Astros @ Dodgers
September 16, 1974

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Astros 2 9 4
Dodgers 7 6 0
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Astros 2 9 4
Dodgers 7 7 0

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .314
OBP .250 .354
At Bats 4 519
Hits 1 163
• Singles 1 129
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 1 53

Ken Forsch Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 7 9
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Dodger Stadium - September 16, 1974
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Ken Forsch
Milt May
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Doug Rader
Roger Metzger
Bob Watson
Wilbur Howard
Greg Gross
Bill Buckner
Mike Marshall
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Russell hits a line drive into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lacy tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lacy moves to third.
Bottom 8 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 May hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mike Marshall now pitching. Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Yeager strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Crawford trying to get to third. Watson throws the ball in to Rader, who tags Crawford for the out.
Bottom 7 Crawford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ken Forsch now pitching. Wilbur Howard now playing center field. Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cedeno is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gross is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Wilbur Howard pinch hits for Don Wilson. Howard hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards first. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. Lacy scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Messersmith hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 The ball gets by May for a passed ball. Lacy moves to third.
Bottom 6 Lacy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Lacy reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Helms strikes out.
Top 6 Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 May hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Yeager strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cey hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms misplays the ball. That's an error on Helms. Buckner scores. Wynn moves to third. Garvey moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Garvey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Messersmith scores. Buckner moves to third. Wynn moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Wynn takes first base on ball four. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Metzger. Messersmith moves to third.
Bottom 5 Russell bunts between the mound and first base. Wilson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Russell for the out. Messersmith moves to second.
Bottom 5 Messersmith takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Watson strikes out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 There goes Gross. The throw from Yeager and he is out, Lacy applying the tag.
Top 5 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lacy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cey hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wilson hits a line drive towards third. Cey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Crawford hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Russell scores. Buckner scores.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Messersmith scores. Russell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Russell is hit by the pitch. Messersmith moves to second.
Bottom 3 Messersmith takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 May hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a popup towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lacy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Yeager takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Rader moves to third.
Top 2 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. May scores. May scores. Rader moves to second.
Top 2 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May moves to third. May moves to second.
Top 2 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. May moves to second.
Top 2 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Russell strikes out.
Top 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Gross moves to third.
Top 1 Metzger bunts towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. Gross moves to second.
Top 1 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.