Pirates @ Cubs
April 26, 1997

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Bottom 8 R H E
Pirates 6 12 1
Cubs 6 13 0
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Pirates 6 12 1
Cubs 7 14 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .215
OBP .250 .287
At Bats 3 79
Hits 0 17
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 8
RBI’s 1 10

Ricardo Rincon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 0
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Wrigley Field - April 26, 1997
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Single
Ricardo Rincon
Jason Kendall
Mark Johnson
Tony Womack
Dale Sveum
Kevin Elster
Al Martin
Jermaine Allensworth
Emil Brown
Sammy Sosa
Doug Glanville
Brian McRae
Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 1 Out

Sosa hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. McRae scores. Glanville moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Grace bunts towards the mound. Rincon fields it and throws to first for the out. McRae moves to third. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 8 Glanville bunts towards first. Johnson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Johnson. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 8 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Womack. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Womack steals third.
Top 8 Martin hits a popup into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Allensworth hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Womack. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Womack steals second.
Top 8 Bob Patterson now pitching. Womack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hernandez bunts towards the mound. Rincon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Hansen pinch hits for Turk Wendell. Ricardo Rincon now pitching. Jose Hernandez pinch hits for Dave Hansen. There's a wild pitch. Sandberg scores. Orie moves to third.
Bottom 7 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sandberg moves to third. Orie moves to second.
Bottom 7 Orie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Sanchez bunts in front of the plate. Kendall fields it and throws to first for the out. Sandberg moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sandberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Loiselle strikes out.
Top 7 Brown strikes out.
Top 7 Sveum is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Kendall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Kendall reaches second base with a double. Johnson scores.
Top 7 Elster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second.
Top 7 Turk Wendell now pitching. Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Rich Loiselle now pitching. Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 6 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Glanville hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McRae tags and scores.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown who is chasing the ball. McRae reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Brooks Kieschnick pinch hits for Terry Adams. Matt Ruebel now pitching. Kieschnick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Martin strikes out.
Top 6 Allensworth hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Womack 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 5 Servais hits a fly ball towards right. Brown catches it and throws to first to double up Orie.
Bottom 5 Orie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Sanchez. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Womack applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Wilkins strikes out.
Top 5 Brown strikes out.
Top 5 Terry Adams now pitching. Sveum hits a line drive into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 4 Marc Wilkins now pitching. Sosa takes first base on ball four. McRae scores. Glanville moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 4 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 4 Glanville hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Servais scores. Clark scores. McRae moves to third.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Servais moves to third. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 4 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Dave Clark pinch hits for Ramon Tatis. The umpire calls a balk on Cooke Servais moves to second.
Bottom 4 Servais hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Orie hits a line drive into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sanchez strikes out.
Top 4 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Elster hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Womack scores.
Top 4 Ramon Tatis now pitching. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Tatis covering, for the out. Womack moves to third.
Top 4 Allensworth hits a popup into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Womack hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Womack reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to second for the out. Glanville moves to third.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 3 Glanville is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 McRae strikes out.
Top 3 into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Brown reaches second base with a double. Kendall goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Sveum hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kendall hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rey Sanchez now playing shortstop. Elster hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bottenfield strikes out.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Orie moves to third.
Bottom 2 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Dunston trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 2 There goes Dunston. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Dunston steals second.
Bottom 2 Dunston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Martin. The throw from Servais and he is out, Dunston applying the tag.
Top 2 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Allensworth moves to third.
Top 2 Allensworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Womack 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 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae strikes out.
Top 1 Cooke strikes out.
Top 1 Brown is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Sveum strikes out.
Top 1 Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Elster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Elster reaches second base with a double. Allensworth scores. Martin scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second.
Top 1 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Womack scores. Allensworth moves to third.
Top 1 Allensworth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Womack moves to second.
Top 1 Womack takes first base on ball four.