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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 23, 1999
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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 September 23, 1999 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 23, 1999 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 23, 1999 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Chris Peters |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Micah Bowie |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 36,736 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mike Winters 1B: Jerry Meals 2B: Hunter Wendelstedt 3B: Steve Rippley |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Adrian Brown | Right Fielder |
| Pat Meares | Shortstop |
| Aramis Ramirez | Third Baseman |
| Kevin Young | First Baseman |
| Chad Hermansen | Center Fielder |
| John Wehner | Left Fielder |
| Keith Osik | Catcher |
| Abraham Nunez | Second Baseman |
| Chris Peters | Pitcher |
| Gene Lamont | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bo Porter | Center Fielder |
| Jeff Blauser | Shortstop |
| Mark Grace | First Baseman |
| Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
| Glenallen Hill | Left Fielder |
| Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
| Benito Santiago | Catcher |
| Chad Meyers | Second Baseman |
| Micah Bowie | Pitcher |
| Jim Riggleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 23, 1999
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Bowie
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Porter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Bowie
Meares strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Bowie
Ramirez hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Peters
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blauser vs. Peters
Blauser strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Peters
Grace is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Peters
Sosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grace moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Hill vs. Peters
Hill strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Bowie
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hermansen vs. Bowie
Hermansen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Wehner vs. Bowie
Wehner takes first base on ball four. Hermansen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Osik vs. Bowie
The ball gets by Santiago for a passed ball. Hermansen moves to third. Wehner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Osik vs. Bowie
Osik hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hermansen tags and scores. Wehner tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Nunez vs. Bowie
Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Peters
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Santiago vs. Peters
Santiago hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Peters
Meyers strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Bowie
Peters takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Bowie
There's a wild pitch. Peters moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Bowie
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meares vs. Bowie
Meares bunts towards the mound. Bowie fields it and throws to first for the out. Peters moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Ramirez vs. Bowie
Ramirez hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Peters tags and scores. Brown tags and moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Young vs. Bowie
Young hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Brown scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hermansen vs. Bowie
Hermansen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bowie vs. Peters
Bowie strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Peters
Porter hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Blauser vs. Peters
Blauser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Porter moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Grace vs. Peters
Grace hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Porter moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Sosa vs. Peters
Sosa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Porter scores. Blauser moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Hill vs. Peters
Hill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blauser scores. Sosa moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Gaetti vs. Peters
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Wehner vs. Bowie
Wehner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Bowie
Osik hits a fly ball into center field. Porter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nunez vs. Bowie
Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nunez for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santiago vs. Peters
Santiago hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares misplays the ball. That's an error on Meares. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyers vs. Peters
Meyers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Santiago moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bowie vs. Peters
There goes Santiago. The throw from Osik and he is safe. Santiago steals third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Bowie vs. Peters
Bowie strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Porter vs. Peters
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Bowie
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Bowie
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Meares vs. Bowie
Meares hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Bowie
Ramirez hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Bowie
Young hits a line drive into center field. Porter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blauser vs. Peters
Blauser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Peters
Grace hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Peters
Sosa takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Boyd
Jason Boyd now pitching.
Hill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Nunez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gaetti vs. Boyd
Gaetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sosa moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Santiago vs. Boyd
Santiago hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sosa moves to third. Gaetti moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Meyers vs. Boyd
Meyers is hit by the pitch. Sosa scores. Gaetti moves to third. Santiago moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Brown vs. Boyd
Roosevelt Brown pinch hits for Micah Bowie.
Brown hits a line drive into left field. Wehner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gaetti tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Porter vs. Boyd
Porter takes first base on ball four. Santiago moves to third. Meyers moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Blauser vs. Boyd
Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nunez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hermansen vs. Myers
Rodney Myers now pitching.
