1979 NLCS, Game 4: Chicago Fire At Columbus Redbirds 10/23/1979
Fire AB R H RBI AVG Redbirds AB R H RBI AVG
P.Rose 3B,1B 5 2 2 2 .278 C.Cooper 1B 4 0 2 1 .280
T.Stoddard P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Roenicke CF,RF 2 0 0 0 .242
O.Velez LF,1B 3 1 1 0 .333 C.Summers LF 2 0 0 0 .150
J-B.Stein PH,3B 1 0 1 1 .600 C-J.Wilhelm PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .400
D.Winfield CF 4 0 1 2 .133 L-D.Briggs PH 1 0 0 1 .200
R.Jackson RF,LF 4 0 0 0 .167 G.Minton P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Milner 1B 1 0 1 0 .333 W.Wilson RF,LF 4 0 0 0 .317
D-E.Valentine PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Tamargo C 1 0 0 0 .000
G.Carter C 4 0 2 0 .333 F-S.Nicosia PH 0 0 0 0 .300
G.Pryor 2B 2 1 1 0 .200 G-R.Dempsey PH,C 2 0 1 0 .286
E-J.Morrison PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .000 A.Rodriguez 3B 2 1 1 0 .304
K.Garcia SS 4 1 1 0 .214 H-T.Brookens PH,3B 2 0 0 0 .143
J.Niekro P 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Burleson SS 3 0 0 0 .211
T.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Flynn 2B 0 0 0 1 .290
B.Castro P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-K.Bevacqua PH,2B 3 1 1 0 .208
I-B.Ayala PH 1 0 0 0 .000 P.Niekro P 1 0 0 0 .375
S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-H.Powell PH 0 0 0 0 .250
T.Buskey P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.McGraw P 0 0 0 0 ----
M-C.Chambliss PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .000 K-R.Manning PH,CF 2 1 1 0 .313
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Totals 35 5 10 5 Totals 30 3 6 3
A-Pinch Hit For Flynn In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Summers In 5th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Milner In 6th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Pryor In 6th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Tamargo In 6th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Nicosia In 6th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Rodriguez In 6th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Castro In 7th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Velez In 7th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For McGraw In 7th Inning
L-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 7th Inning
M-Pinch Hit For Buskey In 9th Inning
Fire............ 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 5 10 1
Redbirds........ 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 6 0
Fire (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Niekro 4 1/3 3 2 2 5 4 0 83 3.97
T.Martinez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00
B.Castro HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00
S.Lockwood 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 9 5.40
T.Buskey WIN(1-0) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0.00
T.Stoddard SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00
Totals 9 6 3 3 5 6 0
Redbirds (5-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Niekro LOSS(2-1) 5 7 4 4 1 3 0 73 4.82
T.McGraw 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 34 3.18
G.Minton 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 28 0.00
Totals 9 10 5 5 1 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 36,259 DATE- Tuesday, October 23rd 1979 TIME- Night
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Fire: 5 Redbirds: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Fire: 2 Redbirds: 1
ERRORS- B.Castro
DOUBLES- P.Rose(1st), O.Velez(1st), C.Cooper(3rd)
TRIPLES- D.Winfield(1st), A.Rodriguez(1st), K.Bevacqua(1st)
RBIs- P.Rose-2(5th), B.Stein(1st), D.Winfield-2(4th), C.Cooper(4th),
D.Briggs(1st), D.Flynn(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Niekro
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Cooper, D.Flynn
WALKS- J.Milner, G.Roenicke-2, J.Tamargo, R.Burleson, H.Powell
STRIKE OUTS- O.Velez, R.Jackson-2, E.Valentine, G.Carter, J.Niekro,
G.Roenicke-2, C.Summers-2, W.Wilson-2
GIDP- G.Pryor, J.Wilhelm
WILD PITCHES- G.Minton, P.Niekro
2-out RBI- D.Winfield, B.Stein
RLISP 2-out- K.Garcia, R.Jackson, K.Bevacqua, W.Wilson, J.Morrison
TEAM RISP- Fire: 3 for 9 Redbirds: 0 for 6
In a close game it was the Chicago Fire 5, the Columbus Redbirds 3 at Busch Stadium.
Tom Buskey(1-0) came on to close the door tight in relief. No one got on base
in his 1 and 2/3 innings. Buskey was helped out by Tim Stoddard who pitched
a perfect ninth and recorded his 2nd save.
The loss was charged to Phil Niekro. He gave up 4 runs and 7 hits in 5 innings.