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June 14, 1979

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Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .289
OBP .500 .314
At Bats 3 246
Hits 1 71
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 9
RBI’s 0 33

Gary Lavelle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 7
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Candlestick Park - June 14, 1979
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Out
Gary Lavelle
Marc Hill
Mike Ivie
Bill Madlock
Hector Cruz
Johnnie LeMaster
Terry Whitfield
Larry Herndon
Jack Clark
Bill Buckner
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mike Ivie now playing first base. Gary Lavelle now pitching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavelle fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Whitfield bunts towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out. Herndon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dick Tidrow now pitching. Herndon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 De Jesus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blackwell scores. Vail moves to third.
Top 8 Mike Vail pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Vail hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blackwell moves to third.
Top 8 Blackwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Kelleher hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Murcer hits a popup towards third. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Blue strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scot Thompson now playing left field. Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Martin hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Madlock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kingman strikes out.
Top 7 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Madlock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McCovey takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 6 Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Herndon strikes out.
Top 6 Sizemore hits a popup towards third. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kelleher tags and scores.
Top 6 Sam Mejias pinch hits for Dennis Lamp. Mejias bunts towards the mound. Blue fields it and throws to first for the out. Kelleher moves to third. Blackwell moves to second.
Top 6 Blackwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelleher moves to second.
Top 6 Johnnie LeMaster now playing shortstop. Kelleher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Blue strikes out. There goes Hill. The throw from Blackwell to De Jesus, and Hill is out.
Bottom 5 Hill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz scores.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lamp, and towards Sizemore, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Murcer hits a fly ball towards left. Whitfield catches it and throws to Metzger who relays to McCovey to double up Kingman. Buckner tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Martin strikes out.
Top 5 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger. Buckner moves to third.
Top 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Madlock hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McCovey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitfield for the out.
Top 4 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Hill and he is out, Metzger applying the tag.
Top 4 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Herndon hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blue hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore misplays the ball. That's an error on Sizemore. Hill scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Hill hits a line drive into left field. Kingman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kingman. Metzger goes all the way around to score. Hill moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Madlock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sizemore scores. Buckner moves to third. Murcer moves to second.
Top 3 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blue fields it and throws to first for the out. Sizemore moves to third. Buckner moves to second.
Top 3 Kingman strikes out.
Top 3 Buckner takes first base on ball four. Sizemore moves to second.
Top 3 Larry Herndon now playing center field. Sizemore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 North strikes out.
Bottom 2 Blue hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blue fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Madlock moves to third. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Madlock moves to second.
Bottom 1 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Whitfield scores.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. North tags and scores. Whitfield tags and moves to third.
Bottom 1 Whitfield hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Whitfield reaches second base with a double. North moves to third.
Bottom 1 North hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Murcer takes first base on ball four. Kingman moves to third. Martin moves to second.
Top 1 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Kingman hits a fly ball towards left. Whitfield settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Whitfield. De Jesus tags and scores. Sizemore scores. Kingman moves to second.
Top 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to third. Sizemore moves to second.
Top 1 Sizemore takes first base on ball four. De Jesus moves to second.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.