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May 31, 1997

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Reds 4 6 1
Cubs 7 11 0
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Reds 4 7 1
Cubs 7 11 0

Jeff Branson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .157
OBP .667 .189
At Bats 2 51
Hits 1 8
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 2
RBI’s 0 1

Mel Rojas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 4
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Wrigley Field - May 31, 1997
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Mel Rojas
Tyler Houston
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Kevin Orie
Rey Sanchez
Doug Glanville
Brian McRae
Sammy Sosa
Jeff Branson
Count: 0-0, 1 Out
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

Branson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Boone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 8 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Branson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Oliver now catching. Orie is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Harris 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 8 Joe Oliver pinch hits for Ed Taubensee. Mel Rojas now pitching. Rey Sanchez now playing shortstop. Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Larkin hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Patterson covering, for the out. Sanders moves to second.
Top 8 Bob Patterson now pitching. Goodwin strikes out.
Top 8 Sanders takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Sandberg hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dunston hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Sanders fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Sanders. Dunston moves to third.
Bottom 7 Houston strikes out.
Bottom 7 Scott Sullivan now pitching. Sosa strikes out.
Top 7 Willie Greene pinch hits for Hector Carrasco. Greene hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Branson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Grace is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Glanville takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 The ball gets by Taubensee for a passed ball. Orie scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Orie moves to third.
Bottom 6 Foster bunts towards the mound. Carrasco fields it and throws to first for the out. Orie moves to second.
Bottom 6 Orie takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Taubensee hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Larkin hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Doug Glanville now playing left field. Morris 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 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris fields the ball and throws to Carrasco covering. Safe. Grace scores. Sosa moves to third.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Grace moves to third. Sosa moves to second.
Bottom 5 Houston hits a fly ball into center field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Glanville tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Hector Carrasco now pitching. Sosa takes first base on ball four. Glanville moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 5 Doug Glanville pinch runs for Brant Brown. Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Sanders. Brown reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Goodwin hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sanders hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Branson tags and scores.
Top 5 Morgan bunts towards the mound. Foster fields it and throws to first for the out. Branson moves to third.
Top 5 Branson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Branson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 4 Orie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Orie reaches second base with a double. Dunston scores. Sandberg goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Sandberg is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 4 Dunston hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Dunston reaches second base with a double. Sosa scores.
Bottom 4 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown scores. Sosa moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to third.
Bottom 4 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Brown reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Taubensee hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of McRae. Taubensee reaches second base with a double. Larkin scores.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Larkin moves to third.
Top 4 Larkin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Larkin reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Morris hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris fields it, tags Foster out, and throws to home to double up Sandberg, who tagged and tried to score. Orie moves to second.
Bottom 3 Orie hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Sandberg moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Branson moves to third.
Top 3 Morgan bunts towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Sandberg covering, for the out. Branson moves to second.
Top 3 Branson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Branson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Branson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Sosa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Boone is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Taubensee moves to third.
Top 2 Taubensee hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Taubensee reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Larkin hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Morris is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Goodwin 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 Sanders hits a popup towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.