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July 27, 1977

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Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .294
OBP .500 .363
At Bats 4 367
Hits 2 108
• Singles 2 70
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 0 54

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 6 17
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Three Rivers Stadium - July 27, 1977
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Strikeout
Rich Gossage
Ed Ott
Bill Robinson
Rennie Stennett
Phil Garner
Mario Mendoza
Al Oliver
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Jose Cruz
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mario Mendoza now playing shortstop. Phil Garner now playing third base. Cruz strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Gonzalez hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Moreno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ott moves to third.
Bottom 9 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Stennett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Oliver hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Robinson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Cedeno reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rich Gossage now pitching. Fernando Gonzalez now playing third base. Phil Garner now playing shortstop. Puhl strikes out.
Bottom 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Parker for the out.
Bottom 8 Garner hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Taveras bunts towards the mound. Lemongello fields it and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moreno scores.
Bottom 8 Fernando Gonzalez pinch hits for Grant Jackson. There goes Moreno. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Bottom 8 Moreno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lemongello hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Metzger is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out. Ferguson moves to third.
Top 8 Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Stennett makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Stennett. Ferguson moves to second.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ott for the out.
Bottom 7 Stennett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Watson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jackson fires to third and has Cabell trapped. There's the throw to Stennett who tags Cabell for the out.
Top 7 There goes Cabell. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Top 7 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Grant Jackson now pitching. Puhl strikes out.
Bottom 6 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Garner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hairston moves to second.
Bottom 6 Taveras hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jerry Hairston pinch hits for Odell Jones. Hairston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lemongello hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Metzger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Metzger reaches second base with a double. Howe scores.
Top 6 Howe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Howe moves to second.
Top 6 Ferguson strikes out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a line drive into left field. Oliver picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Oliver. Cruz moves to second.
Top 6 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Moreno strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stennett hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Stennett reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cabell strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Puhl. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Top 5 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Lemongello hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 The umpire calls a balk on Lemongello Parker moves to second.
Bottom 4 Parker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Garner hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Watson moves to third.
Top 4 Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Watson moves to second.
Top 4 Cruz strikes out.
Top 4 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 3 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cabell strikes out.
Top 3 Puhl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Metzger moves to third.
Top 3 Lemongello hits a popup towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Howe strikes out.
Top 2 Ferguson hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Garner hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Watson hits a popup towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a popup towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cabell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Cabell reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.