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September 27, 1997

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 7 0
Cardinals 12 12 1
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 7 0
Cardinals 12 12 1

Lance Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .308
OBP .250 .371
At Bats 4 409
Hits 1 126
• Singles 0 97
• Doubles 1 16
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 0 39

Matt Morris Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 9 0
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Busch Stadium - September 27, 1997
Out
Matt Morris
Mike Difelice
Mark McGwire
Jeff Berblinger
David Bell
Luis Ordaz
Dmitri Young
Scarborough Green
Danny Sheaffer
Lance Johnson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 7 0 6
St. Louis Cardinals 12 12 1 6
Winning Pitcher Matt Morris
Losing Pitcher Kevin Foster
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie McGee
Attendance 43,142
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

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

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jennings hits a fly ball into right field. Sheaffer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Scarborough Green now playing center field. Jeff Berblinger now playing second base. Danny Sheaffer now playing right field. Alexander strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 8 Scarborough Green pinch runs for Willie McGee. Ramon Morel now pitching. McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 McGee hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. McGee reaches second base with a double. Morris scores. DeShields goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 DeShields hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ordaz scores. Morris moves to second.
Bottom 8 Morris bunts towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Ordaz moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 There goes Ordaz. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Ordaz steals second.
Bottom 8 Terry Adams now pitching. Ordaz hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Houston hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 8 Brooks Kieschnick pinch hits for Miguel Batista. Kieschnick hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Difelice strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out.
Top 7 Sosa strikes out.
Top 7 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Top 7 Cairo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McGee. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Lankford hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McGee strikes out.
Bottom 6 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jennings hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Morris strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ordaz hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Difelice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Miguel Batista now pitching. Jose Hernandez now playing third base. Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hansen hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sosa strikes out.
Top 5 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Young hits a fly ball into left field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 4 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 McGee hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. DeShields scores.
Bottom 4 There goes DeShields. The throw from Houston and he is safe. DeShields steals second.
Bottom 4 DeShields takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Miguel Cairo now playing second base. Morris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jennings hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bell.
Bottom 3 Ordaz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Difelice strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kevin Foster now pitching. Robin Jennings now playing left field. Bell hits a popup towards short. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Houston hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dave Clark pinch hits for Doug Glanville. Clark hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sandberg scores. Grace scores. Hansen moves to third.
Top 3 Hansen takes first base on ball four. Sandberg moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Top 3 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jennings scores. Sandberg moves to second.
Top 3 Sandberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Robin Jennings pinch hits for Dave Stevens. Jennings hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McGee. Jennings reaches second base with a double. Alexander scores.
Top 3 Alexander hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Alexander reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Young strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes McGwire. The throw from Houston and he is safe. McGwire steals second.
Bottom 2 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dave Stevens now pitching. There goes McGee. The throw from Houston and he is safe. McGee steals third.
Bottom 2 McGwire takes first base on ball four. McGee moves to second.
Bottom 2 McGee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DeShields scores.
Bottom 2 DeShields hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa who is chasing the ball. DeShields reaches third base with a triple. Ordaz scores. Morris goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Morris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ordaz moves to third.
Bottom 2 There goes Ordaz. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Ordaz steals second.
Bottom 2 Ordaz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Myers covering, for the out.
Top 2 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hansen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McGee who is chasing the ball. Hansen reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McGee scores. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lankford hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes McGee. The throw from Houston and he is safe. McGee steals second.
Bottom 1 McGee hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sandberg strikes out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.