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September 1, 1997

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Twins 3 4 1
Cubs 6 6 0
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Twins 3 4 1
Cubs 6 6 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .247
OBP .500 .295
At Bats 2 550
Hits 1 136
• Singles 0 72
• Doubles 0 29
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 31
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 3 105

Todd Ritchie Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 0
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Wrigley Field - September 1, 1997
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Strikeout
Todd Ritchie
Terry Steinbach
Paul Molitor
Chuck Knoblauch
Ron Coomer
Pat Meares
Marty Cordova
Rich Becker
Brent Brede
Sammy Sosa
Mark Grace
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

Sosa strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 4 Grace hits a line drive into center field. Becker picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Becker. Trachsel scores. Glanville goes all the way around to score. Grace moves to third.
Bottom 4 Glanville hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Trachsel moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Trachsel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Alexander hits a popup into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Brede takes first base on ball four. Knoblauch moves to second.
Top 4 Knoblauch is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Ritchie strikes out.
Top 4 Meares hits a popup, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Servais hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Todd Ritchie now pitching. Orie hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Grace scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Glanville scores.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Steinbach for a passed ball. Glanville moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 3 Grace takes first base on ball four. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 3 Glanville hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Becker strikes out.
Top 3 Cordova strikes out.
Top 3 Steinbach takes first base on ball four. Molitor moves to second.
Top 3 Coomer hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Knoblauch tags and scores. Brede tags and moves to third.
Top 3 Molitor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knoblauch moves to third. Brede moves to second.
Top 3 Brede takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second.
Top 3 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Trachsel bunts towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. Servais moves to third. Alexander moves to second.
Bottom 2 Alexander is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Servais reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Orie hits a line drive towards third. Coomer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Robertson strikes out.
Top 2 Meares hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Becker hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Steinbach for a passed ball. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 1 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Knoblauch reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cordova strikes out.
Top 1 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Trachsel covering, for the out. Molitor moves to third.
Top 1 Coomer hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brede tags and scores. Molitor tags and moves to second.
Top 1 Molitor bunts towards third. Orie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Knoblauch scores. Brede moves to third.
Top 1 Brede hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Brede reaches second base with a double. Knoblauch moves to third.
Top 1 Knoblauch takes first base on ball four.