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September 22, 1978

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Cubs 5 10 0
Cardinals 3 8 1
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Cubs 5 10 0
Cardinals 3 8 1

Bobby Murcer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .281
OBP .250 .377
At Bats 4 494
Hits 1 139
• Singles 0 102
• Doubles 1 22
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 79
RBI’s 0 62

Mark Littell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 8 11
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Busch Stadium - September 22, 1978
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Strikeout
Mark Littell
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Mike Phillips
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Jerry Mumphrey
Bobby Murcer
Jerry White
Bill Buckner
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jerry White pinch runs for Davey Johnson. Murcer strikes out. There goes Buckner. The throw from Simmons and Buckner is out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Davey Johnson pinch hits for Rodney Scott. Mark Littell now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. De Jesus scores. Buckner moves to second.
Top 9 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sember scores. Thompson scores. De Jesus moves to third.
Top 9 Buddy Schultz now pitching. Mike Vail pinch hits for Greg Gross. Vail hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 De Jesus bunts towards the mound. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sember moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Top 9 Mike Sember pinch runs for Dave Rader. Scot Thompson pinch hits for Ray Burris. Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sember moves to second.
Top 9 George Hendrick now playing center field. Jerry Mumphrey now playing right field. Rader takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hernandez hits a line drive towards short. De Jesus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it and throws to home to get Iorg. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Iorg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Iorg reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Rodney Scott now playing third base. Dave Rader now catching. Larry Biittner now playing left field. Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Tim Blackwell. Biittner hits a fly ball into left field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Trillo strikes out.
Top 8 Lopez fires over to first and Hernandez drops the ball. That's an error on Hernandez. Scott moves to second.
Top 8 Rodney Scott pinch runs for Dave Kingman. Murcer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tony Scott now playing left field. Ted Simmons now catching. Kingman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first, with Burris covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tony Scott pinch runs for Terry Kennedy. Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores.
Bottom 7 Reitz bunts towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Trillo covering, for the out. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Buckner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gross hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Templeton scores.
Bottom 6 Templeton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. Templeton reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Burris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kelleher bunts towards the mound. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. Blackwell moves to second.
Top 6 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Aurelio Lopez now pitching. Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wayne Garrett pinch hits for Bob Forsch. Garrett hits a popup into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Phillips reaches second base with a double. Hernandez scores.
Bottom 5 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hernandez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Reitz takes first base on ball four. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Buckner hits a line drive towards the mound. Forsch reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out.
Bottom 4 Iorg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Iorg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Templeton hits a line drive into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 De Jesus takes first base on ball four. Blackwell moves to third. Kelleher moves to second.
Top 4 Burris strikes out.
Top 4 Kelleher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blackwell moves to second.
Top 4 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Phillips is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Kennedy strikes out.
Top 3 Murcer hits a line drive into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kingman hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 De Jesus hits a line drive towards the mound. Forsch reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 The ball gets by Kennedy for a passed ball. Blackwell scores. Kelleher moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Burris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. Blackwell moves to third. Kelleher moves to second.
Top 2 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Murcer scores. Trillo moves to third. Blackwell moves to second.
Top 2 Blackwell takes first base on ball four. Trillo moves to second.
Top 2 Trillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer moves to third.
Top 2 Murcer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simmons. Murcer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Iorg hits a line drive into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Templeton strikes out.
Top 1 Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Buckner moves to third.
Top 1 Buckner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mumphrey. Buckner reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.