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August 14, 1980

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Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .318
OBP .333 .354
At Bats 3 384
Hits 1 122
• Singles 1 85
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 44

Pete Vuckovich Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 8 1
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Busch Stadium - August 14, 1980
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Home Run
Pete Vuckovich
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Ken Oberkfell
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Dane Iorg
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Bill Buckner
Ivan De Jesus
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Buckner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Templeton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vuckovich moves to third.
Bottom 7 Vuckovich hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Vuckovich reaches second base with a double. Hendrick scores. Iorg goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Reitz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Iorg is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Oberkfell bunts towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. Hendrick moves to second.
Bottom 7 Larry Biittner now playing first base. Dick Tidrow now pitching. Hendrick takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Biittner hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Templeton scores. Scott goes all the way around to score. Hernandez moves to third.
Bottom 6 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on De Jesus. Templeton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Vuckovich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Blackwell hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Randle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Martin strikes out.
Top 6 Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Buckner hits a line drive into right field. Hendrick picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hendrick. Thompson moves to third. Buckner moves to second.
Top 6 De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Oberkfell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hendrick hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Capilla picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Capilla. Buckner fumbles the ball. That's an error on Buckner. Scott scores. Hernandez goes all the way around to score. Simmons moves all the way to home.
Bottom 5 Hernandez takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Doug Capilla now pitching. Templeton hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jesus Figueroa pinch hits for Dennis Lamp. Figueroa hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Figueroa reaches second base with a double. Hendrick throws the ball in to Reitz who tags Figueroa trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Randle scores.
Top 5 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Randle moves to second.
Top 5 Blackwell hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Randle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Vuckovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Reitz takes first base on ball four. Hendrick moves to third. Iorg moves to second.
Bottom 4 Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Simmons scores. Hendrick moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Oberkfell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hendrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Simmons moves to third.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Buckner. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Hernandez moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Martin strikes out.
Top 4 Kingman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Buckner 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 4 De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 3 Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Vuckovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tyson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Blackwell hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Iorg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Oberkfell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hendrick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Hendrick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Simmons strikes out.
Top 2 Randle strikes out.
Top 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hernandez for the out.
Bottom 1 Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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 De Jesus 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 1 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.