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September 16, 1997

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Bottom 6 R H E
Reds 0 1 0
Cubs 0 4 0
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Reds 0 1 0
Cubs 2 5 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .255
OBP 1.000 .305
At Bats 1 599
Hits 1 153
• Singles 1 85
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 33
Walks 1 43
RBI’s 0 113

Kent Mercker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 10 0
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Wrigley Field - September 16, 1997
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Home Run
Kent Mercker
Joe Oliver
Eduardo Perez
Bret Boone
Willie Greene
Pokey Reese
Chris Stynes
Jon Nunnally
Reggie Sanders
Sammy Sosa
Mark Grace
Count: 3-0, 1 Out
Count: 3-0, 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lowery hits a fly ball into left field. Stynes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nunnally strikes out.
Top 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out. Boone moves to second.
Top 6 Mercker strikes out.
Top 6 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tapani bunts towards the mound. Mercker fields it and throws to first for the out. Alexander moves to second.
Bottom 5 Alexander hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Greene hits a fly ball into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Orie hits a popup towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Sosa. The throw from Oliver and he is out, Boone applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Stynes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nunnally hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nunnally for the out.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a line drive into center field. Nunnally settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lowery takes first base on ball four. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 3 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Reese fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Tapani hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Reese strikes out.
Top 3 Mercker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Boone 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 2 Servais hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sosa moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a fly ball into left field. Stynes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Oliver hits a line drive into left field. Lowery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sanders takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Greene 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 2 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Stynes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lowery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Glanville hits a fly ball into right field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stynes hits a fly ball into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nunnally hits a fly ball into left field. Lowery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reese strikes out.