Pirates @ Mets
July 17, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 3 5 1
Mets 1 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 3 5 1
Mets 1 6 1

Mike Vail Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .321
OBP .333 .353
At Bats 3 162
Hits 1 52
• Singles 1 37
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 26

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 6 15
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Shea Stadium - July 17, 1977
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Strikeout
Rich Gossage
Duffy Dyer
Bill Robinson
Rennie Stennett
Phil Garner
Mario Mendoza
Al Oliver
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Mike Vail
Steve Henderson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Vail strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boisclair scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Top 9 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Millan 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 8 Rich Gossage now pitching. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Flynn moves to third.
Bottom 8 Boisclair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flynn moves to second.
Bottom 8 Flynn bunts towards third. Garner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Mazzilli hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Paul Siebert now pitching. Bruce Boisclair now playing first base. Parker strikes out.
Top 8 Stennett takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Garner. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Garner steals second.
Top 8 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn misplays the ball. That's an error on Flynn.
Top 8 Tekulve strikes out.
Bottom 7 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tekulve fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Omar Moreno now playing center field. Al Oliver now playing left field. Bill Robinson now playing first base. Vail hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mendoza hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jackson Todd now pitching. Omar Moreno pinch hits for Jim Fregosi. Moreno strikes out.
Bottom 6 Henderson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Kent Tekulve now pitching. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Joel Youngblood pinch hits for Jon Matlack. Youngblood takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Valentine scoops it up and throws to first, with Matlack covering, for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Valentine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Parker hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mazzilli hits a popup towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Valentine hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stearns bunts towards third. Garner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Stennett hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garner hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Candelaria bunts towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. Mendoza moves to second.
Top 5 Mendoza hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Vail strikes out.
Bottom 4 Henderson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Stennett reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Millan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Candelaria fires over to first and Fregosi drops the ball. That's an error on Fregosi. Randle moves to third.
Bottom 4 Randle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Dyer is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Fregosi strikes out. There goes Oliver. The throw from Stearns to second, and Oliver is out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Robinson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Matlack strikes out.
Bottom 3 Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Parker hits a fly ball into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stennett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mendoza scores.
Top 3 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dyer scores. Mendoza moves to third.
Top 3 Candelaria bunts towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. Dyer moves to third. Mendoza moves to second.
Top 3 Mendoza hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dyer moves to second.
Top 3 Dyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Stearns. The throw from Dyer and he is out, Stennett applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Stearns takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Candelaria fires to first and has Vail trapped. There's the throw to Mendoza who tags Vail for the out.
Bottom 2 Vail hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Fregosi hits a fly ball into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a popup towards short. Mendoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Millan hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Randle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fregosi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Parker is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Garner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.