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July 4, 1977

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Joe Niekro Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .222
OBP .000 .222
At Bats 0 9
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Dave Tomlin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 3
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San Diego Stadium - July 4, 1977
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Strikeout
Dave Tomlin
Gene Tenace
Gene Richards
Tucker Ashford
Mike Ivie
Bill Almon
Dave Kingman
Jerry Turner
Dave Winfield
Joe Niekro
Roger Metzger
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Niekro strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Metzger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Winfield who is chasing the ball. Metzger reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Fuller hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Richards strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pat Scanlon pinch hits for Dave Freisleben. Scanlon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Ferguson hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cruz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dave Winfield now playing right field. Gene Richards now playing first base. Dave Kingman now playing left field. Mike Ivie now playing third baseCedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ashford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Joe Niekro now pitching. Dave Winfield pinch hits for Gary Sutherland. Winfield strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tenace takes first base on ball four. Turner moves to second.
Bottom 6 Turner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Richards tags and scores. Ashford tags and moves to third.
Bottom 6 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. Richards moves to third. Ashford moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ashford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Richards moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gene Pentz now pitching. Richards takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cabell strikes out.
Top 6 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Freisleben fields it and throws to home to get Fuller. Metzger moves to third. Boswell moves to second.
Top 6 Ken Boswell pinch hits for Mark Lemongello. Dave Freisleben now pitching. Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie fields it and throws to home to get Ferguson. Fuller moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Top 6 Metzger bunts towards the mound. Sawyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Sawyer. Ferguson moves to third. Fuller moves to second.
Top 6 Fuller takes first base on ball four. Ferguson moves to second.
Top 6 Ferguson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cruz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Watson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Sawyer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Almon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sutherland hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lemongello fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Lemongello. Tenace moves to second.
Bottom 5 Tenace takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Cedeno strikes out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Metzger moves to third. Cabell moves to second.
Top 5 Cabell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ashford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lemongello bunts towards the mound. Sawyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Metzger moves to second.
Top 5 Rick Sawyer now pitching. Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Turner hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mark Lemongello now pitching. Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Richards tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Ivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Richards moves to third.
Bottom 4 Ashford hits a fly ball into left field. Fuller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rettenmund tags and scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Richards. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Richards steals second.
Bottom 4 Richards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rettenmund moves to third.
Bottom 4 Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Dave Wehrmeister. Rettenmund hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Rettenmund reaches second base with a double. Almon goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Almon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Fuller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sutherland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ferguson takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to third. Cruz moves to second.
Top 4 Cruz is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Watson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Richards. Watson reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cabell hits a popup towards short. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sutherland hits a line drive towards first. Watson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tenace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Turner. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Turner steals second.
Bottom 3 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ivie hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Ashford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Richards takes first base on ball four. Wehrmeister moves to second.
Bottom 3 Wehrmeister hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 3 Andujar strikes out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Turner who is chasing the ball. Metzger reaches third base with a triple. Cruz scores. Ferguson scores. Fuller goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Dave Wehrmeister now pitching. Fuller is hit by the pitch. Cruz moves to third. Ferguson moves to second.
Top 3 Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Cruz. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Top 3 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.
Top 3 Watson hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Richards. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Gonzalez scores. Cabell scores.
Top 3 Cabell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Turner. Cabell reaches second base with a double. Andujar scores. Gonzalez moves to third.
Top 3 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. Andujar moves to second.
Top 3 Andujar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Almon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Sutherland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Tenace hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Turner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fuller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Richards. Fuller reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Ferguson hits a popup towards third. Ashford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ivie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ashford strikes out.
Bottom 1 Richards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Andujar covering, for the out.
Top 1 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first, with Griffin covering, for the out. Gonzalez moves to second.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.