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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 27, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on April 27, 1997 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 27, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 27, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jason Schmidt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Amaury Telemaco |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 21,083 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Vanover 1B: Bruce Froemming 2B: Steve Rippley 3B: Charlie Williams |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
| Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
| Al Martin | Left Fielder |
| Mark Johnson | First Baseman |
| Kevin Elster | Shortstop |
| Emil Brown | Center Fielder |
| Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
| Keith Osik | Catcher |
| Jason Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Gene Lamont | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian McRae | Center Fielder |
| Dave Hansen | Third Baseman |
| Mark Grace | First Baseman |
| Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
| Brooks Kieschnick | Left Fielder |
| Ryne Sandberg | Second Baseman |
| Scott Servais | Catcher |
| Rey Sanchez | Shortstop |
| Amaury Telemaco | Pitcher |
| Jim Riggleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 27, 1997
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Telemaco
Womack strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Telemaco
Randa hits a line drive towards short. Sanchez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Telemaco
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Telemaco
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elster vs. Telemaco
Elster hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Schmidt
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Schmidt
Hansen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Schmidt
Grace takes first base on ball four. Hansen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Sosa vs. Schmidt
Sosa hits a line drive towards first. Johnson catches it and steps on first to double up Grace. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Telemaco
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Telemaco
Guillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Telemaco
Osik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Telemaco
Schmidt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kieschnick vs. Schmidt
Kieschnick hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sandberg vs. Schmidt
Sandberg strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Servais vs. Schmidt
Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Telemaco
Womack strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Telemaco
Randa hits a line drive towards short. Sanchez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Telemaco
Martin strikes out. Servais drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Martin out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Schmidt
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Telemaco vs. Schmidt
Telemaco takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Schmidt
McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Schmidt
Hansen hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Telemaco
Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Telemaco
Elster hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Telemaco
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Telemaco
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Schmidt
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grace for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Schmidt
Sosa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kieschnick vs. Schmidt
Kieschnick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack misplays the ball. That's an error on Womack. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Sandberg vs. Schmidt
Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Telemaco
Osik strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Telemaco
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Womack vs. Telemaco
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Servais vs. Schmidt
Servais hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Schmidt
Sanchez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Telemaco vs. Schmidt
Telemaco strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Telemaco
Randa hits a fly ball into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Telemaco
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Telemaco
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Schmidt
McRae hits a line drive into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Schmidt
Hansen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Schmidt
Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hansen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Sosa vs. Schmidt
Sosa hits a line drive into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Kieschnick vs. Schmidt
Kieschnick takes first base on ball four. Hansen moves to third. Grace moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Sandberg vs. Schmidt
Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Telemaco
Elster strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Telemaco
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Telemaco
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Telemaco
Osik hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Osik reaches second base with a double. Guillen goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Telemaco
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Kieschnick. Schmidt reaches second base with a double. Osik scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Womack vs. Patterson
Bob Patterson now pitching.
Womack strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Servais vs. Schmidt
Servais hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Schmidt
Sanchez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Schmidt
Dave Clark pinch hits for Bob Patterson.
Clark takes first base on ball four. Sanchez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Schmidt
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Schmidt covering, for the out. Sanchez moves to third. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Hernandez vs. Rincon
Ricardo Rincon now pitching. Jose Hernandez pinch hits for Dave Hansen.
Hernandez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Grace vs. Rincon
Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Tatis
Jose Hernandez now playing third base. Ramon Tatis now pitching.
Randa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Tatis
Martin bunts towards the mound. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out. Randa moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Tatis
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Elster vs. Wendell
Turk Wendell now pitching.
Elster hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Elster reaches second base with a double. Randa scores. Johnson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Wendell
Brown hits a line drive towards short. Sanchez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Wendell
Guillen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Wendell
Osik hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Rincon
Sosa hits a popup towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kieschnick vs. Rincon
Kieschnick strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sandberg vs. Rincon
Sandberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Sandberg reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Servais vs. Rincon
Servais hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cummings vs. Wendell
Midre Cummings pinch hits for Ricardo Rincon.
Cummings strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Wendell
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Wendell
Randa strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Ericks
John Ericks now pitching.
Sanchez hits a line drive towards first. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Houston vs. Ericks
Tyler Houston pinch hits for Turk Wendell.
Houston takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Ericks
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Ericks
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Houston moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Grace vs. Ericks
Grace hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randa settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/27/1997 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Womack T, 2b 5 0 0 0 McRae B, cf 5 0 0 0
Randa J, 3b 5 1 1 0 Hansen D, 3b 2 0 1 0
Martin A, lf 3 0 1 0 Hernandez J, ph-3b 1 0 1 0
Johnson M, 1b 2 1 0 0 Grace M, 1b 4 0 1 0
Elster K, ss 4 2 2 3 Sosa S, rf 4 0 0 0
Brown E, cf 4 0 1 0 Kieschnick B, lf 3 0 0 0
Guillen J, rf 4 2 2 2 Sandberg R, 2b 4 0 1 0
Osik K, c 4 1 1 1 Servais S, c 4 0 0 0
Schmidt J, p 3 0 2 1 Sanchez R, ss 4 0 1 0
Rincon R, p 0 0 0 0 Telemaco A, p 1 0 0 0
Cummings M, ph 1 0 0 0 Patterson B, p 0 0 0 0
Ericks J, p 0 0 0 0 Clark D, ph 0 0 0 0
Tatis R, p 0 0 0 0
Wendell T, p 0 0 0 0
Houston T, ph 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 10 7 32 0 5 0
Pittsburgh 000 100 240 -- 7
Chicago 000 000 000 -- 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt J (W) 6.2 3 0 0 5 3
Rincon R 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Ericks J 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Telemaco A (L) 6.2 7 3 3 1 9
Patterson B 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Tatis R 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
Wendell T 1.2 2 2 2 0 2
E -- Womack T
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 12
2B -- Osik K, Schmidt J, Elster K, Sandberg R
HR -- Elster K, Guillen J
SH -- Martin A
T -- 2:43
A -- 21083
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