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April 26, 1979

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Jerry Martin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .189
OBP .000 .268
At Bats 0 37
Hits 0 7
• Singles 0 5
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 2

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 2
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Wrigley Field - April 26, 1979
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Home Run
Joe Sambito
Alan Ashby
Enos Cabell
Rafael Landestoy
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Terry Puhl
Jerry Martin
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jerry Martin pinch hits for Scot Thompson. Martin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Sambito hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez juggles the ball. That's an error on Hernandez.
Top 8 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Howe hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gene Clines pinch hits for Ray Burris. Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rafael Landestoy now playing second base. Enos Cabell now playing first base. Art Howe now playing third base. Sizemore strikes out.
Top 7 Watson strikes out.
Top 7 Cabell is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 7 Cabell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Burris covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Foote strikes out.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ashby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kingman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Joe Sambito now pitching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Howe scores. Richard scores. Puhl moves to third.
Top 6 Puhl takes first base on ball four. Howe moves to third. Richard moves to second.
Top 6 Richard takes first base on ball four. Howe moves to second.
Top 6 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ray Burris now pitching. Watson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus takes first base on ball four. Sizemore moves to second.
Bottom 5 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Ken Holtzman. Biittner strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ontiveros scores. Murcer moves to third.
Bottom 5 Foote hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Ashby fields it and throws to first for the out. Ontiveros moves to third. Murcer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Murcer takes first base on ball four. Ontiveros moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ken Holtzman now pitching. Reynolds hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thompson. Reynolds reaches second base with a double. Puhl scores.
Top 5 Puhl hits a line drive into left field. Kingman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kingman. Kingman throws it away. That's an error on Kingman. Puhl moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kingman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Buckner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. De Jesus fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Ashby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Watson scores. There goes Howe trying to get to third. Thompson throws the ball in to Ontiveros, who tags Howe for the out.
Top 4 Howe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cruz scores.
Top 4 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to second.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 3 McGlothen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out. Foote moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sizemore strikes out.
Bottom 3 Foote hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Puhl hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Richard hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Murcer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Howe catches it and throws to first to double up Ontiveros.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kingman strikes out.
Top 2 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashby for the out.
Top 2 Howe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 2 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cabell is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Cruz hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reynolds is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Puhl hits a popup towards third. Ontiveros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.