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April 5, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 10 13 0
Cubs 6 13 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 10 13 0
Cubs 6 13 1

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .000
OBP .000 .000
At Bats 4 4
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Jesse Orosco Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Wrigley Field - April 5, 1979
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Out
Jesse Orosco
John Stearns
Willie Montanez
Kelvin Chapman
Richie Hebner
Doug Flynn
Steve Henderson
Lee Mazzilli
Elliott Maddox
Bill Buckner
Ted Sizemore

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 10 13 0 7
Chicago Cubs 6 13 1 6
Winning Pitcher Craig Swan
Losing Pitcher Rick Reuschel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Kelvin Chapman
Attendance 35,615
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Jesse Orosco now pitching. Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Sizemore reaches second base with a double. Thompson scores. De Jesus goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 De Jesus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 9 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin scores.
Bottom 9 Foote strikes out.
Bottom 9 Martin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Martin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Dwight Bernard now pitching. Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bernard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Flynn hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Foote fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dennis Lamp now pitching. Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Donnie Moore. Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Swan covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Top 8 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stearns for the out.
Top 8 Hebner hits a popup towards third. Ontiveros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mazzilli moves to third.
Top 8 Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Mazzilli reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Foote strikes out.
Top 7 Swan strikes out.
Top 7 Foote throws to second, with De Jesus covering, and has Maddox trapped. There's the throw to Ontiveros who tags Maddox for the out. Flynn moves to second.
Top 7 Flynn bunts towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Henderson scores. Maddox moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Montanez scores. Henderson moves to third.
Top 7 Donnie Moore now pitching. Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hebner scores. Stearns scores. Montanez moves to third.
Top 7 Montanez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hebner moves to third. Stearns moves to second.
Top 7 Stearns is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Scot Thompson now playing right field. Hebner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Mazzilli scores.
Top 7 Chapman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foote settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Mazzilli moves to third.
Top 7 There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Foote and he is safe. Mazzilli steals second.
Top 7 Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Swan hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flynn is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Maddox reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Reuschel covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reuschel hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stearns strikes out.
Top 5 Hebner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Mazzilli scores. Chapman goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Swan scores. Mazzilli moves to third.
Top 5 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. Swan moves to second.
Top 5 Swan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuschel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maddox is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Foote hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a popup towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Henderson strikes out.
Top 4 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Stearns strikes out.
Top 4 Hebner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Kingman reaches second base with a double. Sizemore goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Swan strikes out.
Bottom 2 Reuschel strikes out.
Bottom 2 Foote strikes out.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a popup in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuschel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. De Jesus scores.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. De Jesus reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Montanez strikes out.
Top 1 Stearns hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chapman tags and scores.
Top 1 Hebner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Chapman moves to third.
Top 1 Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.