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August 17, 1973

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Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .283
OBP .333 .304
At Bats 3 460
Hits 1 130
• Singles 1 109
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 37

Bill Bonham Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 5
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Wrigley Field - August 17, 1973
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Walk
Bill Bonham
Randy Hundley
Billy Williams
Paul Popovich
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
Gene Hiser
Rick Monday
Jose Cardenal
Bill Buckner
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Buckner takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Bonham hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Popovich hits a fly ball towards center. Davis settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Davis. Popovich moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Charlie Hough now pitching. Monday hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lopes is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Steve Yeager pinch hits for Al Downing. Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yeager for the out.
Top 8 Gene Hiser now playing left field. Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carty is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cey strikes out.
Top 7 Garvey strikes out.
Top 7 Crawford strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Kessinger. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Kessinger steals second.
Bottom 6 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bonham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Al Downing now pitching. Popovich hits a line drive into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ferguson hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopes tags and scores.
Top 6 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopes moves to third.
Top 6 Lopes is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Von Joshua pinch hits for Andy Messersmith. Joshua is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hundley for the out.
Bottom 5 Monday hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Carty strikes out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cey takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Crawford hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kessinger strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bonham hits a popup in front of the plate. Ferguson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Popovich hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Davis. Popovich reaches second base with a double. Monday scores.
Bottom 4 Hundley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ferguson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Monday. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Monday steals second.
Bottom 4 Monday bunts towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Ferguson is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Davis strikes out.
Top 4 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bonham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Messersmith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Carty hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lopes reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Popovich scores. Kessinger scores. Cardenal moves to third.
Bottom 3 Cardenal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Popovich moves to third. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bonham bunts towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bonham for the out. Popovich moves to second.
Bottom 3 Popovich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Messersmith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hundley hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Monday strikes out.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garvey hits a line drive towards first. Williams catches it and throws to second to double up Ferguson.
Top 2 Crawford takes first base on ball four. Ferguson moves to second.
Top 2 Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cardenal hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Davis strikes out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopes strikes out.