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June 28, 1979

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Astros 6 9 2
Giants 5 7 1
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Astros 6 9 2
Giants 5 7 1

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .195
OBP .500 .257
At Bats 3 154
Hits 1 30
• Singles 1 22
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 18

Randy Niemann Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 0
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Candlestick Park - June 28, 1979
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Out
Randy Niemann
Alan Ashby
Cesar Cedeno
Rafael Landestoy
Enos Cabell
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Terry Puhl
Jeffrey Leonard
Roger Metzger
Bill North
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Metzger hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 North hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Jeffrey Leonard now playing right field. Rob Andrews pinch hits for Gary Lavelle. Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ashby strikes out.
Top 9 Jeffrey Leonard pinch hits for Denny Walling. Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mike Ivie now playing first base. Roger Metzger now playing second base. Johnnie LeMaster now playing shortstop. Cabell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hill strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Ivie. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Ivie steals second.
Bottom 8 Mike Ivie pinch hits for Joe Strain. Ivie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Clark scores. LeMaster moves to third.
Bottom 8 Johnnie LeMaster pinch runs for Willie McCovey. Randy Niemann now pitching. Evans bunts towards first. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first, with Landestoy covering, for the out. Clark moves to third. LeMaster moves to second.
Bottom 8 McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cedeno is walked intentionally.
Top 8 There goes Reynolds. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Reynolds steals second.
Top 8 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavelle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Gary Lavelle now pitching. Williams strikes out.
Bottom 7 Metzger hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 North hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Larry Herndon pinch hits for Greg Minton. Herndon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Walling strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hill hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Strain hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out.
Top 6 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Cruz reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McCovey hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Metzger for the out.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Williams strikes out.
Top 5 Greg Minton now pitching. Landestoy strikes out.
Bottom 4 North hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Max Venable pinch hits for John Curtis. Venable hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Walling takes first base on ball four. Reynolds scores. Cedeno moves to third. Cabell moves to second.
Top 4 Cabell is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Cruz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reynolds moves to third.
Top 4 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Puhl scores.
Top 4 John Curtis now pitching. Puhl hits a line drive into right field. Clark picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Clark. Williams goes all the way around to score. Puhl moves to third.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halicki fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Landestoy takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ashby hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams fires over to first and Cedeno drops the ball. That's an error on Cedeno. Whitfield moves to second.
Bottom 3 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards right. Walling fields it and throws to second to catch McCovey for the out.
Bottom 3 McCovey takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cabell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Cabell reaches second base with a double. Cedeno scores.
Top 3 Cruz hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Puhl scores.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Puhl moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Puhl. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Top 3 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 North hits a line drive towards first. Cedeno reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Halicki hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halicki fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Landestoy takes first base on ball four. Walling moves to second.
Top 2 Ashby strikes out.
Top 2 Walling takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Strain hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 1 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. North scores. Metzger moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 North hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walling who is chasing the ball. North reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Cruz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Strain reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Reynolds reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Puhl hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.