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September 19, 1997

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Mark McGwire Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .276
OBP .250 .392
At Bats 4 508
Hits 1 140
• Singles 0 59
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 54
Walks 0 93
RBI’s 1 115

Ricardo Rincon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 8 4
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Three Rivers Stadium - September 19, 1997
Ricardo Rincon
Jason Kendall
Kevin Young
Tony Womack
Joe Randa
Shawon Dunston
Al Martin
Turner Ward
Mark Smith
Mark McGwire
Delino DeShields
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs

McGwire is walked intentionally.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Clayton strikes out.
Top 9 The umpire calls a balk on Rincon DeShields moves to second.
Top 9 Ricardo Rincon now pitching. DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Jeff Wallace now pitching. McGee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dale Sveum pinch hits for Marc Wilkins. Sveum hits a line drive into left field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dunston hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Randa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 John Frascatore now pitching. Young strikes out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Womack moves to third. Ward moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tony Fossas now pitching. Willie McGee now playing left field. Ward hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Womack moves to second.
Bottom 7 Womack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kendall moves to second.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kendall hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gant hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Clayton. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Clayton steals second.
Top 7 Lankford hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McGwire strikes out.
Top 7 Marc Wilkins now pitching. Mark Smith now playing right field. Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Guillen strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dunston strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mark Petkovsek now pitching. Randa strikes out.
Top 6 Jason Christiansen now pitching. DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Dunston fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Gary Gaetti pinch hits for Manny Aybar. Gaetti takes first base on ball four. Young moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Top 6 Marrero strikes out.
Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston fields it and throws to third for the out. Lankford scores. Young moves to second.
Top 6 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lankford moves to third. Gant moves to second.
Top 6 Clint Sodowsky now pitching. Gant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lankford moves to second.
Top 6 Lankford takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Young strikes out.
Bottom 5 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ward hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Womack hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kendall moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cooke bunts towards the mound. Aybar fields it and throws to first for the out. Kendall moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kendall takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Clayton hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DeShields hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Aybar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Cooke, and towards Randa, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Marrero strikes out.
Bottom 4 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Dunston bunts towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Randa hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Young strikes out. Marrero drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Young out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Ward hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kendall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lankford hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Womack hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields catches it and throws to second with Clayton covering, to double up Kendall.
Bottom 3 Cooke strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Kendall. The throw from Marrero and he is safe. Kendall steals second.
Bottom 3 Kendall is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Clayton strikes out.
Top 3 DeShields hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aybar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Guillen hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aybar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Randa hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Young hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Marrero hits a fly ball into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martin for the out.
Bottom 1 Ward 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 1 Womack hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gant strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Lankford. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Womack applying the tag.
Top 1 Lankford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clayton scores.
Top 1 McGwire strikes out.
Top 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 1 Clayton hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. DeShields moves to third.
Top 1 DeShields hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Martin. DeShields reaches second base with a double.