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September 7, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 9 13 2
Astros 2 7 1
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Giants 9 13 2
Astros 2 7 1

Jimmy Sexton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .176
OBP .000 .243
At Bats 1 34
Hits 0 6
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 0

Vida Blue Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 13 0
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Astrodome - September 7, 1979
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Strikeout
Vida Blue
Dennis Littlejohn
Mike Ivie
Rob Andrews
Darrell Evans
Johnnie LeMaster
Greg Johnston
Larry Herndon
Max Venable
Jimmy Sexton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 9 13 2 10
Houston Astros 2 7 1 9
Winning Pitcher Vida Blue
Losing Pitcher Joaquin Andujar
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Max Venable
Attendance 23,723
Time of Game 2 hours 47 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sexton strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Knicely strikes out.
Top 9 Venable hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blue strikes out.
Top 9 Littlejohn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Gordie Pladson now pitching. LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sexton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Landestoy hits a line drive towards the mound. Blue catches it and throws to second to double up Pujols.
Bottom 8 Mike Mendoza pinch runs for Art Howe. Pujols hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnston. Pujols reaches second base with a double. Mendoza moves to third.
Bottom 8 Art Howe pinch hits for Bobby Sprowl. Howe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Heep strikes out.
Top 8 Johnston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sexton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Herndon takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ivie hits a fly ball into left field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sexton hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Venable takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Blue hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alan Knicely now playing third base. Bobby Sprowl now pitching. Jimmy Sexton now playing shortstop. Danny Heep now playing left field. Littlejohn hits a fly ball into left field. Heep settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Alan Knicely pinch hits for Frank LaCorte. Knicely takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Johnston. Landestoy reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz strikes out.
Top 6 LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Johnston hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herndon scores. Johnston moves to second.
Top 6 Herndon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Herndon reaches second base with a double. Andrews scores.
Top 6 Evans strikes out. There goes Andrews. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 6 Ivie strikes out.
Top 6 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Puhl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a fly ball into left field. Johnston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Venable strikes out.
Top 5 Blue strikes out.
Top 5 Frank LaCorte now pitching. Littlejohn hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Julio Gonzalez pinch hits for Rick Williams. Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 LeMaster hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ivie scores. Herndon moves to third.
Top 4 Herndon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Andrews scores. Ivie moves to second.
Top 4 Evans strikes out.
Top 4 Rick Williams now pitching. Ivie hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Littlejohn scores. Venable scores. Andrews moves to second.
Top 4 Andrews takes first base on ball four. Venable moves to second.
Top 4 Randy Niemann now pitching. Venable hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. LeMaster scores. Littlejohn moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Blue bunts towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out. LeMaster moves to third. Littlejohn moves to second.
Top 4 Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. LeMaster moves to second.
Top 4 LeMaster takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Leonard hits a fly ball into left field. Johnston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnston 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 Herndon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Andrews scores. Evans moves to second.
Top 3 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Ivie strikes out. There goes Andrews. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 3 Andrews hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Venable scores.
Top 3 Andujar fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Andujar. Venable moves to third.
Top 3 Venable hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Blue hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Puhl hits a popup towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it and throws to second for the out. Pujols scores. Landestoy moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cedeno is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Andujar bunts towards first. Ivie scoops it up and throws to first, with Andrews covering, for the out. Pujols moves to third. Landestoy moves to second.
Bottom 2 Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pujols moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pujols hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnston 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 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blue has Puhl trapped. There's the throw to Evans and over to Littlejohn, who tags Puhl for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Leonard is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Leonard moves to second.
Bottom 1 Leonard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Puhl moves to third.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews misplays the ball. That's an error on Andrews. Cedeno moves to third.
Bottom 1 Reynolds bunts towards the mound. Blue fields it and throws to first for the out. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Evans hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Evans reaches second base with a double. Andrews moves to third.
Top 1 Ivie hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Andrews hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Venable strikes out.