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September 17, 1997

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Cardinals 6 7 0
Cubs 3 6 1
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Cardinals 6 7 0
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Mark McGwire Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .275
OBP .333 .392
At Bats 3 498
Hits 1 137
• Singles 0 57
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 53
Walks 0 92
RBI’s 1 113

Kent Bottenfield Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 2
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Wrigley Field - September 17, 1997
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Walk
Kent Bottenfield
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Kevin Orie
Jose Hernandez
Robin Jennings
Lance Johnson
Sammy Sosa
Mark McGwire
Royce Clayton
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 1 Out

McGwire takes first base on ball four. Clayton moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Clayton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 DeShields strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Servais hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Orie moves to third.
Bottom 6 Orie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grace scores.
Bottom 6 Sandberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sosa strikes out. There goes Grace. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 6 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Morris strikes out.
Top 6 Young is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Difelice strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Gaetti. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Gaetti steals second.
Top 6 Plantier hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hernandez.
Bottom 5 Jennings hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brant Brown pinch hits for Dave Stevens. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Lankford hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McGwire strikes out. There goes Clayton. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 5 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 DeShields hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Servais strikes out. Difelice drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Servais out.
Bottom 4 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sandberg hits a fly ball into right field. Plantier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Morris strikes out.
Top 4 Young strikes out.
Top 4 Dave Stevens now pitching. Difelice hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kieschnick scores. Jennings moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jennings hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kieschnick moves to third.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a line drive towards short. Clayton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brooks Kieschnick pinch hits for Rodney Myers. Kieschnick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Kieschnick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Plantier hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lankford strikes out.
Top 3 McGwire hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clayton hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Myers covering, for the out.
Top 2 Morris strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 1 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jennings strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Top 1 Rodney Myers now pitching. Young hits a line drive towards third. Orie catches it and throws to first to double up Difelice.
Top 1 Difelice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Plantier scores.
Top 1 Plantier hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Plantier reaches second base with a double. Lankford scores. Gaetti goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lankford moves to second.
Top 1 Lankford takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McGwire hits a line drive into left field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clayton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 DeShields takes first base on ball four.