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September 1, 1996

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Braves 1 8 0
Cubs 1 4 0
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Braves 1 8 0
Cubs 1 5 0

Luis Gonzalez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .278
OBP .500 .361
At Bats 3 406
Hits 1 113
• Singles 1 71
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 1 51
RBI’s 0 68

Joe Borowski Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 0
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Wrigley Field - September 1, 1996
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Double
Joe Borowski
Joe Ayrault
Fred McGriff
Mark Lemke
Terry Pendleton
Chipper Jones
Ryan Klesko
Marquis Grissom
Jermaine Dye
Luis Gonzalez
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klesko. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Haney hits a line drive towards third. Pendleton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Joe Borowski now pitching. Joe Ayrault now catching. Bullett bunts towards the mound. Borowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Dye hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Grissom hits a popup into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Mike Mordecai pinch hits for Brad Clontz. Mordecai takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Jeff Blauser pinch runs for Javy Lopez. Lemke bunts in front of the plate. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out. Blauser moves to second.
Top 12 Mike Campbell now pitching. Lopez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 11 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 11 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 11 Brad Clontz now pitching. Leo Gomez pinch hits for Turk Wendell. Gomez hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Pendleton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Magadan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pendleton for the out.
Top 11 Klesko takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 McGriff is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Todd Haney now playing third base. Dave Magadan now playing first base. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Magadan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out.
Bottom 10 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Sandberg is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with McMichael covering, for the out. Haney moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 10 Todd Haney pinch runs for Mark Grace. Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Haney moves to second.
Bottom 10 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Greg McMichael now pitching. Bullett strikes out.
Top 10 Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Grissom takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Luis Polonia pinch hits for John Smoltz. Polonia 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 10 Jose Hernandez now playing shortstop. Turk Wendell now pitching. Lemke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 9 Brooks Kieschnick pinch hits for Kent Bottenfield. Kieschnick hits a fly ball into left field. Klesko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ozzie Timmons pinch hits for Rey Sanchez. Timmons hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Lopez strikes out.
Top 9 Pendleton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Klesko moves to third.
Top 9 Klesko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Patterson covering, for the out.
Top 9 Bob Patterson now pitching. Jones hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards second. Lemke scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Sandberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jermaine Dye now playing right field. Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Dwight Smith pinch hits for Andruw Jones. Smith is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Smoltz bunts in front of the plate. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out. Lemke moves to second.
Top 8 Lemke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Bullett is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Pendleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Klesko hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Swartzbaugh strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sanchez hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McGriff hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swartzbaugh fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Smoltz covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Magadan is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Grissom hits a fly ball into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Lopez scores.
Top 5 Smoltz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out. Lopez moves to third.
Top 5 Lemke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopez moves to second.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bullett hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Smoltz covering, for the out.
Top 4 Pendleton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg catches it and throws to second with Sanchez covering, to double up McGriff.
Top 4 Klesko hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McGriff hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bullett. McGriff reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Swartzbaugh is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Sanchez strikes out.
Top 3 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jones strikes out.
Top 3 Grissom hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smoltz hits a fly ball into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Houston strikes out. Lopez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Houston out.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Magadan hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Lemke applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Lemke strikes out.
Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Pendleton hits a fly ball into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Klesko hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Bullett. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Lemke applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Bullett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McGriff hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jones strikes out.
Top 1 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.