Mets @ Cubs
August 5, 1996

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Mets	1	1	1
Cubs	0	1	0

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Mets	1	1	1
Cubs	1	2	0

Ryne Sandberg Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.230
OBP	.000	.304
At Bats	0	378
Hits	0	87
• Singles	0	46
• Doubles	0	20
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	17
Walks	0	37
RBI’s	0	57

Paul Wilson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	6	0

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Wrigley Field - August 5, 1996

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Single

Paul Wilson

Todd Hundley

Butch Huskey

Edgardo Alfonzo

Alvaro Espinoza

Rey Ordonez

Bernard Gilkey

Lance Johnson

Alex Ochoa

Ryne Sandberg

Sammy Sosa

Mark Grace

Count: 1-0, 2 Outs

Count: 1-0, 0 Outs

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.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

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.

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