Cardinals @ Cubs
April 18, 1979

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Bottom 14 R H E
Cardinals 3 13 0
Cubs 2 12 0
Bottom 14 R H E
Cardinals 3 13 0
Cubs 2 12 0

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .206
OBP .333 .243
At Bats 6 34
Hits 2 7
• Singles 1 4
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 2

Darold Knowles Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Wrigley Field - April 18, 1979
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Out
Darold Knowles
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Mike Tyson
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Mike Dimmel
George Hendrick
Tony Scott
Bill Buckner
Tim Blackwell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 3 13 0 7
Chicago Cubs 2 12 0 13
Winning Pitcher Tom Bruno
Losing Pitcher Donnie Moore
Save Darold Knowles
Game Winning RBI Tony Scott
Attendance 12,825
Time of Game 3 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Darold Knowles now pitching. Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Dimmel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 14 Bobby Murcer pinch hits for Donnie Moore. Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blackwell moves to third.
Bottom 14 De Jesus bunts towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Tyson covering, for the out. Blackwell moves to second.
Bottom 14 Mike Dimmel now playing left field. Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 14 Reitz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Iorg moves to second.
Top 14 Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out. Hernandez moves to third.
Top 14 Simmons is walked intentionally.
Top 14 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Hernandez reaches second base with a double.
Top 14 Templeton strikes out.
Bottom 13 Dillard hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 13 George Hendrick now playing center field. Dane Iorg now playing left field. Tom Bruno now pitching. Tony Scott now playing right field. Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Brock strikes out.
Top 13 George Hendrick pinch hits for Mark Littell. Hendrick hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Donnie Moore now pitching. Tyson hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Ontiveros strikes out.
Bottom 12 Kingman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 12 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Gene Clines pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Clines is called out on strikes.
Top 12 Reitz hits a popup in front of the plate. Blackwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Scott is called out on strikes.
Top 12 Iorg hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 The ball gets by Simmons for a passed ball. Dillard moves to third.
Bottom 11 There goes Dillard. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Dillard steals second.
Bottom 11 Dillard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Thompson for the double play.
Bottom 11 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 Simmons hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Hernandez hits a line drive towards third. Ontiveros catches it and throws to first to double up Templeton.
Top 11 Templeton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Ontiveros strikes out.
Bottom 10 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 10 Mike Tyson now playing second base. Buckner strikes out.
Top 10 Brock strikes out.
Top 10 There goes Tyson. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag.
Top 10 Littell strikes out.
Top 10 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Steve Dillard now playing second base. Tim Blackwell now catching. Mike Tyson pinch hits for Mike Phillips. Tyson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Ted Sizemore. Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Mark Littell now pitching. De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 9 Steve Dillard pinch runs for Barry Foote. Mike Vail pinch hits for Rick Reuschel. Vail hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dillard moves to third.
Bottom 9 Foote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Martin strikes out.
Top 9 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuschel fields it and throws to first for the out. Iorg moves to second.
Top 9 Iorg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Simmons hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a popup towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hernandez is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Templeton 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 8 Brock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schultz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddy Schultz now pitching. De Jesus strikes out.
Top 7 Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Pete Vuckovich. Carbo strikes out.
Top 7 Phillips hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Reuschel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Phillips for the out. Scott scores. Reitz moves to second.
Top 7 Reitz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Iorg scores. Scott moves to third.
Top 7 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Iorg moves to second.
Top 7 Iorg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Simmons hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reuschel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Foote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a popup towards the mound. Vuckovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. De Jesus fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sizemore scores. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sizemore moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Templeton applying the tag.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Reuschel hits a line drive towards third. Reitz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vuckovich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Foote fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Reitz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Foote hits a popup in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a popup towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Iorg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thompson. Iorg reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez 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 3 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Vuckovich covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Iorg. Kingman reaches second base with a double. De Jesus scores.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Templeton hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vuckovich moves to second.
Top 3 Vuckovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Reitz hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reuschel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Foote hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Iorg. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Ontiveros moves to third.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Scott 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 Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Simmons 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 1 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock who is chasing the ball. Buckner reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Sizemore strikes out. There goes De Jesus. The throw from Simmons to second, and De Jesus is out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.