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September 4, 1979

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Larry Biittner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .314
OBP .000 .362
At Bats 3 169
Hits 0 53
• Singles 0 39
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 35

Pete Vuckovich Season Stats

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12 9 0
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Wrigley Field - September 4, 1979
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Out
Pete Vuckovich
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Tom Herr
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Jerry Mumphrey
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Larry Biittner
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 8 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Vuckovich strikes out.
Top 8 Herr strikes out.
Top 8 Mick Kelleher now playing shortstop. Bruce Kimm now catching. Donnie Moore now pitching. Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Ivan De Jesus. Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Karl Pagel pinch hits for Bill Caudill. Pagel strikes out.
Bottom 7 Macko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Foote moves to second.
Bottom 7 Foote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton misplays the ball. That's an error on Templeton.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scott for the out.
Top 7 Hendrick hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hernandez moves to third.
Top 7 Simmons is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Hernandez hits a line drive to right field. Thompson throws towards the plate. Foote fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Foote. Vuckovich scores. Templeton goes all the way around to score. Hernandez moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 7 Mumphrey strikes out.
Top 7 Templeton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vuckovich moves to second.
Top 7 Vuckovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton misplays the ball. That's an error on Templeton.
Bottom 6 Biittner hits a line drive into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a line drive into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Herr is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bill Caudill now pitching. Reitz strikes out.
Top 6 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Hernandez scores. Hendrick moves to second.
Top 6 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Macko fields it and throws to second for the out. Mumphrey scores. Hernandez moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Simmons is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Mumphrey moves to third.
Top 6 There goes Mumphrey. The throw from Foote and he is safe. Mumphrey steals second.
Top 6 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros juggles the ball. That's an error on Ontiveros.
Bottom 5 De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez bunts towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Herr covering, for the out. Macko moves to second.
Bottom 5 Macko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Foote hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Vuckovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Herr hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reitz hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vuckovich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Biittner hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hendrick takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Simmons is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a fly ball into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 3 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Macko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Macko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Vuckovich hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Macko hits a line drive into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Foote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Herr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Macko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Reitz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Macko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 1 Biittner strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Thompson. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Templeton applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Mumphrey. The throw from Foote and he is safe. Mumphrey steals second.
Top 1 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 1 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Templeton scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Templeton 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. Templeton moves to third.