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September 8, 1971

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Cubs 1 6 2
Pirates 10 13 0
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Cubs 1 6 2
Pirates 10 13 0

Joe Pepitone Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .311
OBP .333 .353
At Bats 3 412
Hits 1 128
• Singles 1 89
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 59

Steve Blass Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 7 0
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Three Rivers Stadium - September 8, 1971
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Out
Steve Blass
Milt May
Al Oliver
Dave Cash
Richie Hebner
Gene Alley
Willie Stargell
Gene Clines
Richie Zisk
Joe Pepitone
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Pepitone hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Hebner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hebner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pepitone settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Pepitone.
Bottom 8 Stargell takes first base on ball four. Zisk moves to second.
Bottom 8 Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Clines strikes out.
Bottom 8 Joe Decker now pitching. Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Popovich strikes out.
Top 8 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Carmen Fanzone pinch hits for Ron Tompkins. Fanzone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Gene Clines now playing center field. Dave Cash now playing second base. Richie Zisk now playing right field. Cannizzaro strikes out.
Bottom 7 Blass hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ron Tompkins now pitching. Alley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May scores. Oliver moves to third.
Bottom 7 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hebner scores. May moves to second.
Bottom 7 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clines scores. Clemente scores. Hebner moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hebner takes first base on ball four. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ray Newman now pitching. Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stennett scores. Clines moves to third.
Bottom 7 Gene Clines pinch hits for Vic Davalillo. Jim Colborn now pitching. Clines hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blass scores. Stennett moves to third.
Bottom 7 Stennett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blass moves to third.
Bottom 7 Blass bunts in front of the plate. Cannizzaro fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Alley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Callison hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. May fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Davis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stargell. Davis reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Blass covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hebner hits a fly ball into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stargell moves to third.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Stargell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Larry Gura now pitching. Stargell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Popovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gene Hiser pinch hits for Milt Pappas. Hiser hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stennett hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cannizzaro hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Callison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Santo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Alley hits a popup towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Stargell scores. Hebner goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 May strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hebner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stargell moves to third.
Bottom 4 Stargell hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Callison. Stargell reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pepitone for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Popovich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Davalillo hits a line drive towards short. Kessinger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kessinger hits a popup towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pappas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cannizzaro strikes out.
Bottom 2 Blass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Alley hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hebner strikes out.
Top 2 Callison hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Davis strikes out.
Top 2 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Pepitone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Stargell hits a line drive into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich misplays the ball. That's an error on Popovich.
Bottom 1 Davalillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Popovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Davalillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Popovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kessinger strikes out.