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July 4, 1977

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Don Kessinger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .263
OBP .000 .336
At Bats 0 95
Hits 0 25
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 6

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 5 13
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Three Rivers Stadium - July 4, 1977
Rich Gossage
Duffy Dyer
Jim Fregosi
Phil Garner
Mario Mendoza
Frank Taveras
Al Oliver
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Don Kessinger
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Don Kessinger pinch hits for Mike Tyson. Kessinger takes first base on ball four.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dave Rader pinch hits for Mike Anderson. Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mario Mendoza now playing third base. Reitz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Taveras hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gossage hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Moreno hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Mario Mendoza pinch runs for Fernando Gonzalez. Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mendoza moves to second.
Bottom 8 Lou Brock now playing left field. Keith Hernandez now playing first base. Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lou Brock pinch hits for Roger Freed. Brock is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Simmons hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 8 Keith Hernandez pinch hits for Hector Cruz. There goes Templeton. The throw from Dyer and he is safe. Templeton steals second.
Top 8 Templeton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Oliver hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fregosi takes first base on ball four. Garner moves to second.
Bottom 7 Parker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Tony Scott now playing center field. Butch Metzger now pitching. Taveras hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mumphrey strikes out.
Top 7 Tony Scott pinch hits for Tom Underwood. Rich Gossage now pitching. Scott strikes out.
Top 7 Tyson bunts towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out. Anderson moves to second.
Top 7 Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rooker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freed scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Bottom 6 Dyer strikes out.
Top 6 Reitz hits a popup towards first. Fregosi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Freed hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Parker moves to third.
Bottom 5 Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Parker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mumphrey. Parker reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Templeton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Templeton reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Underwood hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rooker bunts towards first. Freed scoops it up and throws to first, with Tyson covering, for the out. Dyer moves to third. Moreno moves to second.
Bottom 4 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gonzalez scores. Dyer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Simmons for a passed ball. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Anderson. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Tyson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Freed hits a popup towards third. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fregosi hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Parker is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Garner strikes out.
Top 3 Simmons bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Dyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Templeton tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Templeton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno who is chasing the ball. Templeton reaches third base with a triple. Mumphrey goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Mumphrey strikes out.
Top 3 Underwood hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fregosi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Underwood for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Taveras. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Tyson applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Rooker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Moreno strikes out.
Top 2 Tyson hits a line drive into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Anderson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Reitz strikes out.
Bottom 1 Dyer strikes out. Simmons drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Dyer out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fregosi moves to third.
Bottom 1 Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson misplays the ball. That's an error on Tyson. Parker scores.
Bottom 1 Parker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Anderson who is chasing the ball. Parker reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Garner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Anderson throws the ball in to Templeton who tags Garner trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Taveras goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Taveras takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Freed strikes out.
Top 1 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Templeton strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Mumphrey. The throw from Dyer and he is safe. Mumphrey steals second.
Top 1 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.