Pirates @ Cubs
August 16, 1977

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Pirates 5 9 3
Cubs 5 11 1
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Pirates 5 9 3
Cubs 5 11 1

Rich Gossage Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .235
OBP .000 .235
At Bats 0 17
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 3
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 2

Dave Giusti Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 6
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Wrigley Field - August 16, 1977
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Strikeout
Dave Giusti
Steve Swisher
Bill Buckner
Manny Trillo
Steve Ontiveros
Mick Kelleher
Larry Biittner
Greg Gross
Bobby Murcer
Rich Gossage
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Gossage is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Gonzalez 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 10 Ontiveros hits a popup into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Murcer hits a popup towards short. Mendoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Buckner 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 10 Dyer hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Dave Giusti now pitching. Steve Swisher now catching. Stennett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Biittner hits a line drive into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Gross hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Moreno fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Moreno. Kelleher goes all the way around to score. Gross moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Jerry Morales pinch hits for Dave Roberts. Morales strikes out.
Bottom 9 Rich Gossage now pitching. Kelleher bunts towards the mound. Gossage fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Jose Cardenal pinch hits for George Mitterwald. Cardenal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Robinson strikes out.
Top 9 Parker hits a popup towards short. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Bottom 8 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ontiveros is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Mario Mendoza now playing shortstop. Phil Garner now playing third base. Fernando Gonzalez now playing left field. Bill Robinson now playing firstMurcer strikes out.
Top 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Trillo fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 8 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stennett scores. Dyer moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros juggles the ball. That's an error on Ontiveros. Stennett moves to third.
Top 8 Jim Fregosi pinch hits for Bobby Tolan. Fregosi strikes out.
Top 8 Dave Roberts now pitching. Stennett hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Parker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Parker reaches second base with a double. Garner moves to third.
Top 8 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Mick Kelleher now playing shortstop. Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Phil Garner now playing shortstop. Fernando Gonzalez now playing third base. Grant Jackson now pitching. Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jerry Hairston pinch hits for Bruce Kison. Hairston 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 7 Fernando Gonzalez pinch hits for Frank Taveras. Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dyer hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Dyer and he is out, Taveras applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Bonham strikes out.
Bottom 6 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Mitterwald hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bonham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Parker strikes out.
Top 6 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kison fires to first and has Buckner trapped. There's the throw to Taveras who tags Buckner for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Moreno is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Kison hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Taveras strikes out.
Top 5 Dyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Dyer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Biittner hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonham moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bonham hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bonham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Trillo strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 There goes Murcer. The throw from Dyer and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 3 Murcer is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Buckner 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 3 Parker hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bonham fields it and throws to first for the out. Moreno moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Moreno. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Top 3 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Kison takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Biittner hits a fly ball towards center. Moreno catches it and throws to Stennett who relays to Tolan to double up Bonham.
Bottom 2 Gross bunts, foul, towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bonham bunts towards the mound. Kison fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 2 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Taveras 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 2 Dyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stennett moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Stennett. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Stennett steals second.
Top 2 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mitterwald hits a line drive into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Trillo strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double. Buckner scores. Murcer goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Biittner scores. Buckner moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Biittner moves to third.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras misplays the ball. That's an error on Taveras.
Bottom 1 Gross hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Parker strikes out.
Top 1 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Moreno strikes out.