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June 10, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 10 13 0
Cubs 6 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 10 13 0
Cubs 6 12 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .272
OBP .750 .321
At Bats 2 250
Hits 2 68
• Singles 1 35
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 15
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 3 49

John Franco Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 16
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Wrigley Field - June 10, 1997
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John Franco
Todd Hundley
John Olerud
Carlos Baerga
Edgardo Alfonzo
Shawn Gilbert
Bernard Gilkey
Carl Everett
Alex Ochoa
Sammy Sosa

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 10 13 0 8
Chicago Cubs 6 12 0 7
Winning Pitcher Dave Mlicki
Losing Pitcher Kevin Foster
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Manny Alexander
Attendance 28,742
Time of Game 3 hours 11 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Shawn Gilbert now playing shortstop. John Franco now pitching. Scott Servais pinch hits for Brant Brown. Servais strikes out.
Top 9 Shawn Gilbert pinch hits for Greg McMichael. Gilbert strikes out.
Top 9 Alexander strikes out.
Top 9 Ochoa strikes out.
Top 9 Baerga hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMichael fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Greg McMichael now pitching. Sanchez strikes out. Hundley drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Sanchez out.
Top 8 Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Sandberg fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 8 Hundley takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bob Patterson now pitching. Jose Hernandez now playing third base. Olerud hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Alfonzo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Everett strikes out. Houston drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Everett out.
Bottom 7 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 7 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cory Lidle now pitching. Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Steve Bieser pinch hits for Takashi Kashiwada. Bieser hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alexander hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Houston races back for the ball and makes the catch. The throw to the first, AND Ochoa is out, unable to get back to the bag, for the double play.
Top 7 Ochoa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out.
Bottom 6 Takashi Kashiwada now pitching. McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Baerga hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gilkey takes first base on ball four. Olerud moves to second.
Top 6 Hundley hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Olerud is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Mel Rojas now pitching. Alfonzo strikes out. Houston drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Alfonzo out.
Bottom 5 Dave Hansen pinch hits for Turk Wendell. Hansen strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Sanchez. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Sanchez steals second.
Bottom 5 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sandberg moves to third.
Bottom 5 Orie hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hundley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sandberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sosa scores. Houston scores.
Bottom 5 Houston hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Grace scores. Sosa moves to third.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Brown scores. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 5 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Alex Ochoa now playing right field. McRae strikes out.
Top 5 Everett hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mlicki hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baerga tags and scores. Huskey tags and moves to third.
Top 5 Alexander strikes out.
Top 5 Huskey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Huskey reaches second base with a double. Hundley scores. Gilkey scores. Baerga moves to third.
Top 5 Baerga is hit by the pitch. Hundley moves to third. Gilkey moves to second.
Top 5 Gilkey takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Turk Wendell now pitching. Hundley hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Hundley reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Dave Clark pinch hits for Kent Bottenfield. Clark strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sosa moves to third. Orie moves to second.
Bottom 4 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sosa moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 4 Houston hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Olerud hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Everett bunts towards the mound. Foster fields it and throws to first for the out. Mlicki moves to second.
Top 4 Mlicki hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Alexander hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 3 McRae bunts towards the mound. Mlicki fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Baerga strikes out.
Top 3 Gilkey hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hundley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Olerud hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. There goes Orie trying to get to home. Gilkey throws the ball in to Hundley who tags Orie, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Sanchez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Orie hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Huskey. Orie reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. There goes Everett. The throw from Houston and he is out, Orie applying the tag.
Top 2 There goes Everett. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Everett steals second.
Top 2 Everett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alexander scores.
Top 2 Mlicki hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mlicki for the out. Alexander moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Alexander. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Alexander steals second.
Top 2 Alexander hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Baerga scores.
Top 2 Huskey hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gilkey tags and scores. Baerga tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Baerga hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Baerga reaches second base with a double. Gilkey moves to third.
Top 2 Gilkey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Houston hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McRae tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Huskey. Grace reaches second base with a double. McRae moves to third.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hundley for the out.
Top 1 Olerud hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Everett hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Houston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.