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August 29, 1997

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Cubs 6 13 1
Indians 7 11 3
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 6 13 1
Indians 7 11 3

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .247
OBP .500 .294
At Bats 3 538
Hits 1 133
• Singles 1 72
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 30
Walks 1 36
RBI’s 0 102

Jose Mesa Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 9
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Jacobs Field - August 29, 1997
Jose Mesa
Sandy Alomar
Jim Thome
Tony Fernandez
Matt Williams
Omar Vizquel
Brian Giles
Marquis Grissom
Manny Ramirez
Sammy Sosa
Doug Glanville

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 13 1 7
Cleveland Indians 7 11 3 11
Winning Pitcher Jose Mesa
Losing Pitcher Dave Stevens
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI David Justice
Attendance 43,060
Time of Game 3 hours 13 minutes
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Doug Glanville pinch runs for Mark Grace. Sosa strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Dunston strikes out.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Justice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grissom scores. Ramirez moves to third. Thome moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Thome hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie juggles the ball. That's an error on Orie. Grissom moves to third. Ramirez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ramirez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Vizquel hits a fly ball into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Patterson now pitching. Giles bunts in front of the plate. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out. Grissom moves to second.
Bottom 8 Grissom takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Alexander hits a fly ball into left field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Houston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Orie scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Jose Mesa now pitching. Orie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome juggles the ball. That's an error on Thome. Grace scores. Servais goes all the way around to score. Orie moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 8 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 8 Paul Assenmacher now pitching. Scott Servais pinch hits for Dave Clark. Servais hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dunston scores. Grace moves to third.
Top 8 Sosa strikes out.
Top 8 Grace hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Dunston moves to third.
Top 8 Michael Jackson now pitching. Dunston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Fernandez strikes out.
Bottom 7 The umpire calls a balk on Stevens Alomar scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Dave Stevens now pitching. The ball gets by Houston for a passed ball. Alomar moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Alomar reaches second base with a double. Justice scores. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Justice moves to second.
Bottom 7 Justice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Thome hits a popup towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hershiser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Alexander hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Houston hits a fly ball into left field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Orie hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Vizquel strikes out.
Bottom 6 Giles strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Grissom. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Grissom steals second.
Bottom 6 Grissom hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Jose Hernandez now playing second base. Fernandez hits a line drive into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sandberg strikes out.
Top 6 Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Alomar strikes out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dunston. Williams reaches second base with a double. Thome scores.
Bottom 5 Justice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Justice for the out. Thome moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thome takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Ramirez hits a fly ball into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Dunston hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Houston scores. Alexander moves to second.
Top 5 Alexander bunts towards the mound. Hershiser fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hershiser. Houston moves to third.
Top 5 Houston hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 4 Vizquel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Giles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dunston. Giles reaches second base with a double. Grissom scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Grissom. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Grissom steals second.
Bottom 4 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Fernandez bunts, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams scores.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Dunston. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Orie strikes out.
Top 4 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to home to get Grace. Clark moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Grace moves to third.
Top 4 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vizquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Grace moves to second.
Top 4 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Justice hits a popup, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thome takes first base on ball four. Ramirez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ramirez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Vizquel hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Giles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dunston hits a line drive towards short. Vizquel catches it and throws to second to double up Alexander.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alexander moves to second.
Top 3 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Houston bunts towards the mound. Hershiser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Grissom hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Orie strikes out.
Top 2 Sandberg hits a line drive towards short. Vizquel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops it up and throws to first, with Hershiser covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Justice strikes out.
Bottom 1 Thome hits a line drive beyond short. Alexander can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Vizquel moves to third. Ramirez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ramirez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Vizquel. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Vizquel steals second.
Bottom 1 Vizquel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Giles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Sosa. The throw from Alomar and he is out, Vizquel applying the tag.
Top 1 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Dunston scores.
Top 1 Grace strikes out. There goes Dunston. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 1 Dunston hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Giles. Dunston reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thome scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.