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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 26, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, played on September 26, 1997 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 26, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 26, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kevin Tapani |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Busby |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 36,488 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Greg Bonin 1B: Eric Gregg 2B: Bob Davidson 3B: Frank Pulli |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Robin Jennings | Center Fielder |
| Miguel Cairo | Second Baseman |
| Brant Brown | First Baseman |
| Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
| Dave Hansen | Third Baseman |
| Brooks Kieschnick | Left Fielder |
| Tyler Houston | Catcher |
| Manny Alexander | Shortstop |
| Kevin Tapani | Pitcher |
| Jim Riggleman | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Delino DeShields | Second Baseman |
| Phil Plantier | Left Fielder |
| Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
| Ray Lankford | Center Fielder |
| Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
| Dmitri Young | Right Fielder |
| Eli Marrero | Catcher |
| Luis Ordaz | Shortstop |
| Mike Busby | Pitcher |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 26, 1997
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Busby
Jennings hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Busby
Cairo hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Young. Cairo reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Busby
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cairo scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Busby
There goes Brown. The throw from Marrero and he is safe. Brown steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Sosa vs. Busby
Sosa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Hansen vs. Busby
Hansen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Kieschnick vs. Busby
Kieschnick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown scores. Hansen moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Houston vs. Busby
Houston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hansen scores. Kieschnick moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Alexander vs. Busby
Alexander hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Tapani
DeShields hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. DeShields reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Plantier vs. Tapani
Plantier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. DeShields scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGwire vs. Tapani
McGwire hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Tapani
Lankford takes first base on ball four. Plantier moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Gaetti vs. Tapani
Gaetti hits a fly ball into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Tapani
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Tapani vs. Busby
Tapani hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jennings vs. Busby
Jennings hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Busby
Cairo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Busby
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Marrero vs. Tapani
Marrero strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Tapani
Ordaz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Tapani
Busby strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Busby
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hansen vs. Busby
There goes Sosa. The throw from Marrero and he is out, Ordaz applying the tag. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Busby
Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hansen for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kieschnick vs. Busby
Kieschnick hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Tapani
DeShields hits a fly ball into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Plantier vs. Tapani
Plantier hits a fly ball into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Tapani
McGwire strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Houston vs. Busby
Houston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Busby
Alexander hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Houston moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tapani vs. Busby
Tapani bunts towards third. Gaetti fields it and has Houston trapped. There's the throw to Ordaz who tags Houston for the out. Alexander moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Jennings vs. Busby
Jennings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alexander moves to third. Tapani moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Cairo vs. Busby
Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alexander scores. Tapani moves to third. Jennings moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Busby
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Tapani
Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Tapani
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Tapani
Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Busby
Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Busby
Hansen hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kieschnick vs. Busby
Kieschnick strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Houston vs. Busby
Houston hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Ordaz fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Marrero vs. Tapani
Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tapani fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Tapani
Ordaz hits a fly ball into center field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pagnozzi vs. Tapani
Tom Pagnozzi pinch hits for Mike Busby.
Pagnozzi strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Fossas
Tony Fossas now pitching.
Alexander hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Tapani vs. Fossas
Tapani strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lowery vs. Fossas
Terrell Lowery pinch hits for Robin Jennings.
Lowery hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alexander moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cairo vs. Fossas
Cairo hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Fossas
Brown takes first base on ball four. Alexander moves to third. Lowery moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Sosa vs. Fossas
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Tapani
Terrell Lowery now playing center field. Jose Hernandez now playing third base.
DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Plantier vs. Tapani
Plantier strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Tapani
McGwire hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Tapani scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGwire for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Fossas
Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kieschnick vs. Fossas
Kieschnick hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Houston vs. Fossas
Houston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Lowe
Dave Clark pinch hits for Manny Alexander. Sean Lowe now pitching.
Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Plantier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hernandez tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Tapani vs. Lowe
Tapani strikes out. Marrero drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Tapani out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Tapani
Ryne Sandberg now playing second base. Miguel Cairo now playing shortstop.
Lankford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kieschnick. Lankford reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Gaetti vs. Tapani
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Tapani
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Marrero vs. Tapani
Marrero hits a line drive towards center. Lowery catches it and throws to Cairo who relays to Brown to double up Young. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lowery vs. Lowe
Lowery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cairo vs. Lowe
Cairo hits a line drive into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Lowe
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ordaz vs. Tapani
Ordaz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McGee vs. Tapani
Willie McGee pinch hits for Sean Lowe.
McGee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Tapani
DeShields hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Plantier vs. Tapani
Plantier hits a line drive into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Raggio
Willie McGee now playing left field. Brady Raggio now pitching.
Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Raggio
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kieschnick vs. Raggio
Kieschnick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Marrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Pisciotta
Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Doug Glanville now playing center field. Terrell Lowery now playing left field.
McGwire takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Pisciotta
Jeff Berblinger pinch runs for Mark McGwire.
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Berblinger moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Lankford vs. Pisciotta
Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Berblinger moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Gaetti vs. Pisciotta
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cairo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Berblinger scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Pisciotta
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Lampkin vs. Pisciotta
Tom Lampkin pinch hits for Eli Marrero.
Lampkin hits a line drive into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/26/1997 -- Chicago at St.Louis (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Jennings R, cf 3 0 1 0 DeShields D, 2b 4 1 2 0
Lowery T, ph-cf-lf 2 0 1 0 Plantier P, lf 4 0 1 1
Cairo M, 2b-ss 5 1 2 1 Raggio B, p 0 0 0 0
Brown B, 1b 4 1 1 1 McGwire M, 1b 3 0 0 0
Sosa S, rf 5 0 1 0 Berblinger J, pr 0 1 0 0
Hansen D, 3b 2 1 1 0 Lankford R, cf 3 0 1 0
Hernandez J, 3b 2 1 1 0 Gaetti G, 3b 4 0 1 1
Kieschnick B, lf 5 0 1 1 Young D, rf 3 0 0 0
Pisciotta M, p 0 0 0 0 Marrero E, c 3 0 0 0
Houston T, c 4 0 3 1 Lampkin T, ph 1 0 0 0
Alexander M, ss 3 1 2 0 Ordaz L, ss 3 0 1 0
Clark D, ph 0 0 0 1 Busby M, p 1 0 0 0
Sandberg R, 2b 0 0 0 0 Pagnozzi T, ph 1 0 0 0
Tapani K, p 4 0 0 0 Fossas T, p 0 0 0 0
Glanville D, cf 0 0 0 0 Lowe S, p 0 0 0 0
McGee W, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
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39 5 14 5 31 2 6 2
Chicago 300 100 100 -- 5
St.Louis 100 000 001 -- 2
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani K (W) 8.0 5 1 1 2 5
Pisciotta M 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Busby M (L) 5.0 10 4 4 1 2
Fossas T 1.1 4 1 1 1 1
Lowe S 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Raggio B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- Chicago 10, St.Louis 5
2B -- Cairo M, DeShields D, Lankford R
SB -- Brown B
CS -- Sosa S
SF -- Clark D
T -- 2:38
A -- 36488
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