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September 3, 1997

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Twins 6 10 1
Cubs 10 14 2
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Twins 6 10 1
Cubs 10 14 2

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .254
OBP .500 .302
At Bats 3 559
Hits 1 142
• Singles 1 76
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 32
Walks 1 39
RBI’s 1 108

Todd Ritchie Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 0
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Wrigley Field - September 3, 1997
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Todd Ritchie
Terry Steinbach
Paul Molitor
Chuck Knoblauch
Ron Coomer
Denny Hocking
Matt Lawton
Rich Becker
Brent Brede
Sammy Sosa
Count: 3-1, 0 Outs
Count: 3-1, 1 Out

Sosa hits a popup towards short. Hocking settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Grace hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Todd Ritchie now pitching. Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hocking fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Steinbach strikes out.
Top 8 Becker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 David Ortiz pinch hits for Dan Naulty. Ortiz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Glanville. Ortiz reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lawton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Servais settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pisciotta strikes out.
Bottom 7 Glanville hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Orie scores. Servais moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alexander hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Servais hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Orie moves to second.
Bottom 7 Orie hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 7 Coomer strikes out.
Top 7 Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Hocking hits a fly ball into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Knoblauch scores.
Top 7 Brede hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Steinbach scores. Knoblauch moves to third.
Top 7 Jose Hernandez now playing left field. There goes Knoblauch. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Knoblauch steals second.
Top 7 Knoblauch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Steinbach moves to third.
Top 7 Steinbach hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Steinbach reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 There goes Sosa. The throw from Steinbach and he is out, Hocking applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Sosa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Grace 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 6 Denny Hocking now playing shortstop. Dan Naulty now pitching. Sandberg hits a line drive into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Becker strikes out.
Top 6 Meares strikes out.
Top 6 Lawton hits a popup towards short. Alexander misplays the ball. That's an error on Alexander. Lawton moves to second.
Top 6 Doug Glanville now playing center field. Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Coomer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dave Clark pinch hits for Geremi Gonzalez. Clark hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sosa scores. Orie scores. Alexander moves to third.
Bottom 5 Alexander takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Servais hits a popup towards first. Molitor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Orie hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brede. Orie reaches second base with a double. Sosa moves to third.
Bottom 5 Kieschnick hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mike Trombley now pitching. Terry Steinbach now catching. Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Myers hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Molitor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Becker scores. Brede moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Brede takes first base on ball four. Knoblauch moves to second.
Top 5 Knoblauch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Becker moves to third.
Top 5 Walker strikes out.
Top 5 Todd Walker pinch hits for Eddie Guardado. There goes Becker. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Becker steals second.
Top 5 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg misplays the ball. That's an error on Sandberg.
Bottom 4 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Eddie Guardado now pitching. There goes Johnson. The throw from Myers and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alexander scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Alexander. The throw from Myers and he is safe. Alexander steals third.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez bunts towards first. Molitor scoops it up and throws to first, with Knoblauch covering, for the out. Alexander moves to second.
Bottom 4 Alexander hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Meares hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lawton takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Coomer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Myers strikes out.
Bottom 3 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Orie hits a line drive towards third. Coomer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kieschnick strikes out.
Top 3 Molitor hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brede hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Gonzalez covering, for the out.
Top 3 Knoblauch hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 2 Grace is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a popup off the glove of Knoblauch, and into shallow right field. Sandberg reaches second base with a double. Servais scores. Alexander scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez bunts towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. Servais moves to third. Alexander moves to second.
Bottom 2 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Meares. Servais moves to second.
Bottom 2 Servais takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Becker hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Meares hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gonzalez fires to first and picks off Lawton.
Top 2 Lawton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kieschnick strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares fields it and throws to second for the out. Sandberg scores.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Sandberg moves to third.
Bottom 1 Sandberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Coomer hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Myers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Molitor hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Brede 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 Knoblauch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.