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September 16, 2000

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Cubs 6 11 0
Cardinals 7 10 0
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Cubs 6 11 0
Cardinals 7 10 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .321
OBP .500 .407
At Bats 4 574
Hits 2 184
• Singles 1 97
• Doubles 0 36
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 50
Walks 0 87
RBI’s 2 136

Mike Timlin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 12
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Busch Stadium - September 16, 2000
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Walk
Mike Timlin
Mike Matheny
Eduardo Perez
Placido Polanco
Fernando Tatis
Edgar Renteria
J.D. Drew
Jim Edmonds
Luis Saturria
Sammy Sosa
Count: 3-0, 0 Outs
Count: 3-0, 0 Outs

Sosa takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Edmonds hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Drew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Polanco strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tim Worrell now pitching. Saturria strikes out.
Top 8 Gutierrez is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Willie Greene pinch hits for Jerry Spradlin. Greene strikes out.
Top 8 Huson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Matheny hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Renteria hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Perez is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Timlin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Andrews strikes out.
Top 7 J.D. Drew now playing left field. Luis Saturria now playing right field. Mike Timlin now pitching. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tatis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spradlin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Edmonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Huson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Drew moves to third.
Bottom 6 J.D. Drew pinch hits for Craig Paquette. Drew hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Drew reaches second base with a double. Polanco goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Jeff Huson now playing second base. Jerry Spradlin now pitching. Polanco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Grace 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 6 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Edmonds. Gutierrez reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Meyers for the out.
Top 6 Jeff Huson pinch hits for Steve Rain. Gene Stechschulte now pitching. Huson hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas Howard pinch hits for Garrett Stephenson. Howard hits a line drive towards right. Sosa catches it and throws to second to double up Renteria.
Bottom 5 Matheny hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Renteria moves to second.
Bottom 5 Renteria takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Buford strikes out.
Top 5 Andrews takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Brown hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Edmonds. Brown reaches second base with a double. Sosa moves to third.
Top 5 Grace hits a popup towards short. Renteria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Tatis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Davis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Edmonds takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to third. Paquette moves to second.
Bottom 4 Paquette takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to second.
Bottom 4 Polanco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Steve Rain now pitching. Stephenson strikes out.
Top 4 Gutierrez 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 Meyers takes first base on ball four. Buford moves to third. Girardi moves to second.
Top 4 Ross Gload pinch hits for Daniel Garibay. Gload hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Girardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford moves to second.
Top 4 Buford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Andrews hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grace moves to third.
Top 4 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Matheny hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Renteria takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tatis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 3 Davis takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to third. Paquette moves to second.
Bottom 3 Edmonds hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Paquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Polanco moves to second.
Bottom 3 Polanco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Meyers hits a fly ball into left field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Craig Paquette now playing left field. Eduardo Perez now playing first base. Garibay hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Stephenson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garibay for the out.
Bottom 2 Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Gutierrez fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Matheny hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Garibay fires to first and has Renteria trapped. There's the throw to Gutierrez who tags Renteria for the out.
Bottom 2 Renteria takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Andrews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tatis hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Girardi 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 Buford hits a fly ball into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grace tags and scores. Brown tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Andrews is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Brown hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Edmonds. Brown reaches second base with a double. Grace moves to third.
Top 2 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Edmonds hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Polanco tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Paquette hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Polanco moves to third.
Bottom 1 Polanco hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Buford. Polanco reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Sosa hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tatis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Meyers strikes out.