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August 18, 1977

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Pirates	7	6	1
Cubs	6	10	3

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Pirates	7	6	1
Cubs	6	10	3

Gene Clines Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.311
OBP	.250	.388
At Bats	4	164
Hits	1	51
• Singles	1	38
• Doubles	0	9
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	21
RBI’s	0	33

Kent Tekulve Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
9	1	4

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Wrigley Field - August 18, 1977

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Out

Kent Tekulve

Duffy Dyer

Bill Robinson

Rennie Stennett

Phil Garner

Frank Taveras

Al Oliver

Omar Moreno

Dave Parker

Gene Clines

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	6	1	3
Chicago Cubs	6	10	3	5
Winning Pitcher	Jerry Reuss
Losing Pitcher	Ray Burris
Save	Kent Tekulve
Game Winning RBI	(none)
Attendance	24,027
Time of Game	2 hours 33 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tekulve fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Dave Rosello. Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Greg Gross pinch hits for Paul Reuschel. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tekulve fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Taveras strikes out.

Top 9 Tekulve hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Steve Swisher now catching. Dyer hits a line drive towards first. Buckner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Jose Cardenal pinch hits for George Mitterwald. Kent Tekulve now pitching. Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cardenal for the out.

Bottom 8 Trillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer scores. Ontiveros scores.

Bottom 8 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double. Murcer moves to third.

Bottom 8 Murcer takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Buckner is called out on strikes.

Top 8 Moreno hits a fly ball into left field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Stennett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 There goes Oliver. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Oliver steals second.

Top 8 Oliver hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Paul Reuschel now pitching. Robinson strikes out.

Bottom 7 Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Rosello hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Mike Sember pinch hits for Pete Broberg. Sember is called out on strikes.

Top 7 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Garner is called out on strikes.

Top 7 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mitterwald for the out.

Bottom 6 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras misplays the ball. That's an error on Taveras.

Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Murcer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Reuss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rosello misplays the ball. That's an error on Rosello. Moreno scores. Dyer moves to third. That run is unearned.

Top 6 Dyer is walked intentionally.

Top 6 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner juggles the ball. That's an error on Buckner. Moreno moves to second.

Top 6 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rosello scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Pete Broberg now pitching. Robinson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 5 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Buckner strikes out. Dyer drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Buckner out.

Bottom 5 Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Rosello hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Mitterwald scores. Darwin scores. Rosello moves to second.

Bottom 5 Bobby Darwin pinch hits for Ray Burris. Darwin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Darwin reaches second base with a double. Mitterwald moves to third.

Bottom 5 Mitterwald takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Parker hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Garner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.

Top 5 Taveras strikes out. There goes Moreno. He's safe. That run is unearned.

Top 5 Reuss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rosello scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Moreno moves to third.

Top 5 Dyer strikes out.

Top 5 There goes Moreno. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Moreno steals second.

Top 5 Moreno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 4 Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rosello scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rosello scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Parker hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 3 Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson fields the ball and throws to Reuss covering. Safe.

Bottom 3 Clines strikes out.

Bottom 3 Rosello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burris fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Burris fires to first and picks off Taveras.

Top 3 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner juggles the ball. That's an error on Buckner.

Top 3 Reuss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Burris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 2 Trillo hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Dyer hits a line drive into left field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Oliver hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 There goes Buckner. The throw from Dyer and he is out, Garner applying the tag.

Bottom 1 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clines tags and scores. Buckner tags and moves to second.

Bottom 1 Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clines moves to third.

Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Rosello scores. Clines moves to second.

Bottom 1 Clines hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rosello moves to third.

Bottom 1 Rosello hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Robinson strikes out.

Top 1 Parker takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Garner hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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