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September 17, 1997

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Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .255
OBP .000 .305
At Bats 4 604
Hits 0 154
• Singles 0 85
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 34
Walks 0 44
RBI’s 0 115

Tony Fossas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 6 0
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Wrigley Field - September 17, 1997
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Home Run
Tony Fossas
Mike Difelice
Mark McGwire
David Bell
Gary Gaetti
Luis Ordaz
Dmitri Young
Scarborough Green
Willie McGee
Sammy Sosa
Doug Glanville
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Grace hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Doug Glanville pinch hits for Robin Jennings. Glanville hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Young. Glanville reaches second base with a double. Lowery scores. Cairo scores.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lowery moves to third. Cairo moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cairo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lowery moves to second.
Bottom 9 Willie McGee now playing right field. Scarborough Green now playing center field. Tony Fossas now pitching. Luis Ordaz now playing shortstop. TerLowery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Bell strikes out.
Top 9 Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jennings. Young reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Difelice hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Willie McGee pinch hits for Phil Plantier. McGee strikes out.
Top 9 Gaetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bob Patterson now pitching. Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 8 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Orie hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Difelice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 David Bell now playing second base. Jose Bautista now pitching. Sandberg hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McGwire strikes out.
Top 8 Clayton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Clayton reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 DeShields hits a line drive into left field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tom Lampkin pinch hits for Matt Morris. Lampkin hits a fly ball into left field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sosa hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jennings hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Plantier who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. Cairo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Cairo takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Plantier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gaetti scores.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Gaetti moves to third.
Top 7 Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Miguel Cairo now playing shortstop. Gaetti hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jennings. Gaetti reaches second base with a double. Clayton scores. McGwire scores. Lankford goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Lankford takes first base on ball four. McGwire moves to second.
Top 7 Ramon Tatis now pitching. The ball gets by Servais for a passed ball. Clayton moves to third.
Top 7 McGwire takes first base on ball four. Clayton moves to second.
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.