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Astrodome - September 28, 1997
Jason Christiansen
Keith Osik
Mark Smith
Abraham Nunez
Freddy Garcia
Lou Collier
Emil Brown
Jermaine Allensworth
Jose Guillen
Russ Johnson
Luis Rivera
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

The ball gets by Osik for a passed ball. Rivera moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Cabrera bunts towards first. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Rivera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Jason Christiansen now pitching. Abreu strikes out.
Top 10 Tony Womack pinch hits for Clint Sodowsky. Womack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Mouton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Knorr moves to third.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Knorr moves to second.
Bottom 9 Pena hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Knorr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Knorr scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nunez for the out.
Top 9 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Collier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Osik strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Clint Sodowsky now pitching. Cabrera hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Allensworth strikes out.
Top 8 Guillen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Jason Kendall pinch hits for Jon Lieber. Kendall strikes out.
Top 8 Jose Cabrera now pitching. Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Abreu hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hidalgo strikes out.
Top 7 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nunez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Osik moves to second.
Top 7 Brown strikes out.
Top 7 Collier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rivera settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Osik hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mouton hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jon Lieber now pitching. Emil Brown now playing left field. Freddy Garcia now playing third base. Knorr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Guillen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ward scores. Sveum scores.
Top 6 Sveum hits a fly ball into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Ward moves to third.
Top 6 Smith strikes out.
Top 6 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Manuel Barrios now pitching. James Mouton now playing right field. Richard Hidalgo now playing center field. Bobby Abreu now playing left field. Nunez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. That will be extra bases. Guillen fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Guillen. Howard moves to third.
Bottom 5 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops it up and throws to first, with Silva covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Abreu hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 5 Silva strikes out.
Top 5 Collier strikes out.
Top 5 Tony Pena now catching. Randy Knorr now playing first base. Chris Holt now pitching. Osik strikes out.
Bottom 4 Craig Biggio pinch runs for Brad Ausmus. Jeff Bagwell pinch hits for Bill Spiers. Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Derek Bell pinch hits for John Hudek. Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ausmus moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ausmus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gutierrez for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Allensworth strikes out.
Top 4 Guillen strikes out.
Top 4 Sveum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops it up and throws to first, with Silva covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Berry hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Spiers moves to second.
Bottom 3 Abreu strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Spiers hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ward takes first base on ball four. Nunez moves to second.
Top 3 Nunez is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Silva strikes out.
Top 3 John Hudek now pitching. Collier strikes out.
Bottom 2 Tony Eusebio pinch hits for Jose Lima. Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ausmus hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Osik hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Guillen. The throw from Ausmus and he is out, Johnson applying the tag.
Top 2 Allensworth hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spiers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Guillen is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. Abreu moves to third.
Bottom 1 Berry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Spiers scores. Abreu moves to second.
Bottom 1 Abreu hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Spiers moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Spiers takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Sveum hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.