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September 17, 1977

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Cubs 4 7 2
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Cubs 4 7 2
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Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .294
OBP .500 .323
At Bats 4 378
Hits 2 111
• Singles 2 78
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 58

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Shea Stadium - September 17, 1977
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Strikeout
Skip Lockwood
John Stearns
John Milner
Doug Flynn
Roy Staiger
Bud Harrelson
Steve Henderson
Lee Mazzilli
Mike Vail
Bill Buckner
Larry Biittner
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Buckner strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson fields it and throws to second for the out. Cardenal scores.
Top 8 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Cardenal hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli who is chasing the ball. Cardenal reaches third base with a triple. Kelleher goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Kelleher takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 John Milner now playing first base. Skip Lockwood now pitching. Bud Harrelson now playing shortstop. Doug Flynn now playing second base. Swisher hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Jose Cardenal now playing center field. Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staiger scores. Youngblood scores. Randle moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Lenny Randle pinch hits for Paul Siebert. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to home to get Mangual. Staiger moves to third. Youngblood moves to second.
Bottom 7 Youngblood is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Staiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher misplays the ball. That's an error on Kelleher. Mangual moves to third. Staiger moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pepe Mangual pinch runs for Luis Rosado. Staiger hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Swisher settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Swisher.
Bottom 7 Rosado is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Joe Wallis now playing center field. Stearns hits a line drive towards third. Ontiveros reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gene Clines pinch hits for Greg Gross. Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ontiveros strikes out.
Top 7 Paul Siebert now pitching. Murcer hits a popup towards first. Rosado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buckner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Biittner moves to second.
Top 7 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood misplays the ball. That's an error on Youngblood.
Bottom 6 Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 De Jesus bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roberts hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mazzilli hits a line drive into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Youngblood hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Youngblood reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Staiger hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Swisher hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gross takes first base on ball four. Biittner moves to third. Ontiveros moves to second.
Top 5 Ontiveros is hit by the pitch. Biittner moves to second.
Top 5 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rosado fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Jackson drops the ball.
Bottom 4 Rosado hits a line drive towards third. Ontiveros reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Vail hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Stearns and he is out, Youngblood applying the tag.
Top 4 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Roberts strikes out.
Top 4 Kelleher hits a popup towards first. Rosado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mazzilli hits a line drive towards short. De Jesus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Gross is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Staiger fields it and throws to first for the out. Murcer moves to third.
Top 3 Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vail. Murcer reaches second base with a double. Biittner scores.
Top 3 Buckner hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Biittner. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Biittner steals second.
Top 3 Biittner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Staiger moves to second.
Bottom 2 Staiger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vail scores.
Bottom 2 Rosado hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Vail hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Vail reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 De Jesus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rosado fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 2 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Staiger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four. Buckner moves to third. Murcer moves to second.
Top 1 Murcer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. De Jesus scores. Buckner moves to second.
Top 1 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to second.
Top 1 Biittner hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.