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July 5, 1999

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Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .294
OBP .250 .366
At Bats 3 310
Hits 0 91
• Singles 0 45
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 32
Walks 1 35
RBI’s 1 72

Jason Christiansen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 3
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Three Rivers Stadium - July 5, 1999
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Jason Christiansen
Keith Osik
Brant Brown
Warren Morris
Ed Sprague
Mike Benjamin
Al Martin
Brian Giles
Adrian Brown
Sammy Sosa
Count: 1-1, 1 Out
Count: 1-1, 1 Out

Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague juggles the ball. That's an error on Sprague.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jason Christiansen now pitching. Mike Benjamin now playing shortstop. Grace hits a popup towards short. Benjamin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Giles hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nunez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Felix Heredia now pitching. Sammy Sosa now playing right field. Jose Hernandez now playing shortstop. Curtis Goodwin now playing center field. Martin strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Morandini. The throw from Osik and he is out, Nunez applying the tag.
Top 8 Alexander hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morandini hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Greg Hansell now pitching. Curtis Goodwin pinch hits for Matt Karchner. Goodwin strikes out.
Bottom 7 Yamid Haad pinch hits for Scott Sauerbeck. Haad hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Osik strikes out.
Bottom 7 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Benito Santiago now catching. Morris hits a fly ball into right field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Benito Santiago pinch hits for Sandy Martinez. Santiago hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nunez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Hill strikes out.
Bottom 6 Matt Karchner now pitching. Sprague hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ray King now pitching. Giles takes first base on ball four. Nunez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nunez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Martin strikes out.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Sosa. The throw from Osik and he is out, Nunez applying the tag.
Top 6 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Scott Sauerbeck now pitching. Grace hits a popup towards short. Nunez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Freddy Garcia pinch hits for Jason Schmidt. Garcia strikes out.
Bottom 5 Osik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields it and throws to third for the out. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morris moves to second.
Bottom 5 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Sprague strikes out.
Top 5 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Morandini is walked intentionally.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Schmidt Houston scores. Martinez moves to third.
Top 5 Lieber bunts in front of the plate. Osik fields it and throws to first for the out. Houston moves to third. Martinez moves to second.
Top 5 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Houston moves to second.
Top 5 Houston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 4 Giles takes first base on ball four. Nunez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields it and throws to second for the out. Schmidt moves to third.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schmidt moves to second.
Bottom 4 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Osik strikes out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a line drive into left field. Martin 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. Lieber moves to third.
Top 4 Alexander hits a fly ball into center field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lieber takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out.
Bottom 3 Morris hits a line drive into center field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sprague hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Giles moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 3 Giles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nunez scores.
Bottom 3 Nunez bunts towards third. Houston picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Houston. Nunez moves to third.
Top 3 Martinez strikes out.
Top 3 Houston takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double. Alexander scores. Sosa moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Morandini scores. Alexander moves to third.
Top 3 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morandini moves to third.
Top 3 Alexander hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morandini moves to second.
Top 3 Morandini hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 2 Osik hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lieber strikes out.
Top 2 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Houston strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 1 Morris takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sprague strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nunez scores. Giles moves to third.
Bottom 1 Giles takes first base on ball four. Nunez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Nunez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morandini tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nunez misplays the ball. That's an error on Nunez. Morandini moves to third. Alexander moves to second.
Top 1 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morris misplays the ball. That's an error on Morris. Morandini moves to second.
Top 1 Morandini takes first base on ball four.