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September 2, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 5 12 0
Yankees 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 5 12 0
Yankees 5 9 1

Graig Nettles Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .249
OBP .000 .321
At Bats 3 453
Hits 0 113
• Singles 0 86
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 51
RBI’s 0 65

Gary Christenson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Yankee Stadium - September 2, 1979
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Home Run
Gary Christenson
Jim Gaudet
John Wathan
Frank White
George Brett
U L Washington
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Graig Nettles
Chris Chambliss
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gary Christenson now pitching. Nettles hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson scores.
Bottom 9 Jim Gaudet now catching. Jackson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wathan bunts towards the mound. Hood fields it and throws to first for the out. Porter moves to second.
Top 9 Don Hood now pitching. Porter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 German Barranca pinch runs for Hal McRae. There goes Barranca. The throw from Gulden and he is safe. Barranca steals second.
Top 8 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Davis covering, for the out.
Top 8 Washington hits a line drive towards first. Chambliss reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gulden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Stanley hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 John Wathan now playing first base. Nettles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Otis. The throw from Gulden and he is safe. Otis steals third.
Top 7 Ron Davis now pitching. Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 John Wathan pinch hits for Pete LaCock. Wathan hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jim Kaat now pitching. Porter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gamble hits a popup towards short. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores.
Top 6 Wilson hits a line drive towards third. Nettles reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Washington bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Gulden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gamble. White reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gulden hits a line drive into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Cowens hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 LaCock hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Porter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a popup towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss takes first base on ball four. Gamble moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gamble hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randolph scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Randolph. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Randolph steals second.
Bottom 4 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Brett strikes out.
Top 4 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Top 4 There goes Washington. The throw from Gulden and he is out, Randolph applying the tag.
Top 4 Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White scores.
Top 4 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gamble. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Cowens hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gulden hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stanley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 LaCock hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McRae moves to second.
Top 3 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Washington hits a line drive towards short. Stanley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into left field. Gamble picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gamble. Cowens moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 2 Cowens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murcer moves to third.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Murcer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 LaCock hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gulden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Porter takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson tags and scores.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Wilson. The throw from Gulden and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 1 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.