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September 27, 1997

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Bottom 6 R H E
Cubs 4 6 0
Cardinals 7 8 1
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Cubs 4 6 0
Cardinals 7 8 1

Mark McGwire Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .272
OBP 1.000 .389
At Bats 1 537
Hits 1 146
• Singles 0 63
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 56
Walks 2 98
RBI’s 2 120

Miguel Batista Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 5 0
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Busch Stadium - September 27, 1997
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Miguel Batista
Tyler Houston
Mark Grace
Miguel Cairo
Jose Hernandez
Manny Alexander
Robin Jennings
Lance Johnson
Sammy Sosa
Mark McGwire
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

McGwire takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
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.