Indians @ Yankees
June 23, 1979

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Bottom 10 R H E
Indians 5 10 0
Yankees 5 11 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Indians 5 10 0
Yankees 6 12 0

Bucky Dent Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .244
OBP .000 .299
At Bats 4 213
Hits 0 52
• Singles 0 43
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 14

Victor Cruz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 5
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Yankee Stadium - June 23, 1979
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Double
Victor Cruz
Gary Alexander
Andre Thornton
Duane Kuiper
Toby Harrah
Tom Veryzer
Horace Speed
Rick Manning
Bobby Bonds
Bucky Dent
Juan Beniquez
Willie Randolph

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 5 10 0 6
New York Yankees 6 12 0 11
Winning Pitcher Tommy John
Losing Pitcher Victor Cruz
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bucky Dent
Attendance 35,818
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Dent hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Dent reaches second base with a double. Randolph scores. Beniquez moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cruz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Randolph moves to second.
Bottom 10 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 White hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Thornton is called out on strikes.
Top 10 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Munson strikes out.
Bottom 9 Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Speed. Rivers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Harrah strikes out.
Top 9 Manning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuiper moves to second.
Top 9 Veryzer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. John fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Juan Beniquez now playing left field. Alexander strikes out.
Bottom 8 Victor Cruz now pitching. Jerry Narron pinch hits for Darryl Jones. Narron strikes out.
Bottom 8 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Roy White pinch hits for Jim Spencer. White hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Speed. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Horace Speed now playing left field. Piniella strikes out.
Top 8 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with John covering, for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive towards short. Dent reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Darryl Jones now playing left field. Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nettles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Munson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Rivers reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. Randolph scores. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dent hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sid Monge now pitching. Darryl Jones pinch hits for Bobby Brown. Jones takes first base on ball four. Chambliss scores. Spencer moves to third. Randolph moves to second.
Bottom 7 Randolph takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chambliss moves to third.
Bottom 7 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hargrove. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bonds strikes out.
Top 7 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nettles is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Veryzer hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a fly ball into left field. Hargrove settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss strikes out.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bonds hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Manning. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Manning steals second.
Top 4 Manning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Veryzer scores.
Top 4 Veryzer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alexander scores. There goes Kuiper trying to get to third. Piniella throws the ball in to Nettles, who tags Kuiper for the out. Veryzer moves to second.
Top 4 Kuiper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thornton scores. Johnson scores. Alexander moves to third.
Top 4 Alexander is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Hargrove strikes out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Bonds scores. Thornton moves to third.
Top 4 Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonds moves to second.
Top 4 Bonds takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rivers hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harrah for the out.
Top 3 Manning is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Veryzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kuiper hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops it up and throws to first, with Wise covering, for the out.
Top 2 Alexander hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Nettles. The throw from Alexander and he is safe. Nettles steals second.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Munson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thornton hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bonds strikes out.
Top 1 Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.