Braves @ Cardinals
June 17, 1980

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 2 8 0
Cardinals 2 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 2 8 0
Cardinals 3 8 0

Ted Simmons Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .298
OBP .333 .390
At Bats 3 181
Hits 1 54
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 9
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 1 36

Doyle Alexander Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 0
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Busch Stadium - June 17, 1980
Doyle Alexander
Bruce Benedict
Chris Chambliss
Glenn Hubbard
Jerry Royster
Larvell Blanks
Brian Asselstine
Dale Murphy
Gary Matthews
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Garry Templeton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 2 8 0 5
St. Louis Cardinals 3 8 0 3
Winning Pitcher Pete Vuckovich
Losing Pitcher Doyle Alexander
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ted Simmons
Attendance 13,524
Time of Game 1 hour 50 minutes
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Simmons hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Matthews. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Templeton scores. Hernandez moves to third.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hernandez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Durham bunts towards third. Royster fields it and throws to first for the out. Templeton moves to second.
Bottom 9 Templeton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Royster hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Leon Durham now playing left field. George Hendrick now playing right field. Tony Scott now playing center field. Asselstine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Vuckovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Herr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Scott moves to third.
Bottom 8 Tony Scott pinch runs for Terry Kennedy. Reitz bunts towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hubbard covering, for the out. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chambliss hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Murphy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Royster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hubbard strikes out.
Top 7 Alexander hits a fly ball into right field. Durham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Benedict hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Durham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Templeton hits a fly ball into left field. Asselstine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Vuckovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Blanks hits a fly ball towards right. Durham catches it and throws to Herr who relays to Hernandez to double up Royster.
Top 6 Royster hits a ball on the ground for an out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Asselstine hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Durham. Asselstine reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Herr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Reitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Kennedy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Chambliss strikes out.
Top 5 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hubbard hits a fly ball into right field. Durham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Royster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 4 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Benedict hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Royster. The throw from Simmons to Templeton and they have Royster trapped. The throw over to Hernandez, who applies the tag for the out.
Top 4 Royster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Durham hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Templeton. The throw from Benedict and he is out, Hubbard applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Templeton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Vuckovich hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Asselstine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Matthews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chambliss moves to second.
Top 3 Chambliss takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Murphy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Hubbard hits a fly ball into left field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Benedict hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Herr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards second. Herr scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Royster strikes out.
Top 2 Asselstine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Matthews moves to third.
Top 2 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vuckovich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Hendrick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Royster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Templeton scores.
Bottom 1 Durham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Templeton moves to third.
Bottom 1 Templeton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hubbard hits a fly ball into right field. Durham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.