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July 31, 1979

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Bill North Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .274
OBP .333 .393
At Bats 2 329
Hits 0 90
• Singles 0 70
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 67
RBI’s 0 27

Joe Niekro Season Stats

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14 6 0
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Astrodome - July 31, 1979
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Single
Joe Niekro
Alan Ashby
Cesar Cedeno
Rafael Landestoy
Enos Cabell
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Terry Puhl
Jeffrey Leonard
Bill North
Larry Herndon
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

North hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Herndon moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Larry Herndon pinch hits for Ed Halicki. Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy fields it and throws to second for the out. Metzger scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds misplays the ball. That's an error on Reynolds. Metzger moves to third.
Top 7 Rafael Landestoy now playing second base. Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Niekro hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ashby strikes out.
Bottom 6 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Leonard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Leonard reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Whitfield strikes out.
Top 6 Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 5 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 North takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Reynolds hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ed Halicki now pitching. Niekro hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnston strikes out.
Top 4 Greg Johnston pinch hits for Phil Nastu. There's a wild pitch. Metzger moves to second.
Top 4 Littlejohn strikes out.
Top 4 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe fields it and throws to second for the out. Evans moves to third.
Top 4 Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Evans moves to second.
Top 4 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Howe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Howe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Leonard strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McCovey is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Strain hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Strain reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 North hits a line drive towards short. Reynolds reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Phil Nastu now pitching. Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Reynolds scores.
Bottom 2 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark who is chasing the ball. Reynolds reaches third base with a triple. Ashby scores. Cedeno goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Niekro bunts towards the mound. Whitson fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashby moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ashby takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Whitson hits a popup towards first. Cedeno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Littlejohn strikes out.
Top 2 Metzger strikes out.
Top 2 Whitfield takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second.
Top 2 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Evans hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cedeno settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Cedeno.
Bottom 1 Howe hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Leonard hits a line drive to right field. Clark throws towards the plate. Littlejohn fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Littlejohn. Cabell scores. Leonard moves to second.
Bottom 1 There goes Cabell. The throw from Littlejohn and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Puhl scores.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Puhl moves to third.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Puhl reaches second base with a double. Reynolds scores.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Reynolds reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out.
Top 1 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 North strikes out. Ashby drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws North out.