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August 15, 1997

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Cubs 1 4 3
Padres 5 10 1
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Cubs 1 4 3
Padres 5 10 1

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .246
OBP .000 .296
At Bats 3 491
Hits 0 121
• Singles 0 65
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 26
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 0 90

Sterling Hitchcock Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 7 0
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Qualcomm Stadium - August 15, 1997
Out
Sterling Hitchcock
John Flaherty
Wally Joyner
Quilvio Veras
Ken Caminiti
Chris Gomez
Greg Vaughn
Steve Finley
Tony Gwynn
Sammy Sosa

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 1 4 3 3
San Diego Padres 5 10 1 10
Winning Pitcher Sterling Hitchcock
Losing Pitcher Steve Trachsel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tony Gwynn
Attendance 32,916
Time of Game 2 hours 23 minutes
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Veras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Grace strikes out.
Top 9 Glanville hits a line drive into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gwynn hits a line drive into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Finley hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Veras takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hitchcock bunts towards the mound. Pisciotta fields it and throws to first for the out. Flaherty moves to second.
Bottom 8 Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Flaherty hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Veras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mike Hubbard pinch hits for Miguel Batista. Hubbard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Servais hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gomez hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Joyner hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Caminiti moves to third.
Bottom 7 Caminiti hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Caminiti reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Orie hits a popup towards first. Joyner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grace scores.
Top 7 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Grace hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Gwynn who is chasing the ball. Grace reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Gwynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gwynn for the out.
Bottom 6 Finley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Veras hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Veras reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Miguel Batista now pitching. Hitchcock strikes out.
Top 6 Glanville hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jose Hernandez pinch hits for Steve Trachsel. Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. Servais moves to second.
Top 6 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Flaherty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gomez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Joyner strikes out.
Bottom 5 Caminiti hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dunston strikes out.
Bottom 4 Gwynn hits a popup towards short. Dunston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Finley hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Veras tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 There goes Veras. The throw from Servais and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 4 Veras hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hitchcock strikes out.
Bottom 4 Flaherty hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gomez.
Top 4 Glanville hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gomez hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Orie. Caminiti moves to third.
Bottom 3 Joyner hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Finley tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Caminiti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out. Finley moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gwynn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Veras scores. Finley moves to second.
Bottom 3 Finley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Veras moves to third.
Bottom 3 Veras is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Trachsel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Servais strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hitchcock 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 2 Flaherty takes first base on ball four. Gomez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Vaughn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Joyner hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Orie hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Hitchcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dunston hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Caminiti strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Veras. The throw from Servais and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 1 Gwynn strikes out.
Bottom 1 Finley hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Veras hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Grace hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Glanville hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson strikes out.