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Gary Sheffield Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .287
OBP .500 .373
At Bats 4 380
Hits 1 109
• Singles 1 71
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 2 47
RBI’s 0 65

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1 5 0
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Minute Maid Park - August 9, 2002
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Home Run
Nelson Cruz
Brad Ausmus
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Jose Vizcaino
Julio Lugo
Geoff Blum
Richard Hidalgo
Orlando Merced
Gary Sheffield
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

Orlando Merced now playing right field. Richard Hidalgo now playing center field. Geoff Blum now playing left field. Sheffield hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Ausmus hits a line drive towards third. Castilla reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Geoff Blum pinch hits for Jason Lane. Blum strikes out.
Bottom 12 Vizcaino is walked intentionally. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 12 Hidalgo hits a fly ball into right field. Sheffield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merced moves to third.
Bottom 12 Bagwell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 12 Merced hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Jones. Merced reaches second base with a double.
Top 12 Franco strikes out.
Top 12 Furcal is called out on strikes.
Top 12 Nelson Cruz now pitching. Spooneybarger is called out on strikes.
Bottom 11 Biggio strikes out.
Bottom 11 There goes Lugo. The throw from Blanco and he is safe. Lugo steals second.
Bottom 11 Lugo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Lance Berkman pinch hits for Jim Mann. Berkman strikes out.
Bottom 11 Tim Spooneybarger now pitching. Ausmus hits a fly ball into right field. Sheffield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Blanco 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 11 DeRosa is hit by the pitch. Helms moves to second.
Top 11 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Jones strikes out.
Top 11 Castilla hits a fly ball into left field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Lane hits a ball on the ground towards short. Furcal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Vizcaino hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Hidalgo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Franco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Sheffield strikes out.
Top 10 Franco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mann fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Jim Mann now pitching. Furcal 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 9 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Furcal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Merced hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Bottom 9 Julio Franco now playing first base. Vinny Castilla now playing third base. Wes Helms now playing left field. Chris Hammond now pitching. Biggio hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Steve Torrealba pinch hits for Albie Lopez. Torrealba strikes out.
Top 9 Blanco is walked intentionally.
Top 9 DeRosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lugo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Lane settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Castilla tags and scores. Jones tags and moves to third.
Top 9 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Merced. Jones reaches second base with a double. Sheffield scores. Castilla moves to third.
Top 9 Vinny Castilla pinch hits for Darren Bragg. Castilla hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Franco scores. Sheffield moves to third.
Top 9 Sheffield takes first base on ball four. Franco moves to second.
Top 9 Julio Franco pinch hits for Matt Franco. Billy Wagner now pitching. Franco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lugo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Franco scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lugo for the out.
Bottom 8 Daryle Ward pinch hits for Octavio Dotel. Ward hits a ball on the ground towards third. Helms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Albie Lopez now pitching. Ausmus hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Furcal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lugo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Keith Lockhart pinch hits for John Foster. Lockhart hits a fly ball into right field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Octavio Dotel now pitching. Blanco hits a fly ball into center field. Lane settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lane hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeRosa reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Vizcaino takes first base on ball four. Hidalgo moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Furcal misplays the ball. That's an error on Furcal.
Bottom 7 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Helms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Darren Bragg now playing left field. John Foster now pitching. Merced strikes out.
Top 7 DeRosa 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 7 Ricky Stone now pitching. Helms strikes out.
Top 7 Darren Bragg pinch runs for Chipper Jones. Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Merced. Jones reaches second base with a double. Bragg moves to third.
Top 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Sheffield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kerry Ligtenberg now pitching. Biggio hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lugo hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lane tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Ausmus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Ausmus reaches second base with a double. Lane moves to third.
Bottom 6 Lane hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Vizcaino hits a fly ball into right field. Sheffield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Franco hits a fly ball towards left. Merced catches it and throws to home to double up Blanco.
Top 6 Furcal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Moss bunts towards third. Vizcaino fields it and throws to first for the out. Blanco moves to third.
Top 6 Blanco hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Lane. Blanco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hidalgo hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bagwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Merced hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeRosa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lugo moves to third.
Bottom 5 Biggio takes first base on ball four. Lugo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lugo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 DeRosa is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Helms strikes out.
Top 5 Jones hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Biggio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jones takes first base on ball four. Sheffield moves to second.
Top 5 Sheffield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Franco moves to third.
Top 5 Franco hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Lane. Franco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeRosa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Ausmus is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Lane hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Lane reaches second base with a double. Hidalgo scores. Vizcaino moves to third.
Bottom 4 Vizcaino hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merced scores. Hidalgo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hidalgo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Helms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Merced hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sheffield who is chasing the ball. Merced reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Furcal strikes out.
Top 4 Moss bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 4 Blanco hits a fly ball into left field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 DeRosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Biggio strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Lugo. The throw from Blanco and he is safe. Lugo steals second.
Bottom 3 Lugo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Miller bunts in front of the plate. Blanco fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with DeRosa covering, for the double play.
Bottom 3 Ausmus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lugo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Merced. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Sheffield hits a line drive into left field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Franco hits a fly ball into center field. Lane settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Furcal hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Lane hits a fly ball into right field. Sheffield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Vizcaino hits a popup towards short. Furcal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hidalgo hits a line drive towards short. Furcal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moss strikes out.
Top 2 Blanco takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 DeRosa hits a fly ball into center field. Lane settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones tags and scores. Helms tags and moves to second.
Top 2 Helms hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Jones moves to third.
Top 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vizcaino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hidalgo. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Merced hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeRosa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Lugo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Sheffield hits a fly ball into right field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Franco 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 1 Furcal is called out on strikes.