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September 24, 1997

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Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .255
OBP .333 .305
At Bats 3 627
Hits 1 160
• Singles 1 89
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 36
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 119

Mike Magnante Season Stats

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Astrodome - September 24, 1997
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Fielder's Choice
Mike Magnante
Brad Ausmus
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Bill Spiers
Ricky Gutierrez
Bobby Abreu
Richard Hidalgo
Derek Bell
Sammy Sosa
Mark Grace
Lance Johnson
Count: 1-1, 1 Out
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs

Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to home to get Johnson. Grace moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Grace hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Top 8 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Abreu now playing left field. Mike Magnante now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bob Patterson now pitching. Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bagwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Biggio scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Clark fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Clark. Biggio moves to third.
Bottom 7 Biggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Doug Glanville now playing left field. Bobby Abreu pinch hits for Chris Holt. Abreu hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Clark covering, for the out.
Top 7 Clark strikes out.
Top 7 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holt fields it and throws to first for the out. Houston moves to second.
Top 7 Houston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kieschnick hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ausmus hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander misplays the ball. That's an error on Alexander. Gonzalez moves to third. Hidalgo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Spiers hits a popup into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hansen strikes out.
Top 6 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Biggio hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Holt bunts towards the mound. Clark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Alexander moves to second.
Top 5 Clark strikes out.
Top 5 Alexander takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Houston hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Kieschnick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kieschnick for the out.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Spiers takes first base on ball four. Gonzalez moves to third. Hidalgo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hidalgo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell strikes out.
Top 4 Hansen strikes out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Clark fires to first and picks off Biggio.
Bottom 3 Biggio is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ausmus 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 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Holt covering, for the out.
Top 3 Clark strikes out.
Top 3 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Spiers hits a fly ball into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hidalgo strikes out.
Top 2 Houston hits a line drive towards short. Gutierrez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kieschnick hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sosa hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez 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 1 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clark has Biggio trapped. There's the throw to Hansen and over to Houston, who tags Biggio for the out. Bagwell moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Biggio moves to third.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kieschnick. Biggio reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Grace strikes out. There goes Sandberg. The throw from Ausmus to second, and Sandberg is out.
Top 1 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.