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September 9, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 8 15 1
Cubs 8 13 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 8 15 1
Cubs 10 14 1

Gene Clines Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .296
OBP .000 .364
At Bats 0 189
Hits 0 56
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 35

Bob Apodaca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 6 5
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Wrigley Field - September 9, 1977
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Home Run
Bob Apodaca
John Stearns
John Milner
Joel Youngblood
Lenny Randle
Bud Harrelson
Steve Henderson
Lee Mazzilli
Bruce Boisclair
Gene Clines
Manny Trillo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 8 15 1 9
Chicago Cubs 10 14 1 10
Winning Pitcher Bruce Sutter
Losing Pitcher Bob Apodaca
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gene Clines
Attendance 3,983
Time of Game 3 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Gene Clines pinch hits for Bruce Sutter. Clines hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mitterwald bunts towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. Trillo moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bud Harrelson now playing shortstop. Bob Apodaca now pitching. Trillo takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Mike Vail pinch hits for Doug Flynn. Vail hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stearns moves to third.
Top 9 Stearns hits a line drive off the glove of De Jesus, and into shallow left field. Stearns reaches second base with a double. Henderson scores.
Top 9 Ron Hodges pinch hits for Skip Lockwood. Bruce Sutter now pitching. Hodges strikes out.
Top 9 Henderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Henderson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Murcer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Buckner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Boisclair. Buckner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Boisclair hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Mazzilli trying to get to third. Murcer throws the ball in to Trillo, who relays the ball to Ontiveros who tags Mazzilli for the out.
Top 8 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Milner hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 De Jesus is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Giusti bunts in front of the plate. Stearns fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Mitterwald takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stearns hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Trillo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Skip Lockwood now pitching. John Milner now playing first base. Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Biittner scores. Buckner scores.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Biittner moves to third. Buckner moves to second.
Bottom 6 Paul Siebert now pitching. Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Biittner moves to second.
Bottom 6 Biittner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus scores.
Bottom 6 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. De Jesus reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Henderson strikes out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Boisclair scores.
Top 6 Boisclair hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. Boisclair reaches third base with a triple. Mazzilli goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Dave Giusti now pitching. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Giusti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jose Cardenal pinch hits for Dennis Lamp. Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ontiveros scores. Trillo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Trillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ontiveros moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gross hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Swan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Flynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kranepool scores.
Top 5 Stearns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kranepool moves to third.
Top 5 Kranepool hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Buckner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Biittner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 De Jesus hits a line drive off the glove of Flynn, and into shallow left field. De Jesus reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Lamp strikes out.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Boisclair hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Mazzilli hits a popup towards third. Ontiveros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Trillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gross hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Ontiveros hits a line drive into left field. Henderson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Henderson. Biittner scores. Buckner goes all the way around to score. Ontiveros moves to second.
Bottom 3 Murcer strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buckner takes first base on ball four. Biittner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Randle strikes out.
Top 3 Swan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Flynn hits a line drive towards first. Buckner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Youngblood is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 2 Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Kranepool is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Henderson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Dennis Lamp now pitching. Boisclair hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Boisclair reaches second base with a double. Randle scores. Mazzilli moves to third.
Top 2 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Swan scores. Randle moves to third.
Top 2 Randle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swan moves to second.
Top 2 Swan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a popup towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Youngblood strikes out.
Top 1 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krukow juggles the ball. That's an error on Krukow. Henderson scores. Kranepool moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Kranepool hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mazzilli scores. Henderson moves to third.
Top 1 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Mazzilli steals second.
Top 1 Boisclair strikes out.
Top 1 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.