Cubs @ Phillies
July 31, 1979

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Cubs 1 5 1
Phillies 4 8 0
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Cubs 1 5 1
Phillies 4 8 0

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .277
OBP .500 .308
At Bats 2 405
Hits 1 112
• Singles 1 75
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 48

Nino Espinosa Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 8 0
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Veterans Stadium - July 31, 1979
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Nino Espinosa
Bob Boone
Pete Rose
Manny Trillo
Mike Schmidt
Larry Bowa
Greg Luzinski
Garry Maddox
Bake McBride
Bill Buckner
Ivan De Jesus
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Luzinski. De Jesus reaches second base with a double. Dillard goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Steve Dillard pinch hits for Mike Krukow. Dillard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Luzinski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thompson. Luzinski reaches second base with a double. Rose scores.
Bottom 5 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Rose. The throw from Foote and he is safe. Rose steals second.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McBride scores.
Bottom 5 There goes McBride. The throw from Foote and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Bowa scores.
Bottom 5 McBride hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bowa moves to third.
Bottom 5 Espinosa bunts in front of the plate. Foote scoops up the ball and tags Espinosa for the out. Bowa moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bowa takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Foote is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Trillo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kingman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Thompson trying to get to second. McBride throws the ball in to Bowa who tags Thompson for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and has De Jesus trapped. There's the throw to Schmidt who throws to Bowa, who tags De Jesus for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. De Jesus moves to second.
Top 4 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Schmidt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 There goes Rose. The throw from Foote and he is out, Sizemore applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 McBride strikes out.
Top 3 Krukow strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Sizemore. The throw from Boone and he is out, Trillo applying the tag.
Top 3 Sizemore takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Foote strikes out.
Bottom 2 Espinosa is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards second. Sizemore scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Trillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Martin strikes out.
Top 2 Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maddox hits a line drive towards first. Buckner catches it and steps on first to double up Boone.
Bottom 1 Boone takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to third. Schmidt moves to second.
Bottom 1 Luzinski hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thompson. Rose reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 McBride hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Thompson is chasing the ball. McBride rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Top 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rose scoops it up and throws to first, with Espinosa covering, for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a popup towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus strikes out.