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May 3, 1979

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Alan Ashby Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .234
OBP .333 .296
At Bats 3 64
Hits 1 15
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 10

Darold Knowles Season Stats

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1 0 1
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Busch Stadium - May 3, 1979
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Single
Darold Knowles
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Mike Tyson
Ken Oberkfell
Garry Templeton
Dane Iorg
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Alan Ashby
Art Howe
Rafael Landestoy
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ashby hits a line drive to right field. Hendrick throws towards first. Hernandez fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hernandez. Landestoy scores. Howe moves to third. Ashby moves to second.

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Top 9 Darold Knowles now pitching. Knowles fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Knowles. Landestoy moves to third. Howe moves to second.
Top 9 Howe takes first base on ball four. Landestoy moves to second.
Top 9 Dane Iorg now playing left field. Ken Oberkfell now playing third base. Mark Littell now pitching. Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Hernandez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oberkfell scores. Iorg moves to second.
Bottom 8 Templeton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dane Iorg pinch hits for Pete Vuckovich. Iorg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Ken Oberkfell pinch runs for Ken Reitz. Tyson hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jeffrey Leonard now playing left field. Reitz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Puhl. Reitz reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick who is chasing the ball. Cruz reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reynolds for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a popup towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Hernandez moves to third.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rafael Landestoy now playing second base. Art Howe now playing third base. Enos Cabell now playing first base. Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Puhl strikes out.
Top 7 Niekro strikes out.
Top 7 Ashby hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Ashby reaches second base with a double. Howe goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Howe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Watson for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Brock. The throw from Ashby and he is out, Reynolds applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Templeton hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Vuckovich strikes out.
Top 6 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reynolds 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 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Niekro hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hendrick hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field. Cruz picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cruz. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 4 There goes Brock. The throw from Ashby and he is out, Reynolds applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first, with Vuckovich covering, for the out.
Top 4 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Watson 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 4 Cabell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Vuckovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a line drive towards third. Reitz catches it and races to tag Puhl, for the double play.
Top 3 Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl moves to second.
Top 3 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields the ball and throws to Vuckovich covering. Safe.
Top 3 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ashby hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vuckovich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cabell moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Cabell. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Top 2 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Hernandez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Templeton hits a line drive into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Puhl. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Tyson applying the tag.
Top 1 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.