Pirates @ Cubs
September 28, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 10 1
Cubs 7 11 2
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Pirates 7 10 1
Cubs 7 11 2

Brian McRae Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .276
OBP .400 .360
At Bats 4 623
Hits 1 172
• Singles 0 118
• Doubles 1 32
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 1 73
RBI’s 0 66

John Ericks Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 5 8
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Wrigley Field - September 28, 1996
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Strikeout
John Ericks
Keith Osik
Mark Johnson
Tony Womack
Dale Sveum
Jay Bell
John Wehner
Jermaine Allensworth
Orlando Merced
Brian McRae
Count: 1-2, 1 Out
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

McRae strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ozzie Timmons pinch hits for Bob Patterson. Timmons hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Brooks Kieschnick pinch hits for Terry Shumpert. Kieschnick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Servais scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Servais moves to third.
Bottom 9 Tyler Houston pinch hits for Jose Hernandez. There's a wild pitch. Gonzalez scores. Servais moves to second.
Bottom 9 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack misplays the ball. That's an error on Womack. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 9 John Ericks now pitching. John Wehner now playing left field. Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Johnson 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 9 Merced hits a popup towards third. Shumpert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Nelson Liriano pinch hits for Jon Lieber. Bob Patterson now pitching. Liriano hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Osik scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shumpert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 There go the runners. The throw from Servais and he throws it away. That's a double steal and an error. Womack scores.
Top 9 Osik hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wehner scores. Womack moves to second.
Top 9 Womack bunts towards third. Shumpert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wehner moves to third.
Top 9 John Wehner pinch hits for Trey Beamon. Kevin Foster now pitching. Wehner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Wehner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 8 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jennings hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes McRae. The throw from Osik and he is out, Bell applying the tag.
Bottom 8 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bell hits a line drive towards third. Shumpert reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sveum strikes out. Servais drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Sveum out.
Top 8 Jose Hernandez now playing shortstop. Terry Shumpert now playing third base. Larry Casian now pitching. Johnson hits a popup towards third. Shumpert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jose Hernandez pinch runs for Dave Magadan. Brant Brown pinch hits for Steve Trachsel. Brown hits a line drive into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott Bullett pinch hits for Rey Sanchez. Bullett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Lieber covering, for the out. Gonzalez moves to third. Magadan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dave Magadan pinch hits for Leo Gomez. Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Servais bunts towards the mound. Lieber fields it and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Keith Osik now catching. Tony Womack now playing second base. Jon Lieber now pitching. Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Merced strikes out.
Top 7 Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Womack scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Allensworth strikes out.
Top 7 Keith Osik pinch hits for Jason Schmidt. Osik bunts towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Sandberg covering, for the out. Womack moves to second.
Top 7 Tony Womack pinch hits for Jason Kendall. Womack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez misplays the ball. That's an error on Sanchez.
Bottom 6 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. McRae moves to third.
Bottom 6 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Beamon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jennings takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground into center field, out of the reach of Allensworth. McRae reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Trachsel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Beamon 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 6 Bell strikes out.
Top 6 Sveum hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jennings. Sveum reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trachsel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sanchez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Garcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gomez takes first base on ball four. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Servais hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sandberg strikes out.
Top 5 Merced hits a fly ball into right field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Allensworth strikes out.
Bottom 4 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jennings hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jennings for the out.
Bottom 4 McRae bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 4 Kendall hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Beamon hits a popup towards short. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Trachsel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sanchez hits a line drive into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gonzalez tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Gomez takes first base on ball four. Gonzalez moves to third. Servais moves to second.
Bottom 3 Servais hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Sandberg scores. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. Sandberg moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Jennings hits a fly ball into left field. Beamon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sveum 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 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 Merced hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Trachsel bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to third for the out. Sanchez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sanchez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Servais moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Allensworth hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Allensworth reaches second base with a double. Beamon scores. Schmidt moves to third.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez fields it and throws to second for the out. Sveum scores. Beamon moves to third.
Top 2 Kendall is hit by the pitch. Sveum moves to third. Beamon moves to second.
Top 2 Beamon hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Sveum moves to second.
Top 2 Bell strikes out.
Top 2 Sveum takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Beamon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sandberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Jennings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 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 1 Merced hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Allensworth moves to third.
Top 1 Allensworth hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Allensworth reaches second base with a double.