Cubs @ Mets
July 16, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 10 0
Mets 5 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 10 0
Mets 5 7 1

John Olerud Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .296
OBP .750 .394
At Bats 3 331
Hits 2 98
• Singles 1 61
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 14
Walks 1 50
RBI’s 3 64

Mel Rojas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 9
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Shea Stadium - July 16, 1997
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Strikeout
Mel Rojas
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Kevin Orie
Rey Sanchez
Doug Glanville
Brian McRae
Sammy Sosa
John Olerud

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 10 0 3
New York Mets 5 7 1 7
Winning Pitcher Geremi Gonzalez
Losing Pitcher Armando Reynoso
Save Mel Rojas
Game Winning RBI Doug Glanville
Attendance 20,282
Time of Game 3 hours 12 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Olerud strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Alfonzo 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 9 Ryne Sandberg now playing second base. Rey Sanchez now playing shortstop. Mel Rojas now pitching. Johnson 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 9 Ryne Sandberg pinch hits for Terry Adams. Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Franco fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Sanchez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Matt Franco now playing third base. Takashi Kashiwada now pitching. Edgardo Alfonzo now playing shortstop. Servais hits a fly ball into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Butch Huskey pinch hits for Joe Crawford. Huskey strikes out.
Bottom 8 Matt Franco pinch hits for Rey Ordonez. Franco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Servais fires to second and picks off Everett for the out.
Bottom 8 Everett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Everett reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Dunston hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Terry Adams now pitching. Gilkey hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson moves to third. Olerud moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hundley strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ramon Tatis now pitching. Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace fields the ball and throws to Tatis covering. Safe. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Alfonzo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Sosa strikes out.
Top 7 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Joe Crawford now pitching. Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Luis Lopez pinch hits for Cory Lidle. Lopez hits a popup towards short. Dunston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ordonez strikes out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Everett moves to third.
Bottom 6 Everett hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Everett reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Turk Wendell now pitching. Gilkey strikes out.
Top 6 Kevin Foster pinch hits for Geremi Gonzalez. Foster strikes out.
Top 6 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baerga for the out.
Bottom 5 Hundley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Hundley reaches second base with a double. Lidle scores. Alfonzo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Olerud hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. Lidle moves to second.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lidle takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dunston hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. McRae scores. Grace moves to second.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga fields it and throws to second for the out. McRae moves to third.
Top 5 Cory Lidle now pitching. Sosa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Glanville scores. McRae moves to second.
Top 5 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Glanville hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Servais scores. Sanchez scores.
Top 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Reynoso spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Reynoso. Servais moves to third. Sanchez moves to second.
Top 5 Sanchez hits a popup into left field for a base hit. Servais moves to second.
Top 5 Servais hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Everett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gilkey hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Dunston hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 3 Baerga hits a popup into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hundley strikes out.
Bottom 3 Olerud hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Alfonzo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Reynoso moves to second.
Bottom 3 Reynoso takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Sosa. The throw from Hundley and he is out, Ordonez applying the tag.
Top 3 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Glanville for the out.
Bottom 2 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Everett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baerga for the out.
Top 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sanchez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Baerga catches it and throws to first to double up Servais.
Top 2 Servais hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hundley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Servais settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Olerud takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Orie hits a fly ball into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Grace hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Everett. Grace reaches second base with a double. Glanville scores. McRae goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out. There goes Glanville. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 1 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Glanville hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gilkey. Glanville reaches second base with a double.