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August 5, 1996

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Bottom 7 R H E
Mets 3 4 2
Cubs 5 8 0
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Mets 3 4 2
Cubs 5 8 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .286
OBP .667 .332
At Bats 3 448
Hits 2 128
• Singles 1 67
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 38
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 1 93

Paul Byrd Season Stats

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1 2 0
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Wrigley Field - August 5, 1996
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Strikeout
Paul Byrd
Todd Hundley
Butch Huskey
Edgardo Alfonzo
Alvaro Espinoza
Rey Ordonez
Bernard Gilkey
Lance Johnson
Alex Ochoa
Sammy Sosa
Mark Grace
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs
Count: 1-2, 1 Out

Sosa strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Alfonzo hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ochoa hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Ochoa reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Huskey hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hundley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Jose Hernandez now playing shortstop. Gilkey strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bullett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Paul Byrd now pitching. Trachsel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Espinoza fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Espinoza strikes out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Top 6 Brent Mayne pinch hits for Robert Person. Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robert Person now pitching. Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gomez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Servais strikes out.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Hundley for a passed ball. Sandberg moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Espinoza fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Alfonzo 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 Ochoa hits a line drive into left field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bullett hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Ochoa. Bullett reaches second base with a double. McRae scores.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Trachsel strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sanchez strikes out.
Top 4 Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trachsel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Espinoza scores.
Top 4 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Trachsel covering, for the out. Espinoza moves to third.
Top 4 Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Espinoza hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Bullett. Espinoza reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Gomez hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Servais strikes out.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Espinoza fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Trachsel covering, for the out.
Top 3 Wilson strikes out.
Top 3 Ordonez hits a line drive into left field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bullett hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McRae is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Trachsel hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gilkey. Trachsel reaches second base with a double. Servais goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Sanchez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alfonzo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 2 Alfonzo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sandberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grace scores. There goes Sosa trying to get to third. Gilkey throws the ball in to Espinoza, who tags Sosa for the out.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes McRae trying to get to home. Gilkey throws the ball in to Hundley who tags McRae, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Grace moves to third.
Bottom 1 Grace takes first base on ball four. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bullett hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alfonzo misplays the ball. That's an error on Alfonzo.
Top 1 Hundley 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 1 Gilkey hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Espinoza hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.