Cubs @ Dodgers
August 20, 1972

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Bottom 8 R H E
Cubs 5 11 0
Dodgers 2 4 1
Bottom 8 R H E
Cubs 5 11 0
Dodgers 2 5 1

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .323
OBP .333 .351
At Bats 3 282
Hits 1 91
• Singles 1 77
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 28

Rick Reuschel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 0
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Dodger Stadium - August 20, 1972
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Single
Rick Reuschel
Randy Hundley
Joe Pepitone
Glenn Beckert
Ron Santo
Paul Popovich
Billy Williams
Jose Cardenal
Jim Hickman
Bill Buckner
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cardenal for the out.
Top 8 Popovich takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Reuschel bunts in front of the plate. Yeager fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Lefebvre covering, for the double play.
Top 8 Pete Mikkelsen now pitching. Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mota hits a line drive into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lefebvre strikes out.
Bottom 7 Maury Wills pinch hits for Claude Osteen. Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Beckert hits a line drive towards short. Russell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parker juggles the ball. That's an error on Parker. Williams scores. Santo moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Santo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mota. Santo reaches second base with a double. Williams moves to third.
Top 7 Hickman strikes out.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lefebvre fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Cardenal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Yeager hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Popovich hits a fly ball into center field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reuschel hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops it up and throws to first, with Reuschel covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lefebvre moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lefebvre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Lefebvre reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Pepitone hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yeager settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Osteen hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Popovich fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Yeager strikes out.
Bottom 4 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Popovich fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Valentine takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Top 4 Cardenal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reuschel moves to second.
Top 4 Popovich strikes out.
Top 4 Reuschel bunts towards third. Valentine fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Hundley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Crawford strikes out.
Bottom 3 Parker hits a popup towards short. Popovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mota takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Beckert hits a line drive into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pepitone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Valentine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Hickman moves to second.
Top 3 Hickman takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Top 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Popovich scores.
Top 3 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lefebvre scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Popovich moves to second.
Top 3 Popovich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lefebvre hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Osteen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuschel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Yeager is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Reuschel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lefebvre scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hundley is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Jim Lefebvre now playing second base. Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lefebvre scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Valentine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crawford moves to third.
Bottom 1 Crawford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Crawford reaches second base with a double. Buckner scores. Parker goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Parker takes first base on ball four. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuschel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Jim Lefebvre pinch runs for Billy Grabarkewitz. Mota hits a ball on the ground towards short. Popovich scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Grabarkewitz is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Pepitone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Parker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hickman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Williams strikes out.
Top 1 Cardenal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Popovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.