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August 14, 2001

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Cubs 3 7 0
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Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .307
OBP .250 .425
At Bats 4 411
Hits 1 126
• Singles 0 52
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 43
Walks 0 87
RBI’s 1 114

Nelson Cruz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 2
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Minute Maid Park - August 14, 2001
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Out
Nelson Cruz
Brad Ausmus
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Vinny Castilla
Jose Vizcaino
Lance Berkman
Richard Hidalgo
Moises Alou
Sammy Sosa
Count: 1-1, 1 Out
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs

Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lance Berkman now playing left field. Richard Hidalgo now playing center field. Nelson Cruz now pitching. Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Richard Hidalgo pinch hits for Orlando Merced. Hidalgo hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGriff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Robert Machado now catching. Jeff Fassero now pitching. Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ojeda strikes out.
Top 8 Robert Machado pinch hits for Kyle Farnsworth. Machado hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stairs scores. Mueller moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Mueller is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Hundley strikes out.
Top 8 Dotel fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Dotel. Stairs moves to third.
Top 8 Tucker hits a fly ball into left field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jose Vizcaino now playing shortstop. Octavio Dotel now pitching. Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla juggles the ball. That's an error on Castilla.
Bottom 7 Bagwell hits a fly ball into left field. Stairs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Lugo. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Lugo steals second.
Bottom 7 Lugo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Biggio hits a fly ball into center field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Augie Ojeda now playing second base. Kyle Farnsworth now pitching. Jose Vizcaino pinch hits for Ron Villone. Vizcaino strikes out. Hundley drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Vizcaino out.
Top 7 McGriff strikes out.
Top 7 Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Gutierrez strikes out.
Top 7 Ron Villone now pitching. DeShields 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 6 Ausmus hits a fly ball into center field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Castilla takes first base on ball four. Bagwell moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 6 David Weathers now pitching. Merced hits a fly ball into center field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tavarez fields it and throws to first for the out. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bagwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Tavarez strikes out.
Top 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Oswalt, and towards Biggio, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hundley hits a line drive towards short. Lugo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lugo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Biggio hits a popup towards short. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oswalt hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oswalt for the out.
Top 5 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tucker for the out.
Top 5 Stairs takes first base on ball four. DeShields scores. Gutierrez moves to third. McGriff moves to second.
Top 5 McGriff is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Sosa strikes out.
Top 5 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Gutierrez reaches second base with a double. DeShields moves to third.
Top 5 DeShields hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Tavarez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Oswalt covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Ausmus hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mueller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Merced hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hundley strikes out.
Top 4 Tucker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McGriff moves to third. Stairs moves to second.
Top 4 Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McGriff moves to second.
Top 4 McGriff takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Berkman hits a line drive towards short. Gutierrez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bagwell hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gutierrez 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 3 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oswalt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tavarez bunts in front of the plate. Ausmus fields it and throws to first for the out. Mueller moves to third.
Top 3 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oswalt fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Oswalt. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lugo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Biggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Oswalt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ausmus hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hundley for the out.
Top 2 Tucker strikes out.
Top 2 Stairs hits a fly ball into center field. Berkman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Castilla hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Merced hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lugo moves to third. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 1 Berkman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bagwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lugo moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lugo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 McGriff strikes out.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out.
Top 1 Gutierrez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Berkman. Gutierrez reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 DeShields strikes out.