Hermansen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wehner vs. Myers
Wehner hits a line drive into center field. Porter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Myers
Osik takes first base on ball four. Hermansen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Nunez vs. Myers
Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace fields the ball and throws to Myers covering. Safe. Hermansen moves to third. Osik moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sveum vs. Myers
Dale Sveum pinch hits for Jason Boyd.
Sveum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Myers fields it and throws to home. Santiago drops the ball. Hermansen scores. Osik moves to third. Nunez moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brown vs. Myers
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Osik scores. Nunez moves to third. Sveum moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Meares vs. Myers
Meares hits a fly ball into center field. Porter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Garcia
Mike Garcia now pitching.
Grace takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Garcia
Sosa strikes out. There goes Grace. The throw from Osik to second, and Grace is out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Garcia
Hill strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Adams
Bo Porter now playing left field. Terry Adams now pitching. Lance Johnson now playing center field.
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Adams
Young strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hermansen vs. Adams
Hermansen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Wehner vs. Adams
There's a wild pitch. Hermansen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Wehner vs. Adams
Wehner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Garcia
Gaetti hits a line drive into left field. Wehner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santiago vs. Garcia
Santiago strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Garcia
Meyers hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Adams
Al Martin pinch hits for Keith Osik.
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Nunez vs. Adams
Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Adams
Brant Brown pinch hits for Mike Garcia.
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Wilkins
Joe Oliver now catching. Marc Wilkins now pitching.
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Wilkins
Porter bunts towards the mound. Wilkins fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blauser vs. Wilkins
Blauser hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Blauser moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Grace vs. Wilkins
Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blauser scores. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Wilkins
Sosa strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Wilkins
Jeff Reed pinch hits for Terry Adams.
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Aguilera
Rick Aguilera now pitching.
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Meares vs. Aguilera
Meares hits a fly ball towards right. Sosa settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Sosa. Meares moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Ramirez vs. Aguilera
Ramirez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Aguilera
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aguilera fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/23/1999 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (N)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Brown A, rf 4 1 0 1 Porter B, cf-lf 3 1 1 0
Meares P, ss 4 0 0 0 Blauser J, ss 5 3 3 1
Ramirez A, 3b 3 0 1 1 Grace M, 1b 3 1 2 3
Young K, 1b 5 0 1 1 Sosa S, rf 4 1 2 1
Hermansen C, cf 4 2 3 0 Hill G, lf 4 0 1 1
Wehner J, lf 3 0 0 0 Adams T, p 0 0 0 0
Osik K, c 1 1 0 1 Reed J, ph 1 0 0 0
Martin A, ph 1 0 0 0 Aguilera R, p 0 0 0 0
Oliver J, c 0 0 0 0 Gaetti G, 3b 4 1 1 0
Nunez A, 2b 4 0 1 0 Santiago B, c 4 0 1 0
Peters C, p 1 1 1 0 Meyers C, 2b 3 0 1 1
Boyd J, p 0 0 0 0 Bowie M, p 2 0 0 0
Sveum D, ph 1 0 0 0 Brown R, ph 0 0 0 1
Garcia M, p 0 0 0 0 Myers R, p 0 0 0 0
Brown B, ph 1 0 0 0 Johnson L, cf 1 1 1 0
Wilkins M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 7 4 34 8 13 8
Pittsburgh 012 002 000 -- 5
Chicago 002 040 02x -- 8
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Peters C (L)* 4.0 8 5 5 1 5
Boyd J 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Garcia M 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Wilkins M 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Bowie M (W) 5.0 4 3 2 3 1
Myers R 1.0 2 2 0 1 0
Adams T 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Aguilera R (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
E -- Meares P, Santiago B, Sosa S
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 9
HR -- Grace M
SB -- Santiago B
CS -- Grace M
SH -- Meares P, Porter B
SF -- Osik K, Ramirez A, Brown R
HBP -- by Peters C (Grace M), by Boyd J (Meyers C)
WP -- Bowie M, Adams T
PB -- Santiago B
T -- 2:55
A -- 36736
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