Pittsburgh Pirates (4) Chicago Cubs (3)

| 1979

Date of Game: Thursday, May 31, 1979
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

Chicago Cubs (NL)	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
Record: 20-25	Record: 23-22
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Attendance: 6,438 Time of Game: 3:27

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Mike Vail 1B in 8th inning (34.89)

Ed Ott 2B in 2nd inning (23.64)

Lee Lacy 2B in 9th inning (15.64)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Chicago Cubs	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	0
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	13	0

Chicago Cubs Batting Stats

Chicago Cubs	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Ivan DeJesus	ss	26.142	4	0	2	0	0	0	.249	43	446	2	11	6
Scot Thompson	cf	23.176	4	0	0	0	1	1	.340	28	47	0	7	0
Bill Buckner	1b	29.168	5	0	0	0	0	1	.274	45	1056	5	26	3
Bobby Murcer	rf	33.011	5	1	2	1	0	0	.259	41	1593	7	18	0
Larry Biittner	lf	33.308	4	2	2	1	1	1	.316	19	793	1	4	0
Steve Ontiveros	3b	27.218	4	0	1	0	1	1	.313	40	589	2	14	0
Barry Foote	c	27.105	4	0	2	0	0	0	.208	41	467	6	14	1
Steve Dillard	pr-2b	28.112	1	0	0	0	0	1	.111	14	194	0	0	1
Mick Kelleher	2b	31.311	1	0	0	0	1	0	.258	14	360	0	0	0
Mike Vail	ph	27.203	1	0	1	1	0	0	.297	22	309	2	8	0
Tim Blackwell	c	26.285	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	12	185	0	4	0
Dennis Lamp	p	26.250	3	0	1	0	0	0	.176	12	58	0	0	0
Dave Kingman	ph	30.161	1	0	0	0	0	0	.283	45	962	15	36	0
Dick Tidrow	p	32.017	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	19	196	0	0	0
Bruce Sutter	p	26.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	15	193	0	0	0
Totals:			38	3	11	3	4	5	.289	410	7448

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Omar Moreno	cf	26.219	5	0	1	1	0	0	.326	45	404	2	24	19
Tim Foli	ss	28.174	6	0	2	1	0	0	.285	32	1059	0	15	1
Dave Parker	rf	27.357	4	0	1	0	1	1	.315	45	765	7	21	8
Willie Stargell	1b	39.086	3	1	1	0	2	0	.339	31	2042	10	28	0
John Milner	lf	29.154	4	0	0	0	0	1	.266	35	884	6	20	2
Bill Robinson	lf	35.340	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276	40	1148	10	26	2
Ed Ott	c	27.325	4	2	3	1	1	0	.270	31	286	3	12	0
Dale Berra	3b	22.169	4	0	0	0	0	3	.192	28	101	1	7	0
Phil Garner	2b	30.031	4	1	2	0	1	0	.264	42	707	3	10	2
Bert Blyleven	p	28.055	2	0	1	1	0	1	.200	13	151	0	2	0
Mike Easler	ph	28.183	0	0	0	0	1	0	.300	15	72	2	3	0
Enrique Romo	p	31.321	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	20	131	0	0	0
Grant Jackson	p	36.245	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	24	535	0	1	0
Lee Lacy	ph	31.051	1	0	1	0	0	0	.239	24	571	0	3	1
Matt Alexander	pr	32.121	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	16	294	0	1	0
Bruce Kison	p	29.102	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	13	228	0	0	0
Manny Sanguillen	ph	35.071	1	0	1	0	0	0	.222	15	1354	0	0	0
Totals:			39	4	13	4	6	6	.333	469	10732

Game Stats

2B: Tim Foli (6), Phil Garner (12), Lee Lacy (2), Dennis Lamp (1), Ed Ott (6), Willie Stargell (7)
HR: Larry Biittner (1), Bobby Murcer (7)
RBIs: Larry Biittner (4), Bert Blyleven (2), Tim Foli (15), Omar Moreno (24), Bobby Murcer (18), Ed Ott (12), Mike Vail (8)
SB: Ivan DeJesus (6)
SH: Dale Berra (2), Ivan DeJesus (6), Mick Kelleher (2), Omar Moreno (3)

Chicago Cubs Pitching Stats

Chicago Cubs	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dennis Lamp	26.250	7	8	3	3	4	4	0	4.19	1.31	0	0	0	13	61
Dick Tidrow	32.017	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.25	1.58	0	0	0	19	301
Bruce Sutter (L 1-2)	26.143	1.1	4	1	1	2	1	0	1.67	1.04	0	0	0	15	193
Pitching Totals:		9.7	13	4	4	6	6	0			0	0	0	47	555

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Bert Blyleven	28.055	6	7	2	2	3	4	2	4.93	1.45	0	0	0	12	328
Enrique Romo	31.321	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	3.60	1.72	0	0	0	20	134
Grant Jackson	36.245	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	1.08	0	0	0	24	516
Bruce Kison (W 2-1)	29.102	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.21	1.17	0	0	0	11	233
Pitching Totals:		10	11	3	3	4	5	2			0	0	0	67	1211

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Lamp 0-0-0; Dick Tidrow 0-0-0; Bruce Sutter 0-0-0; Bert Blyleven 0-0-0; Enrique Romo 0-0-0; Grant Jackson 0-0-0; Bruce Kison 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dennis Lamp 32; Dick Tidrow 5; Bruce Sutter 10; Bert Blyleven 28; Enrique Romo 10; Grant Jackson 2; Bruce Kison 4;
Time of Game: 3:27 Attendance: 6,438
Umpires: Home: Harry Wendelstedt 1B Dutch Rennert 2B Dave Pallone 3B Lee Weyer

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