Royals @ Cubs
July 2, 1997

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Royals 2 9 0
Cubs 3 9 2
Top 9 R H E
Royals 2 9 0
Cubs 3 9 2

Jose Offerman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .312
OBP .000 .377
At Bats 0 250
Hits 0 78
• Singles 0 58
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 27

Mel Rojas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 6
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Wrigley Field - July 2, 1997
Mel Rojas
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Jose Hernandez
Rey Sanchez
Doug Glanville
Brian McRae
Sammy Sosa
Jose Offerman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 2 9 0 7
Chicago Cubs 3 9 2 6
Winning Pitcher Kevin Foster
Losing Pitcher Kevin Appier
Save Mel Rojas
Game Winning RBI Sammy Sosa
Attendance 23,591
Time of Game 2 hours 41 minutes
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Jose Offerman pinch hits for Hipolito Pichardo. Offerman strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Macfarlane strikes out.
Top 9 Mel Rojas now pitching. Cooper hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Clark pinch hits for Kent Bottenfield. Clark strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Nunnally hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Bottenfield covering, for the out.
Top 8 Damon strikes out.
Top 8 King hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Grace. Bell scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Bottenfield fires over to first and Grace drops the ball. That's an error on Grace. Bell moves to second.
Top 8 Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Rey Sanchez now playing shortstop. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott Cooper now playing third base. Jon Nunnally now playing right field. Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Goodwin strikes out.
Top 7 Chili Davis pinch hits for Kevin Appier. Bob Patterson now pitching. Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Macfarlane moves to second.
Top 7 Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Nunnally scores.
Top 7 Jon Nunnally pinch runs for Jermaine Dye. Scott Cooper pinch hits for Craig Paquette. Cooper strikes out.
Top 7 Jose Hernandez now playing third base. Dye hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Dunston, and into shallow left field. Dye reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Servais hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Sandberg hits a line drive into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dunston hits a line drive into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Damon for the out.
Top 6 King takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.
Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 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.
Bottom 5 Hansen strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McRae scores. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 5 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Glanville scores. McRae moves to third.
Bottom 5 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dye. McRae reaches second base with a double. Glanville moves to third.
Bottom 5 Glanville hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Foster hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Appier strikes out.
Top 5 Macfarlane is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Paquette hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Paquette reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Dye hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell 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 4 There goes Dunston. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Dunston steals second.
Bottom 4 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 4 Dunston hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hansen hits a fly ball into left field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 King strikes out.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 3 Grace is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out.
Bottom 3 Glanville hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dye. Glanville reaches second base with a double. Foster moves to third.
Bottom 3 Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Servais hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Appier strikes out.
Top 3 Macfarlane hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dunston hits a line drive towards third. Paquette reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hansen strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sosa hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dye hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Damon. The throw from Servais and he is out, Sandberg applying the tag.
Top 2 Damon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 King hits a popup into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Howard. The throw from Servais and he is out, Sandberg applying the tag.
Top 1 Howard bunts towards third. Hansen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Goodwin hits a line drive into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.