Expos @ Cubs
August 24, 1997

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Expos 3 7 1
Cubs 8 13 0
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Expos 3 7 1
Cubs 11 14 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .248
OBP .500 .295
At Bats 3 517
Hits 1 128
• Singles 1 69
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 28
Walks 1 35
RBI’s 1 98

Steve Kline Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 0
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Wrigley Field - August 24, 1997
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Home Run
Steve Kline
Darrin Fletcher
Ryan McGuire
Jose Vidro
F.P. Santangelo
Mark Grudzielanek
Joe Orsulak
Rondell White
Vladimir Guerrero
Sammy Sosa
Ryne Sandberg
Doug Glanville
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sandberg takes first base on ball four. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 8 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grudzielanek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Steve Kline now pitching. Joe Orsulak now playing left field. Ryan McGuire now playing first base. Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ramon Tatis now pitching. Jose Hernandez now playing third base. Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 8 Segui takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Guerrero hits a fly ball into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alexander strikes out.
Bottom 7 Servais hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Orie moves to third.
Bottom 7 Orie hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dunston strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sosa hits a popup towards first. Segui settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Vidro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vidro for the out.
Top 7 Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McGuire hits a fly ball into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Santangelo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. McGuire settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santangelo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jose Vidro now playing second base. Marc Valdes now pitching. Ryan McGuire now playing left field. F.P. Santangelo now playing third base. Glanville hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Strange strikes out.
Top 6 White hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Guerrero scores.
Top 6 Segui hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Vidro scores. Guerrero moves to third.
Top 6 Jose Vidro pinch runs for Mike Lansing. Guerrero hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Guerrero reaches second base with a double. Vidro moves to third.
Top 6 Lansing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Guerrero settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alexander hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Servais hits a fly ball into right field. Guerrero settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lansing scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Bennett takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Santangelo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Santangelo for the out.
Bottom 4 Dunston hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lansing reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Grace hits a line drive into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sandberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Glanville hits a fly ball into left field. Santangelo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Strange hits a fly ball into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Segui hits a fly ball into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lansing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alexander hits a popup, foul, towards first. Segui settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Shayne Bennett now pitching. Servais hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Guerrero. Servais reaches second base with a double. Orie scores.
Bottom 3 Orie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Santangelo. Orie reaches second base with a double. Grace scores. Dunston goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Lansing fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Grace moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Sandberg scores. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Glanville scores. Sandberg moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grudzielanek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Glanville moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Glanville. The throw from Fletcher and he is safe. Glanville steals second.
Bottom 3 Glanville hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Guerrero strikes out.
Top 3 Lansing takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grudzielanek for the out. Perez moves to second.
Top 3 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Santangelo hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Alexander hits a line drive into left field. Santangelo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a fly ball into left field. Santangelo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Strange strikes out.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grudzielanek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Dunston hits a line drive into left field. Santangelo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strange juggles the ball. That's an error on Strange.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lansing scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sandberg hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Glanville hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Segui 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 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out. Lansing moves to second.
Top 1 Lansing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gonzalez fires to first and picks off Grudzielanek.
Top 1 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.