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May 31, 1979

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Cubs 3 10 0
Pirates 3 8 0
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Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .276
OBP .000 .298
At Bats 4 196
Hits 0 54
• Singles 0 32
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 26

Grant Jackson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 6
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Three Rivers Stadium - May 31, 1979
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Grant Jackson
Ed Ott
Willie Stargell
Phil Garner
Dale Berra
Tim Foli
Bill Robinson
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Bill Buckner
Scot Thompson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Grant Jackson now pitching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Garner hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Berra strikes out.
Bottom 8 Steve Dillard now playing second base. Tim Blackwell now catching. Dick Tidrow now pitching. Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Tidrow covering, for the out.
Top 8 Dave Kingman pinch hits for Dennis Lamp. Kingman hits a fly ball towards cemter. Moreno catches it and throws to home to double up Dillard.
Top 8 Steve Dillard pinch runs for Barry Foote. Mike Vail pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Vail hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Biittner scores. Dillard moves to third.
Top 8 Foote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Biittner moves to second.
Top 8 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bill Robinson now playing left field. Biittner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Milner hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buckner hits a line drive towards the mound. Romo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Enrique Romo now pitching. Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Moreno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott scores. Easler moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mike Easler pinch hits for Bert Blyleven. Easler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Berra bunts towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out. Ott moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kelleher bunts towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kelleher for the out. Foote moves to second.
Top 6 Foote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Milner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ontiveros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stargell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Parker strikes out.
Bottom 5 Foli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Foli reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Moreno hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Biittner takes first base on ball four. Buckner moves to third. Murcer moves to second.
Top 5 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Buckner moves to second.
Top 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards center. Moreno fields it and throws to second to catch De Jesus for the out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 De Jesus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Blyleven strikes out.
Bottom 4 Garner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Garner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Berra hits a line drive towards third. Ontiveros catches it and throws to first to double up Ott.
Bottom 4 Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Kelleher takes first base on ball four. Ontiveros moves to second.
Top 4 Foote hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Biittner strikes out.
Top 4 Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Stargell hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Parker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Thompson strikes out.
Top 3 De Jesus bunts in front of the plate. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out. Lamp moves to third.
Top 3 Lamp hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Milner. Lamp reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Blyleven hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott scores. Garner moves to second.
Bottom 2 Garner is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Berra strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Ott reaches second base with a double. Stargell scores.
Bottom 2 Milner strikes out.
Bottom 2 Stargell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Stargell reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Kelleher hits a line drive into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Foote hits a line drive into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ontiveros strikes out.
Top 2 Biittner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Foli hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Buckner strikes out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Ott and he is safe. De Jesus steals second.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.