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September 5, 2021

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Bottom 7 R H E
Pirates 8 10 0
Cubs 7 11 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Pirates 8 10 0
Cubs 7 11 0

Rafael Ortega Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .295
OBP .250 .352
At Bats 3 217
Hits 0 64
• Singles 0 43
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 30

Sam Howard Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 0
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Wrigley Field - September 5, 2021
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Walk
Sam Howard
Jacob Stallings
Colin Moran
Hoy Jun Park
Ke'Bryan Hayes
Kevin Newman
Ben Gamel
Bryan Reynolds
Yoshi Tsutsugo
Rafael Ortega
Alfonso Rivas
Robinson Chirinos
 
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

Ortega takes first base on ball four. Chirinos moves to third. Rivas moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Willson Contreras pinch hits for Andrew Romine. Contreras hits a line drive into left field. Gamel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alfonso Rivas pinch hits for Adbert Alzolay. Sam Howard now pitching. Rivas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chirinos moves to second.
Bottom 7 Chirinos takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Heyward hits a popup towards short. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hayes strikes out.
Top 7 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schwindel scoops it up and throws to first, with Alzolay covering, for the out.
Top 7 Park hits a fly ball into right field. Heyward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Duffy strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kevin Newman now playing shortstop. Shea Spitzbarth now pitching. Wisdom is hit by the pitch. Schwindel moves to third. Happ moves to second.
Bottom 6 Happ hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schwindel moves to second.
Bottom 6 Schwindel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Ortega hits a popup towards third. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Romine strikes out.
Top 6 Tucker hits a line drive towards short. Romine reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gamel strikes out.
Top 6 Stallings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reynolds scores. Moran moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Andrew Romine now playing shortstop. Adbert Alzolay now pitching. The ball gets by Chirinos for a passed ball. Reynolds moves to third. Moran moves to second.
Top 6 Moran takes first base on ball four. Reynolds moves to second.
Top 6 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Adam Morgan now pitching. Tsutsugo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alcantara scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Alcantara strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Heyward moves to second.
Bottom 5 Chirinos strikes out.
Bottom 5 Heyward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Anthony Banda now pitching. Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tucker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hayes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Difo takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Wilmer Difo pinch hits for Kyle Keller. Manuel Rodriguez now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Gamel scores. Tucker moves to third. Park moves to second.
Top 5 Park takes first base on ball four. Gamel moves to third. Tucker moves to second.
Top 5 Tucker takes first base on ball four. Gamel moves to second.
Top 5 Gamel is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Stallings hits a line drive into left field. Happ settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reynolds tags and scores.
Top 5 There goes Reynolds. The throw from Chirinos and he is safe. Reynolds steals third.
Top 5 Moran strikes out.
Top 5 Rex Brothers now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Reynolds moves to second.
Top 5 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Wisdom strikes out.
Bottom 4 Happ hits a line drive into right field. Tsutsugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schwindel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Kyle Keller now pitching. Ortega hits a fly ball into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tsutsugo hits a line drive towards third. Wisdom reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hayes strikes out.
Top 4 Phillip Evans pinch hits for Wil Crowe. Evans hits a popup towards first. Schwindel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Davies hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tucker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Alcantara hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Chirinos hits a fly ball into left field. Gamel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Heyward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moran scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heyward for the out.
Bottom 3 Duffy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 3 Wisdom takes first base on ball four. Schwindel moves to third. Happ moves to second.
Bottom 3 Happ hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ortega scores. Schwindel moves to second.
Bottom 3 Schwindel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ortega moves to third.
Bottom 3 Ortega takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Park hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duffy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Tucker takes first base on ball four. Moran moves to third. Stallings moves to second.
Top 3 Gamel hits a popup towards short. Alcantara settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stallings hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moran moves to second.
Top 3 Moran takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Reynolds hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 3 Tsutsugo takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hayes hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Heyward. Hayes reaches second base with a double. Crowe moves to third.
Top 3 Crowe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Happ. Crowe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Davies hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tucker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Alcantara strikes out.
Bottom 2 Chirinos hits a popup towards short. Tucker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Heyward hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Duffy hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Park strikes out.
Top 2 Tucker strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Gamel. The throw from Chirinos and he is out, Alcantara applying the tag.
Top 2 Gamel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Wisdom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crowe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Happ hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Schwindel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moran scoops it up and throws to first, with Crowe covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Ortega hits a line drive into left field. Gamel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stallings hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Davies fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Moran hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Davies scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moran for the out. Reynolds moves to third.
Top 1 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heyward. Reynolds reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Tsutsugo hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.