yeager and he is out, Lopes applying the tag.
Top 1 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Puhl hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Reynolds strikes out.
Top 1 Landestoy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yeager settles under it and makes the catch for the out.