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October 2, 1983

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Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .278
OBP .250 .309
At Bats 4 625
Hits 1 174
• Singles 1 114
• Doubles 0 38
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 66

Jeff Lahti Season Stats

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3 3 0
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Busch Stadium - October 2, 1983
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Single
Jeff Lahti
Glenn Brummer
Jim Adduci
Jeff Doyle
Bill Lyons
Jimmy Sexton
Andy Van Slyke
Willie McGee
David Green
Bill Buckner
Gary Woods
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lahti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jeff Lahti now pitching. Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sexton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Woods moves to third.
Top 9 Rucker fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Rucker. Woods moves to second.
Top 9 Bill Lyons now playing third base. Andy Van Slyke now playing left field. Woods hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sexton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Adduci strikes out.
Bottom 8 McGee hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Campbell drops the ball. Doyle moves to second.
Bottom 8 Joe Carter now playing right field. Carmelo Martinez now playing left field. Fritzie Connally now playing third base. Smith hits a popup towards third. Connally settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Owen strikes out.
Top 8 Fritzie Connally pinch hits for Tom Grant. Connally hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Martinez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Carter hits a fly ball into center field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Diaz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sexton strikes out.
Bottom 7 There goes Green. The throw from Diaz and he is safe. Green steals second.
Bottom 7 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Ryne Sandberg now playing second base. Bill Campbell now pitching. Gary Woods now playing center field. Van Slyke hits a fly ball into left field. Carter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hall hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dave Rucker now pitching. Ryne Sandberg pinch hits for Dan Rohn. Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sexton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gary Woods pinch hits for Bill Johnson. Woods hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Brummer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Adduci strikes out.
Bottom 6 McGee hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Carter who is chasing the ball. McGee reaches third base with a triple. Doyle goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mike Diaz now catching. Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Grant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Owen hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grant hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green. Grant reaches second base with a double. Hall scores. Diaz goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Martinez strikes out.
Top 6 Mike Diaz pinch runs for Jody Davis. Carter hits a fly ball into center field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hall moves to third.
Top 6 Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hall moves to second.
Top 6 Jimmy Sexton now playing shortstop. Hall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Stuper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bill Johnson now pitching. Green strikes out.
Top 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adduci scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Top 5 Rohn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Thad Bosley pinch hits for Mike Proly. Bosley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jeff Doyle now playing second base. Owen strikes out.
Bottom 4 Van Slyke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Brummer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grant. Brummer reaches second base with a double. McGee scores.
Bottom 4 Mike Proly now pitching. Adduci hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adduci for the out.
Bottom 4 Jeff Doyle pinch runs for Ken Oberkfell. McGee hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hall who is chasing the ball. McGee reaches third base with a triple. Smith scores. Doyle goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Oberkfell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 4 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Stuper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rainey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Grant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Martinez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith. Martinez reaches second base with a double. Hall moves to third.
Top 4 Carter strikes out.
Top 4 Davis strikes out.
Top 4 Jim Adduci now playing first base. Glenn Brummer now catching. Hall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rohn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Van Slyke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Van Slyke for the out.
Top 3 Buckner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rohn hits a popup towards third. Van Slyke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rainey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Porter hits a line drive towards third. Martinez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hendrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGee for the out.
Bottom 2 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Rainey covering, for the out. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 2 There goes Smith. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Smith steals second.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hendrick scoops it up and throws to first, with Stuper covering, for the out.
Top 2 Grant hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hendrick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grant for the out.
Top 2 Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stuper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Porter scores. Green scores. There goes Smith trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Smith is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 There goes Green. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Green steals second.
Bottom 1 Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hendrick scores. Porter moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Van Slyke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rohn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hendrick moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hendrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores. Oberkfell scores.
Bottom 1 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGee for the out. Oberkfell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rohn misplays the ball. That's an error on Rohn. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Smith. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Smith steals second.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rohn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Buckner moves to third.
Top 1 Hall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rohn scores. Buckner moves to second.
Top 1 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rohn moves to third.
Top 1 Rohn takes first base on ball four.