Reds @ Giants
September 17, 1979

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Reds 1 7 3
Giants 6 10 0
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Reds 2 7 3
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Dan Driessen Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .250
OBP 1.000 .335
At Bats 2 476
Hits 2 119
• Singles 1 75
• Doubles 1 23
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 61
RBI’s 0 72

Vida Blue Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 13 0
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Candlestick Park - September 17, 1979
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Out
Vida Blue
Dennis Littlejohn
Mike Ivie
Joe Strain
Darrell Evans
Roger Metzger
Larry Herndon
Bill North
Max Venable
Dan Driessen
Ray Knight
Johnny Bench
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain fields it and throws to second for the out. Bench scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Knight hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench moves to third.
Top 7 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 North hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foster throws the ball in to Morgan who tags North, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 6 Blue hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Littlejohn strikes out. Bench drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Littlejohn out.
Top 6 Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Collins moves to second.
Top 6 Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Herndon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Venable strikes out.
Top 5 Paul Blair pinch hits for Charlie Leibrandt. Blair strikes out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a fly ball towards left. Herndon catches it and throws to home to double up Driessen.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Driessen moves to third.
Top 5 Driessen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of North. Driessen reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Leibrandt covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 4 Ivie hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Strain hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Knight hits a fly ball into right field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Foster hits a popup towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 North hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blue hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields the ball and throws to second. Morgan drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Morgan. Herndon scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Herndon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Charlie Leibrandt now pitching. Herndon takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Collins hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rafael Santo Domingo pinch hits for Manny Sarmiento. Santo Domingo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Venable strikes out.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ivie moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Strain hits a popup, foul, towards first. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes North. The throw from Bench and he is out, Concepcion applying the tag.
Bottom 2 North hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blue fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Knight 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 2 Bench hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Blue strikes out.
Bottom 1 Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cruz who is chasing the ball. Metzger reaches third base with a triple. Evans scores. Herndon scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Ivie scores. Evans moves to third. Herndon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Herndon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Venable hits a fly ball towards center field. Cruz fields the ball and throws to third. Knight drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Knight. Ivie moves to third. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 1 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strain scores. Ivie moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. North scores. Strain moves to third.
Bottom 1 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 LaCoss spins and fires to second and Concepcion drops the ball. That's an error on Concepcion. North moves to third.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on LaCoss North moves to second.
Bottom 1 North hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 There goes Concepcion. The throw from Littlejohn and he is out, Strain applying the tag.
Top 1 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Morgan 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 1 Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.