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August 10, 1979

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Cubs 7 11 1
Cardinals 13 17 0
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Cubs 7 11 1
Cardinals 13 17 0

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .292
OBP .750 .323
At Bats 4 452
Hits 3 132
• Singles 1 84
• Doubles 1 30
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 3 59

Will McEnaney Season Stats

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Busch Stadium - August 10, 1979
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Out
Will McEnaney
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Ken Oberkfell
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Jerry Mumphrey
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Bill Buckner
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Buckner hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Oberkfell hits a line drive towards left. Kingman catches it and throws to second to double up Scott.
Bottom 8 Dick Tidrow now pitching. Reitz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Scott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thompson. Scott reaches second base with a double. Hendrick scores.
Bottom 8 Ken Holtzman now pitching. Hendrick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Hendrick reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jerry Martin pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martin for the out.
Top 8 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McEnaney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Simmons strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Biittner. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Templeton goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Templeton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Barry Foote now catching. McEnaney strikes out.
Top 7 Barry Foote pinch hits for Tim Blackwell. Foote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Ontiveros is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Will McEnaney now pitching. Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Buckner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Thompson reaches second base with a double. De Jesus moves to third.
Top 7 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Reitz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Biittner. Reitz reaches second base with a double. Hernandez scores. Hendrick goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hendrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Hernandez. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Hernandez steals second.
Bottom 6 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mike Vail pinch hits for Doug Capilla. Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dillard hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blackwell strikes out.
Top 6 Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double. Biittner goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Doug Capilla now pitching. Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Templeton hits a line drive into center field. Thompson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Thompson. Oberkfell scores. Martinez goes all the way around to score. Templeton moves all the way to home.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oberkfell moves to second.
Bottom 5 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Reitz hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krukow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kingman hits a line drive into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Buckner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Buckner reaches second base with a double. De Jesus moves to third.
Top 5 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Krukow hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mumphrey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Kingman is chasing the ball. Mumphrey rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run.
Bottom 4 Templeton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oberkfell scores. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Martinez bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Oberkfell moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Oberkfell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Dillard hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 4 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Reitz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Scott is hit by the pitch. Hendrick moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 3 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Bottom 2 Mumphrey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Martinez bunts towards first. Buckner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 There go the runners. The throw from Simmons to Reitz. The throw back to home, and Dillard is out at the plate.
Top 2 De Jesus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ontiveros scores. Dillard moves to third.
Top 2 Krukow strikes out.
Top 2 Dillard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Biittner scores. Ontiveros moves to third.
Top 2 Blackwell hits a fly ball into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ontiveros hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kingman scores. Biittner moves to second.
Top 2 Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kingman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mumphrey who is chasing the ball. Kingman reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Simmons moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hendrick hits a line drive towards third. Ontiveros reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thompson. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Mumphrey scores. Hernandez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mumphrey moves to third.
Bottom 1 Mumphrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thompson strikes out.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.