Pirates @ Astros
April 21, 1979

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Bottom 10 R H E
Pirates 4 11 1
Astros 4 13 0
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Pirates 4 11 1
Astros 5 14 0

Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .286
OBP .600 .410
At Bats 4 49
Hits 2 14
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 11
RBI’s 1 15

Kent Tekulve Season Stats

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0 2 0
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Astrodome - April 21, 1979
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Single
Kent Tekulve
Steve Nicosia
Willie Stargell
Phil Garner
Dale Berra
Tim Foli
John Milner
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Craig Reynolds
Terry Puhl

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 11 1 7
Houston Astros 5 14 0 16
Winning Pitcher Joaquin Andujar
Losing Pitcher Kent Tekulve
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jose Cruz
Attendance 48,977
Time of Game 3 hours 23 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl scores. Reynolds moves to third. Cedeno moves to second. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to home to get Walling. Puhl moves to third. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 10 Reynolds bunts towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Walling moves to third. Puhl moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 10 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra juggles the ball. That's an error on Berra. Walling moves to second.
Bottom 10 Denny Walling pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar. Walling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Milner hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Stargell hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Rafael Landestoy now playing second base. Enos Cabell now playing first base. Art Howe now playing third base. Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tekulve fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Garner hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Kent Tekulve now pitching. Dale Berra now playing third base. Phil Garner now playing second base. Cruz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Cedeno reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Steve Nicosia now catching. Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stennett strikes out.
Top 8 Joaquin Andujar now pitching. Lee Lacy pinch hits for Ed Ott. Lacy takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Milner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Milner for the out. Parker moves to third.
Top 8 Stargell strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Parker. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Parker steals second.
Top 8 Frank Riccelli now pitching. Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Joe Sambito. Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashby hits a popup towards short. Foli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howe takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Garner hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Moreno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Joe Sambito now pitching. Foli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Grant Jackson now pitching. Cruz 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 6 Cedeno takes first base on ball four. Puhl moves to third. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 6 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Forsch scores. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Forsch moves to second.
Bottom 6 Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Howe hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Milner moves to third.
Top 6 Milner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Stargell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Parker hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Garner hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Watson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cabell 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 Ott fires to third and picks off Cruz.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker who is chasing the ball. Cruz reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Moreno strikes out.
Top 5 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ott for the out.
Top 4 Milner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Stargell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garner scores.
Top 4 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cruz throws the ball in to Cabell who relays the ball to Howe who tags Parker trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Garner moves to third.
Top 4 Garner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Puhl. Garner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Forsch strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ashby is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out. Cabell moves to third. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Cabell. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cruz is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Moreno hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blyleven hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Puhl. Blyleven reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Stennett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cedeno is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Milner who is chasing the ball. Reynolds reaches third base with a triple. Puhl scores.
Bottom 2 There goes Puhl. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Bottom 2 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Forsch 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 2 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Forsch, and towards Reynolds, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Milner hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Cabell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Milner. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Puhl scores.
Bottom 1 Cedeno is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Reynolds bunts towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.