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September 24, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 15 0
Cardinals 4 11 1
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Cubs 5 15 0
Cardinals 4 11 1

Ted Simmons Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .286
OBP .750 .376
At Bats 2 504
Hits 1 144
• Singles 0 78
• Doubles 1 40
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 2 76
RBI’s 0 78

Bruce Sutter Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 10 25
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Busch Stadium - September 24, 1978
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Out
Bruce Sutter
Larry Cox
Bill Buckner
Manny Trillo
Rodney Scott
Ivan De Jesus
Larry Biittner
Jerry White
Scot Thompson
Ted Simmons
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Jerry White now playing center field. Rodney Scott now playing third base. Scot Thompson now playing right field. Bruce Sutter now pitching. Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jerry White pinch hits for Mike Sember. White strikes out.
Top 9 Mark Littell now pitching. Trillo takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second.
Top 9 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Buckner moves to third.
Top 9 Aurelio Lopez now pitching. Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scott scores. Buckner moves to second.
Top 9 Rodney Scott pinch runs for Mike Vail. Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scott moves to second.
Top 9 Vail hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. De Jesus scores.
Top 9 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Mumphrey. De Jesus reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Jerry Mumphrey now playing left field. Dave Kingman pinch hits for Lynn McGlothen. Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 8 Templeton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner who is chasing the ball. Templeton reaches third base with a triple. Mumphrey scores.
Bottom 8 Bruno bunts towards the mound. McGlothen fields it and throws to first for the out. Mumphrey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mike Sember now playing third base. Larry Cox now catching. Jerry Mumphrey pinch hits for Jim Lentine. Mumphrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gene Clines pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Mike Sember pinch runs for Davey Johnson. Clines strikes out.
Top 8 Davey Johnson pinch hits for Tim Blackwell. Tom Bruno now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to home to get Thompson. Trillo moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Trillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third.
Top 8 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Ken Oberkfell now playing second base. Biittner hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wayne Garrett pinch hits for Mike Tyson. Garrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Reitz takes first base on ball four. Simmons moves to third. Hendrick moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hendrick bunts towards first. Buckner fields it and throws to third for the out. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 7 Simmons takes first base on ball four. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mike Vail now playing right field. Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Buckner hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Tyson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mike Vail pinch hits for Greg Gross. Vail hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 De Jesus bunts towards the mound. Schultz fields it and throws to first for the out. McGlothen moves to second.
Top 7 Buddy Schultz now pitching. McGlothen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mike Ramsey pinch runs for Roger Freed. Lynn McGlothen now pitching. Templeton 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. Tyson scores. Lentine moves to third.
Bottom 6 Roger Freed pinch hits for Pete Vuckovich. Freed takes first base on ball four. Reitz scores. Tyson moves to third. Lentine moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lentine bunts towards third. Kelleher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reitz moves to third. Tyson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tyson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reitz moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tim Blackwell now catching. Reitz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Kelleher strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Murcer. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Tyson applying the tag.
Top 6 Bobby Murcer pinch hits for Dave Rader. Murcer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Buckner scores. Biittner scores. Thompson moves to third.
Top 6 Trillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson bunts towards the mound. Vuckovich juggles the ball. That's an error on Vuckovich. Buckner moves to third. Biittner moves to second.
Top 6 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buckner moves to second.
Top 6 Buckner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hendrick hits a popup towards third. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Simmons takes first base on ball four. Vuckovich moves to third. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Morales hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Rader for a passed ball. Vuckovich moves to second.
Bottom 5 Templeton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Vuckovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. De Jesus steals second.
Top 5 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Holtzman strikes out.
Top 5 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lentine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Tyson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thompson moves to second.
Top 4 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Biittner for the out.
Top 4 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morales moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Morales. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Morales steals second.
Bottom 3 Morales hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Templeton hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Gross. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Templeton applying the tag.
Top 3 Gross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 De Jesus is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Holtzman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Vuckovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lentine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Hendrick moves to third.
Bottom 2 Tyson hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hendrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Simmons reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Rader strikes out.
Top 2 Trillo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 1 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Biittner strikes out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Vuckovich covering, for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.