Pirates @ Cubs
July 15, 1996

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Pirates 1 6 2
Cubs 8 13 0
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Cubs 11 14 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .268
OBP .500 .313
At Bats 4 373
Hits 2 100
• Singles 2 56
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 28
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 67

Steve Parris Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Wrigley Field - July 15, 1996
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Home Run
Steve Parris
Jason Kendall
Mark Johnson
Jeff King
Charlie Hayes
Carlos Garcia
Al Martin
Mike Kingery
Orlando Merced
Sammy Sosa
Felix Fermin
Dave Magadan
Count: 1-0, 2 Outs
Count: 1-0, 2 Outs

Sosa hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Felix Fermin pinch runs for Ryne Sandberg. Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Magadan moves to third.
Bottom 8 Sandberg is hit by the pitch. Magadan moves to second.
Bottom 8 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 8 Steve Parris now pitching. Dave Magadan pinch hits for Frank Castillo. Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Garcia hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Garcia reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Dave Clark pinch hits for Elmer Dessens. Clark hits a line drive towards short. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Servais hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gomez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Kingery hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hayes strikes out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a popup into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Dessens covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Merced hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg catches it and throws to first to double up Martin.
Top 6 King hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Castillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Garcia fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes juggles the ball. That's an error on Hayes.
Bottom 5 Servais hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Kingery throws the ball in to King who tags Servais trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gonzalez scores. Gomez scores.
Bottom 5 Gomez hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Kingery. Gomez reaches second base with a double. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 5 There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Gonzalez steals second.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. Grace scores.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grace moves to third.
Bottom 5 Elmer Dessens now pitching. Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Denny Neagle pinch hits for Dan Miceli. Neagle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Neagle reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kendall hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kingery hits a popup towards third. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Sandberg. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Garcia applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. McRae scores.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merced. McRae reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Servais hits a line drive into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gomez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Hayes hits a line drive into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson strikes out.
Top 4 Merced hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 King bunts towards third. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jason Kendall now catching. Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Miceli strikes out.
Bottom 2 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 2 Castillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a popup towards short. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Osik strikes out.
Top 2 Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Merced scores. Hayes moves to third.
Top 2 Hayes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Merced moves to third. Hayes moves to second.
Top 2 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Merced hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gomez hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kingery who is chasing the ball. Gonzalez reaches third base with a triple. Sosa goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes juggles the ball. That's an error on Hayes.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 King hits a popup in front of the plate. Servais settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Martin strikes out.
Top 1 Garcia hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.