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Top 7	R	H	E
Cubs	4	9	1
Astros	3	6	2

Top 7	R	H	E
Cubs	5	10	1
Astros	3	6	2

Joe Girardi Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.224
OBP	.667	.345
At Bats	2	49
Hits	1	11
• Singles	1	9
• Doubles	0	2
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	7
RBI’s	0	2

Mike Maddux Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	0	0

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Minute Maid Park - April 26, 2000

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Single

Mike Maddux

Mitch Meluskey

Jeff Bagwell

Craig Biggio

Ken Caminiti

Tim Bogar

Richard Hidalgo

Roger Cedeno

Julio Lugo

Joe Girardi

Damon Buford

Willie Greene

Count: 2-1, 1 Out

Girardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greene scores. Buford moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 7 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maddux fields it and throws to third for the out. Greene moves to second.

Top 7 Greene hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to second.

Top 7 Rodriguez is hit by the pitch.

Top 7 Mike Maddux now pitching. Sosa hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 6 Biggio hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Daryle Ward pinch hits for Octavio Dotel. Ward takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Matt Karchner now pitching. Bogar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene juggles the ball. That's an error on Greene. Meluskey moves to third.

Bottom 6 Meluskey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 Hidalgo takes first base on ball four.

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.

Top 6 Gutierrez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Biggio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Young hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cedeno. Young reaches second base with a double. Lorraine moves to third.

Top 6 Lorraine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Lugo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Caminiti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 5 Bagwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Buford strikes out.

Top 5 Greene hits a fly ball into right field. Lugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Julio Lugo now playing right field. Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Lugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Biggio is walked intentionally.

Bottom 4 Dotel bunts in front of the plate. Girardi fields it and throws to first for the out. Bogar moves to second.

Bottom 4 Bogar takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Meluskey hits a line drive towards first. Grace reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Lorraine trying to get to home. Alou throws the ball in to Meluskey who tags Lorraine who's trying to score from second, for the out. Gutierrez moves to third. Grace moves to second.

Top 4 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Girardi scores. Lorraine moves to second.

Top 4 Young strikes out.

Top 4 Lorraine bunts towards third. Caminiti fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Caminiti. Girardi moves to third.

Top 4 Girardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Hidalgo hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bagwell tags and scores.

Bottom 3 Caminiti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bagwell moves to third.

Bottom 3 Bagwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 3 Biggio hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Buford hits a popup towards short. Bogar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 There goes Sosa. The throw from Meluskey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.

Top 3 Greene hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grace tags and scores.

Top 3 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grace moves to third.

Top 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Grace moves to second.

Top 3 Grace takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Dotel strikes out.

Bottom 2 Bogar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 2 Meluskey takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Young takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 There goes Girardi. The throw from Meluskey and he is safe. Girardi steals second.

Top 2 Lorraine hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meluskey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Girardi is hit by the pitch.

Top 2 Buford strikes out.

Bottom 1 Hidalgo strikes out.

Bottom 1 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bagwell moves to second.

Bottom 1 Caminiti hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Bagwell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Biggio scores.

Bottom 1 Biggio hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Buford who is chasing the ball. Biggio reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Greene is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rodriguez for the out. Young scores. Gutierrez moves to third. Sosa moves to second.

Top 1 Sosa takes first base on ball four. Young moves to third. Gutierrez moves to second.

Top 1 Grace hits a popup, foul, towards third. Caminiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Gutierrez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Young moves to second.

Top 1 Young takes first base on ball four.

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Girardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greene scores. Buford moves to second.

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