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Mike LaCoss

Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Apr 08 W, 7-6 vs Giants Start 0.2 4 8 5 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 CIN Apr 10 L, 4-6 at Braves Middle 1.2 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.86 CIN Apr 15 (2) W, 7-5 at Padres Start 4.2 4 20 5 2 0 2 0 3 3.86 CIN Apr 21 W, 4-1 at Cardinals Start 8.0 3 30 1 1 1 3 0 2 2.40 W (1-0) CIN Apr 27 W, 4-3 vs Cardinals Start 6.0 9 27 3 3 0 1 1 5 3.00 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN May 02 W, 4-1 vs Cubs Start 7.2 3 27 1 1 0 3 0 2 2.51 W (2-0) CIN May 08 W, 8-7 at Cubs Start 5.2 9 26 4 3 0 2 0 4 2.88 W (3-0) CIN May 10 L, 8-9 at Cubs Middle 4.0 1 14 0 0 0 1 1 3 2.58 CIN May 13 W, 7-3 at Pirates Start 6.2 7 29 3 2 1 3 0 1 2.60 W (4-0) CIN May 18 W, 7-6 vs Dodgers Start 7.1 7 30 5 5 2 3 0 4 3.10 CIN May 23 W, 5-0 at Giants Start 1 1 9.0 3 30 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.64 W (5-0) CIN May 28 W, 3-2 at Dodgers Start 10.0 9 45 1 1 1 4 0 3 2.40 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jun 02 W, 4-2 vs Phillies Start 7.1 8 30 2 2 0 1 0 1 2.40 W (6-0) CIN Jun 08 W, 3-2 vs Expos Start 2 9.0 7 38 2 1 1 3 1 3 2.26 W (7-0) CIN Jun 13 W, 4-1 at Mets Start 5.0 1 18 1 1 0 3 0 1 2.23 W (8-0) CIN Jun 19 L, 2-3 at Expos Start 5.1 9 24 3 3 0 2 0 1 2.39 L (8-1) CIN Jun 25 (2) L, 0-4 at Astros Start 6.0 5 30 2 2 0 6 0 1 2.42 L (8-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jul 01 (1) L, 1-2 at Giants Start 7.0 4 27 2 2 2 4 0 2 2.43 L (8-3) CIN Jul 06 W, 2-1 vs Pirates Start 8.0 7 30 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.34 CIN Jul 11 W, 6-1 vs Cardinals Start 3 9.0 8 34 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.25 W (9-3) CIN Jul 14 L, 0-1 vs Cubs Middle 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.23 CIN Jul 21 L, 3-12 at Cardinals Start 2.1 8 18 8 8 0 2 1 0 2.74 L (9-4) CIN Jul 27 W, 2-0 at Braves Start 7.0 5 28 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.60 W (10-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Aug 01 W, 10-5 vs Dodgers Start 6.0 11 31 5 5 1 3 0 3 2.81 W (11-4) CIN Aug 06 W, 3-1 vs Braves Start 4 9.0 4 33 1 1 0 2 0 3 2.70 W (12-4) CIN Aug 12 (2) L, 4-5 at Padres Start 6.2 12 33 5 5 0 1 1 3 2.87 L (12-5) CIN Aug 18 W, 4-3 vs Mets Start 5 9.0 5 34 3 3 2 3 0 4 2.88 W (13-5) CIN Aug 22 W, 7-2 vs Expos Start 6 9.0 8 35 2 2 1 4 0 2 2.83 W (14-5) CIN Aug 27 W, 4-2 at Phillies Start 7.0 2 26 2 2 0 5 0 2 2.82 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Sep 02 L, 1-13 at Expos Start 0.0 7 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 3.11 L (14-6) CIN Sep 07 L, 5-6 vs Dodgers Start 5.0 5 25 5 4 1 4 1 2 3.22 CIN Sep 12 W, 7-4 vs Astros Start 4.2 9 22 4 4 0 1 0 1 3.33 CIN Sep 17 L, 4-7 at Giants Start 0.1 5 7 5 5 0 0 1 0 3.55 L (14-7) CIN Sep 22 L, 1-4 at Astros Start 7.0 8 30 3 3 0 1 1 3 3.56 L (14-8) CIN Sep 29 L, 0-2 vs Braves Start 3.0 2 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.51

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      14   8   3.58   32  32   6   0   0   1  198.1  198   844   91   79  13   70   7   69   22-10  4.16 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   1.35    3   0   0   0   0   0    6.2    4    24    1    1   0    1   1    4    0-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              339   36   94  132  14   6   4   33   8   5   34   4   1   28   7  .277  .389  .348  .738
vs RHB              430   49  108  153  12   3   9   43   8   8   37   4   1   45  15  .251  .356  .316  .672

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             8   0   2.92   16  15   5   0   0   0  101.2   98   419   40   33   8   30   3   36   13-3   4.87 runs/start
Road             6   8   4.09   19  17   1   0   0   1  103.1  104   449   52   47   5   41   5   37    9-10  3.53 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              3   4   4.81   12  11   0   0   0   0   58.0   75   269   41   31   4   22   3   22    6-6   4.09 runs/start
Night           11   4   3.00   23  21   6   0   0   1  147.0  127   599   51   49   9   49   5   51   16-7   4.19 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   0   3.00    5   4   0   0   0   0   21.0   22    92   15    7   1    7   1   11    4-1   5.50 runs/start
May              4   0   2.15    7   6   1   0   0   1   50.1   39   201   14   12   4   17   1   20    6-1   5.67 runs/start
June             3   2   2.48    5   5   1   0   0   0   32.2   30   140   10    9   1   15   1    7    3-2   2.60 runs/start
July             2   2   3.15    6   5   1   0   0   0   34.1   33   140   12   12   2    7   1   10    3-3   2.80 runs/start
August           4   1   3.47    6   6   3   0   0   0   46.2   42   192   18   18   4   18   1   17    5-1   5.33 runs/start
September        0   3   9.90    6   6   0   0   0   0   20.0   36   103   23   22   1    7   3    8    1-5   3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   2   4.58    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.2   22    82    9    9   0    8   1    5    1-2   2.67 runs/start
Braves           2   0   0.87    4   3   1   0   0   0   20.2   13    80    2    2   0    4   0   10    2-2   1.67 runs/start
Cardinals        2   1   4.62    4   4   1   0   0   0   25.1   28   109   13   13   1    6   2    9    3-1   4.25 runs/start
Cubs             2   0   1.96    4   2   0   0   0   0   18.1   14    70    5    4   0    6   1    9    2-2   6.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   4.76    4   4   0   0   0   0   28.1   32   131   16   15   5   14   1   12    3-1   6.25 runs/start
Expos            2   2   4.63    4   4   2   0   0   0   23.1   31   104   13   12   2    9   1    6    2-2   3.25 runs/start
Giants           1   2   3.71    4   4   1   0   0   1   17.0   16    72   12    7   2    6   1    5    2-2   4.25 runs/start
Mets             2   0   2.57    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.0    6    52    4    4   2    6   0    5    2-0   4.00 runs/start
Padres           0   1   5.56    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.1   16    53   10    7   0    3   1    6    1-1   5.50 runs/start
Phillies         1   0   2.51    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.1   10    56    4    4   0    6   0    3    2-0   4.00 runs/start
Pirates          1   0   1.84    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.2   14    59    4    3   1    3   0    3    2-0   4.50 runs/start

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