Pirates @ Reds
August 29, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 5 10 0
Reds 0 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 5 10 0
Reds 0 4 0

George Foster Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .288
OBP .667 .359
At Bats 3 504
Hits 2 145
• Singles 2 84
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 30
Walks 0 52
RBI’s 0 96

Bert Blyleven Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 8 0
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Riverfront Stadium - August 29, 1978
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Bert Blyleven
Ed Ott
Willie Stargell
Phil Garner
Dale Berra
Mario Mendoza
Bill Robinson
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
George Foster
Ken Griffey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 10 0 6
Cincinnati Reds 0 4 0 4
Winning Pitcher Bert Blyleven
Losing Pitcher Mike LaCoss
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie Stargell
Attendance 24,967
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Foster hits a ball on the ground towards second. Garner scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Griffey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Morgan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moreno hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mendoza bunts towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out. Blyleven moves to second.
Top 9 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Berra scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Berra moves to third.
Top 9 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Berra hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Berra reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Rose strikes out.
Bottom 8 Mike Lum pinch hits for Manny Sarmiento. Lum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Geronimo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dale Berra now playing third base. Bill Robinson now playing left field. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Stargell hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Parker hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moreno hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Driessen strikes out.
Bottom 7 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Griffey hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a popup towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Garner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dave Collins pinch hits for Mike LaCoss. Collins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Concepcion strikes out.
Top 6 Milner hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ott strikes out.
Top 6 Stargell hits a line drive towards first. Driessen reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Driessen hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Foster strikes out.
Top 5 Parker hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mendoza hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Griffey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rose hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Garner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blyleven strikes out.
Top 4 Garner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Milner hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 LaCoss strikes out.
Bottom 3 Geronimo strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mario Mendoza now playing shortstop. Concepcion hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Robinson strikes out.
Top 3 Ott strikes out.
Top 3 Stargell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Parker scores.
Top 3 Parker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Parker reaches second base with a double. Taveras scores.
Top 3 Moreno bunts towards the mound. LaCoss fields it and throws to first for the out. Taveras moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Taveras steals second.
Top 3 Taveras takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Driessen is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 There goes Foster. The throw from Ott and he is out, Garner applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Foster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Blyleven strikes out. Bench throws to third to get Garner for the double play.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Garner moves to third.
Top 2 Garner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Garner reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Milner hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Griffey hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a popup towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Parker trying to get to home. Foster throws the ball in to Bench who tags Parker, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Stargell moves to second.
Top 1 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Moreno scores. Parker moves to second.
Top 1 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moreno moves to third.
Top 1 Moreno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.