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September 29, 1980

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Bottom 10	R	H	E
Pirates	4	15	2
Mets	3	9	1

Bottom 10	R	H	E
Pirates	4	15	2
Mets	5	10	1

Joel Youngblood Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.400	.280
OBP	.400	.345
At Bats	5	496
Hits	2	139
• Singles	2	105
• Doubles	0	25
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	52
RBI’s	0	67

Grant Jackson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
8	3	9

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Shea Stadium - September 29, 1980

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Home Run

Grant Jackson

Tony Pena

Manny Sanguillen

Vance Law

Kurt Bevacqua

Dale Berra

Ed Ott

Omar Moreno

Mike Easler

Joel Youngblood

Hubie Brooks

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	15	2	14
New York Mets	5	10	1	12
Winning Pitcher	Jeff Reardon
Losing Pitcher	Grant Jackson
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Joel Youngblood
Attendance	1,787
Time of Game	3 hours 45 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Youngblood hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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Bottom 10 Taveras strikes out.

Bottom 10 Elliott Maddox pinch hits for Jeff Reardon. Maddox bunts towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out. Brooks moves to second.

Bottom 10 Grant Jackson now pitching. Brooks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 10 Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Law hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lacy moves to third.

Top 10 Moreno hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Lee Lacy pinch runs for Bernie Carbo. There goes Lacy. The throw from Trevino and he is safe. Lacy steals second.

Top 10 Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Kent Tekulve. Carbo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra scores. That run is unearned.

Top 10 Berra hits a fly ball towards center. Youngblood settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Youngblood. Berra moves to second.

Bottom 9 Trevino strikes out.

Bottom 9 There goes Washington. The throw from Pena and he is safe. Washington steals second.

Bottom 9 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanguillen juggles the ball. That's an error on Sanguillen.

Bottom 9 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Ed Ott now playing left field. Mike Easler now playing right field. Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Bevacqua hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mazzilli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Pena strikes out.

Top 9 Sanguillen is walked intentionally.

Top 9 Easler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Law moves to third. Easler moves to second.

Top 9 Parker hits a fly ball into center field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Law hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Youngblood strikes out.

Bottom 8 Taveras hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Taveras reaches second base with a double. Reardon moves to third.

Bottom 8 Reardon takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Manny Sanguillen now playing first base. Kent Tekulve now pitching. Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Kent Tekulve pinch runs for John Milner. Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mazzilli scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.

Top 8 John Milner pinch hits for Enrique Romo. Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alexander moves to third. Bevacqua moves to second.

Top 8 Berra hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Bevacqua takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Pena strikes out.

Top 8 Matt Alexander pinch runs for Bill Robinson. There goes Alexander. The throw from Trevino and he is safe. Alexander steals second.

Top 8 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Trevino strikes out.

Bottom 7 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards center field. Moreno picks it up and throws to third to catch Backmanfor the out. Youngblood scores. Mazzilli moves to second.

Bottom 7 Henderson is called out on strikes.

Bottom 7 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. Taveras scores. Youngblood moves to third. Backman moves to second.

Bottom 7 Enrique Romo now pitching. Backman bunts towards the mound. Romo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Taveras moves to third. Youngblood moves to second.

Bottom 7 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taveras moves to second.

Bottom 7 Taveras takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Easler hits a fly ball into center field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Parker hits a popup towards third. Brooks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Jeff Reardon now pitching. Frank Taveras now playing shortstop. Law hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Trevino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Mike Jorgensen pinch hits for Bill Almon. Jorgensen strikes out.

Bottom 6 Brooks takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Trevino is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Washington strikes out.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Mazzilli moves to third. Henderson moves to second.

Bottom 6 Henderson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Pena and he is safe. Mazzilli steals second.

Bottom 6 Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 6 Rhoden strikes out.

Top 6 Berra is walked intentionally.

Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Holman Pena moves to third. Bevacqua moves to second.

Top 6 Bevacqua hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Easler scores. Pena moves to second.

Top 6 Pena hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Easler moves to third.

Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Scott Holman now pitching. Easler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Backman for the out.

Bottom 5 Youngblood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Law settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Phil Mankowski pinch hits for Roy Lee Jackson. Mankowski hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Law settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Law hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Backman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Moreno hits a fly ball into center field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Almon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Law settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it, steps on third, and throws to second for the double play.

Bottom 4 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law misplays the ball. That's an error on Law. Henderson scores. Washington moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 4 Washington takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 There goes Henderson. The throw from Pena and he is safe. Henderson steals second.

Bottom 4 Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Rhoden hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brooks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 4 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazzilli for the out.

Bottom 3 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 3 Youngblood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Jackson strikes out.

Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Easler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Law moves to third.

Top 3 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Law moves to second.

Top 3 Law hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berra fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Trevino moves to second.

Bottom 2 Trevino hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Moreno strikes out.

Top 2 Rhoden hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Backman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brooks fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Youngblood strikes out.

Top 1 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Pena hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parker scores. Easler moves to second.

Top 1 Roy Lee Jackson now pitching. Robinson strikes out.

Top 1 Easler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Law scores. Parker moves to third.

Top 1 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Law moves to third.

Top 1 Law hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Moreno strikes out.

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