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September 23, 1979

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George Foster Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .305
OBP .500 .390
At Bats 4 420
Hits 2 128
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 28
Walks 0 58
RBI’s 1 96

Frank LaCorte Season Stats

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1 2 0
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Astrodome - September 23, 1979
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Strikeout
Frank LaCorte
Luis Pujols
Cesar Cedeno
Rafael Landestoy
Enos Cabell
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Terry Puhl
Jeffrey Leonard
George Foster
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Foster is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Reynolds hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out.
Top 7 Frank LaCorte now pitching. Pastore hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cruz takes first base on ball four. Bench scores. Driessen moves to third. Knight moves to second.
Top 7 Knight hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bench moves to third. Driessen moves to second.
Top 7 Driessen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench moves to second.
Top 7 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tom Dixon now pitching. Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Julio Gonzalez pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar. Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Landestoy strikes out.
Bottom 6 Pujols hits a popup, foul, towards third. Knight settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Collins. The throw from Pujols and he is safe. Collins steals second.
Top 6 Collins takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Pastore strikes out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Pujols fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cabell for the out. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Driessen. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cedeno is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Knight hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Driessen is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Bench hits a fly ball towards right. Leonard settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Leonard. Foster moves to third. Bench moves to second.
Top 5 Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Joaquin Andujar now pitching. Concepcion 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 4 Reynolds hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Leonard moves to third. Landestoy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Danny Heep pinch hits for Randy Niemann. Heep strikes out.
Bottom 4 Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leonard moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pujols strikes out.
Bottom 4 Leonard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Randy Niemann now pitching. Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pujols settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Collins hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Leonard chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Landestoy. Landestoy fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Landestoy. Cruz scores. Pastore goes all the way around to score. Collins moves all the way to home.
Top 4 Pastore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knight scores. Cruz moves to third.
Top 4 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench scores. Knight moves to second.
Top 4 Knight hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bench moves to third.
Top 4 Driessen hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Bench reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Foster hits a fly ball 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 the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 3 Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Pastore hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ruhle hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Landestoy is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Pujols hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Leonard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Collins. Leonard reaches second base with a double. Cruz scores.
Bottom 2 Cabell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Cruz. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Cruz strikes out.
Top 2 Knight hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Knight reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Driessen strikes out.
Top 2 Bench strikes out.
Top 2 Foster hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pastore fires to first and picks off Reynolds.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out.