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August 16, 1989

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Top 8 R H E
Cubs 5 11 0
Reds 1 3 0
Top 8 R H E
Cubs 5 11 0
Reds 1 3 0

Dwight Smith Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .313
OBP .250 .372
At Bats 3 246
Hits 0 77
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 1 21
RBI’s 0 38

Tim Birtsas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 1
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Riverfront Stadium - August 16, 1989
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Strikeout
Tim Birtsas
Jeff Reed
Todd Benzinger
Ron Oester
Luis Quinones
Jeff Richardson
Ken Griffey
Eric Davis
Rolando Roomes
Dwight Smith
Ryne Sandberg
Jerome Walton
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

Smith strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Sandberg takes first base on ball four. Walton moves to second.
Top 8 Walton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bielecki strikes out.
Top 8 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quinones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Bielecki covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Roomes strikes out.
Bottom 7 Benzinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Benzinger for the out.
Top 7 Law hits a fly ball into right field. Roomes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Berryhill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Birtsas fires to first and picks off Dawson.
Top 7 Dawson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oester scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Grace, and towards Sandberg, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Walton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Richardson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walton. Richardson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Quinones hits a fly ball into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smith strikes out.
Top 6 Tim Birtsas now pitching. Sandberg is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Walton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roomes. Walton reaches second base with a double. Law scores. Dunston scores.
Top 6 Bielecki bunts towards the mound. Leary fields it and throws to first for the out. Berryhill scores. Law moves to third. Dunston moves to second.
Top 6 Dunston is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Law hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roomes. Law reaches second base with a double. Berryhill moves to third.
Top 6 Berryhill hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Dawson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Grace hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Oester reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Leary strikes out.
Bottom 5 Oester strikes out.
Bottom 5 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Roomes hits a fly ball into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smith strikes out.
Top 5 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Walton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Leary, and towards Quinones, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Benzinger hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Griffey hits a popup towards third. Law settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Quinones scores.
Bottom 4 Richardson bunts towards third. Law fields it and throws to first for the out. Quinones moves to third.
Bottom 4 Quinones hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Dawson. Quinones reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Bielecki strikes out.
Top 4 Dunston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Law hits a line drive towards first. Benzinger catches it and steps on first to double up Berryhill.
Top 4 Berryhill is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Leary hits a fly ball into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Oester hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oester for the out.
Bottom 3 Reed strikes out.
Top 3 Dawson hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oester scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sandberg moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 3 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Sandberg. The throw from Reed and he is safe. Sandberg steals second.
Top 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quinones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Walton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leary fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Roomes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Benzinger hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Griffey strikes out.
Top 2 Bielecki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quinones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quinones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Law hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leary fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Quinones strikes out.
Top 1 Berryhill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oester scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Dawson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walton scores. Grace moves to second.
Top 1 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Smith strikes out. There goes Walton. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 1 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leary fields it and throws to first for the out. Walton moves to second.
Top 1 Walton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Richardson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.