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May 3, 1979

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Lou Whitaker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .359
OBP .333 .419
At Bats 3 64
Hits 1 23
• Singles 0 17
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 1 8

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Metropolitan Stadium - May 3, 1979
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Single
Ken Brett
Butch Wynegar
Ron Jackson
Bob Randall
John Castino
Roy Smalley
Ken Landreaux
Willie Norwood
Dave Edwards
Lou Whitaker
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 John Castino now playing third base. Dave Edwards now playing right field. Bob Randall now playing second base. LeFlore hits a line drive into right field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jose Morales pinch hits for Bombo Rivera. Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Landreaux takes first base on ball four. Randall moves to third. Castino moves to second.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 John Castino pinch hits for Mike Cubbage. Castino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Norwood scores. Randall moves to second.
Bottom 6 John Hiller now pitching. Bob Randall pinch hits for Rob Wilfong. Randall bunts in front of the plate. Parrish juggles the ball. That's an error on Parrish. Norwood moves to third.
Bottom 6 Norwood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kusick scores.
Bottom 6 Kusick hits a line drive into left field. Kemp picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kemp. Kusick moves to second.
Bottom 6 Aurelio Rodriguez now playing third base. Jackson strikes out.
Top 6 Trammell hits a line drive into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aurelio Rodriguez pinch hits for Phil Mankowski. Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bombo Rivera now playing right field. Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wynegar hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Rivera strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sheldon Burnside now pitching. Landreaux hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilfong scores. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 5 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cubbage bunts towards the mound. Young fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilfong moves to second.
Bottom 5 Wilfong takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brett fields it and throws to third for the out. Thompson moves to second.
Top 5 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Kemp moves to second.
Top 5 Kemp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 There goes Norwood. The throw from Parrish and he is out, Trammell applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Norwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kusick hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Young fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wynegar hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mankowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Landreaux moves to third.
Bottom 3 Landreaux hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales. Landreaux reaches second base with a double. Smalley goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilfong hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Mankowski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Brett, and towards Smalley, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Morales hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morales for the out. Thompson moves to third. Parrish moves to second.
Top 3 Parrish hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Top 3 Staub strikes out.
Top 3 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Norwood strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mankowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Young fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first, with Brett covering, for the out.
Top 2 Ken Brett now pitching. There go the runners. The throw from Wynegar to Cubbage. The throw back to home, and Whitaker is out at the plate.
Top 2 Whitaker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Adams who is chasing the ball. Whitaker reaches third base with a triple. LeFlore scores.
Top 2 LeFlore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Adams who is chasing the ball. LeFlore reaches third base with a triple. Trammell goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Mankowski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wynegar hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it and throws to second for the out. Smalley moves to third.
Bottom 1 Landreaux takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 1 Smalley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Morales hits a fly ball into right field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Parrish strikes out.
Top 1 Staub takes first base on ball four. LeFlore scores. Kemp moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Top 1 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Erickson fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Erickson. LeFlore moves to third. Kemp moves to second.
Top 1 Kemp takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes LeFlore. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. LeFlore steals second.
Top 1 LeFlore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.