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May 9, 1979

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Cardinals 4 12 1
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Astros 4 11 0

Jeffrey Leonard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .348
OBP .500 .457
At Bats 2 23
Hits 0 8
• Singles 0 5
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 2 7
RBI’s 0 6

Darold Knowles Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 3
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Astrodome - May 9, 1979
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Single
Darold Knowles
Steve Swisher
Dane Iorg
Ken Oberkfell
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Jerry Mumphrey
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Jeffrey Leonard
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Leonard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 14 Swisher is called out on strikes.
Top 14 There goes Scott. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Scott steals third.
Top 14 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Reynolds, and towards Gonzalez, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Scott moves to second.
Top 14 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 14 Bo McLaughlin now pitching. Templeton hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Knowles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 13 Puhl takes first base on ball four. Ashby moves to second.
Bottom 13 Art Howe pinch hits for Rick Williams. Howe hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 13 Darold Knowles now pitching. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Mike Phillips pinch hits for Mark Littell. Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Oberkfell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 13 Reitz strikes out.
Top 13 Iorg hits a line drive towards first. Watson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Watson hits a fly ball into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz moves to third. Cabell moves to second.
Bottom 12 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 12 Leonard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 12 Reynolds hits a line drive towards short. Templeton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Swisher strikes out.
Top 12 Mumphrey bunts towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Gonzalez covering, for the out. Scott moves to second.
Top 12 Rick Williams now pitching. Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 11 Puhl hits a line drive into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Ken Oberkfell now playing second base. Mark Littell now pitching. Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Iorg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashby for the out.
Top 11 Templeton strikes out.
Top 11 Ken Oberkfell pinch runs for Lou Brock. Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Will McEnaney. Carbo takes first base on ball four. Oberkfell moves to second.
Top 11 Lou Brock pinch hits for Mike Tyson. Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reitz moves to third.
Top 11 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to home to get Hendrick. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 11 There's a wild pitch. Hendrick moves to third.
Top 11 Iorg bunts towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out. Hendrick moves to second.
Top 11 Hendrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McEnaney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Iorg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cabell for the out.
Top 10 Swisher hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Joaquin Andujar now pitching. Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McEnaney fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 9 Leonard takes first base on ball four. Puhl moves to third. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 9 Steve Swisher now catching. Jerry Mumphrey now playing left field. Dane Iorg now playing first base. Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McEnaney fields it and throws to third for the out. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 9 Puhl bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Sexton moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 Will McEnaney now pitching. Jimmy Sexton pinch hits for Joe Sambito. Sexton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Templeton strikes out.
Top 9 Roger Freed pinch hits for Buddy Schultz. Freed strikes out.
Top 9 Tyson hits a line drive into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Watson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Iorg strikes out.
Top 8 Hendrick hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cabell hits a line drive towards short. Templeton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 7 Leonard hits a line drive towards short. Templeton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Simmons hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hernandez hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Scott. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Scott steals second.
Top 7 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Joe Sambito now pitching. Templeton hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Buddy Schultz now pitching. Reynolds hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Puhl takes first base on ball four. Watson scores. Gonzalez moves to third. Walling moves to second.
Bottom 6 Denny Walling pinch hits for Joe Niekro. Walling takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cabell strikes out.
Top 6 Denny hits a line drive towards third. Cabell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tyson hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reitz hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a line drive towards first. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Leonard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Iorg hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Jeffrey Leonard now playing center field. Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. Watson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reitz. Watson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Top 4 Scott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Puhl who is chasing the ball. Scott reaches third base with a triple. Denny scores. Templeton goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Templeton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Denny moves to third.
Top 4 Denny hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Tyson hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reitz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Iorg hits a line drive into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Reynolds hits a fly ball into left field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 The ball gets by Ashby for a passed ball. Scott moves to third. Hernandez moves to second.
Top 3 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Scott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Scott reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Templeton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Tyson fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Niekro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ashby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Denny hits a line drive into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Reitz hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz scores.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reynolds scores. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Iorg hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hendrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scott scores. Hernandez moves to third.
Top 1 Simmons is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Scott. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Scott steals second.
Top 1 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 There goes Templeton. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Templeton steals second.
Top 1 Templeton is hit by the pitch.