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August 15, 1999

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 9 0
Cardinals 4 11 1
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Cubs 5 9 0
Cardinals 4 11 1

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .292
OBP .500 .364
At Bats 4 455
Hits 2 133
• Singles 0 65
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 2 46
Walks 0 52
RBI’s 4 104

Ricky Bottalico Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 6 17
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Busch Stadium - August 15, 1999
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Ricky Bottalico
Eli Marrero
Mark McGwire
Placido Polanco
Fernando Tatis
Edgar Renteria
Ray Lankford
Willie McGee
Craig Paquette
Sammy Sosa
Mickey Morandini
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Grace strikes out.
Top 9 Morandini bunts towards the mound. Bottalico fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Eli Marrero now catching. Meyers bunts in front of the plate. Marrero juggles the ball. That's an error on Marrero.
Bottom 8 Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nieves fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Terry Adams now pitching. McGee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Eli Marrero pinch runs for Thomas Howard. Polanco strikes out. There goes Marrero. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 8 Thomas Howard pinch hits for Alberto Castillo. Howard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Paquette bunts towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Paquette for the out. Tatis moves to third.
Bottom 8 Scott Sanders now pitching. Tatis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Meyers. Tatis reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Glenallen Hill pinch hits for Felix Heredia. Hill strikes out.
Top 8 Houston takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Nieves moves to third.
Top 8 Nieves hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lankford. Nieves reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 There goes Reed. The throw from Castillo and he is out, Renteria applying the tag.
Top 8 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Ricky Bottalico now pitching. Willie McGee now playing center field. Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bottalico fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 7 McGwire is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Drew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McGee moves to third.
Bottom 7 Renteria bunts in front of the plate. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Willie McGee pinch hits for Mike Mohler. Felix Heredia now pitching. McGee hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Meyers. McGee reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Sosa strikes out.
Top 7 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Morandini hits a fly ball into right field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Meyers hits a fly ball into right field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Castillo hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tatis tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Paquette hits a fly ball into center field. Meyers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tatis moves to third.
Bottom 6 Tatis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Tatis reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Trachsel strikes out.
Top 6 Houston strikes out.
Top 6 Nieves strikes out.
Top 6 Mike Mohler now pitching. Reed hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Meyers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McEwing moves to third. Renteria moves to second.
Bottom 5 Drew hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Renteria hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Polanco scores. McEwing moves to second.
Bottom 5 Joe McEwing pinch hits for Juan Acevedo. McEwing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Polanco moves to third.
Bottom 5 Polanco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sosa hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nieves scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Trachsel. The throw from Castillo and he is safe. Trachsel steals second.
Top 4 Meyers hits a fly ball into center field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trachsel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Houston hits a line drive into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McGwire hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. McGwire reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Drew hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Renteria strikes out.
Top 3 Nieves hits a fly ball into right field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Reed hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Polanco reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Juan Acevedo now pitching. Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rodriguez for the out.
Top 3 Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Grace hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Paquette. Grace reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Jimenez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nieves fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Castillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Morandini strikes out.
Top 2 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Trachsel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Paquette hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tatis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Drew scores.
Bottom 1 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Drew. The throw from Reed and he is safe. Drew steals second.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Renteria tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Drew hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Renteria moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Renteria. The throw from Reed and he is safe. Renteria steals second.
Bottom 1 Renteria hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Houston strikes out.
Top 1 Nieves is hit by the pitch. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 1 Reed hits a fly ball into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Meyers scores.
Top 1 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Jimenez covering, for the out. Meyers moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Meyers. The throw from Castillo and he is safe. Meyers steals second.
Top 1 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.