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Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 21, 1999
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 21, 1999 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | September 21, 1999 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 21, 1999 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kent Bottenfield |
Home Starting Pitcher | Andrew Lorraine |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 38,254 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Randy Marsh 1B: CB Bucknor 2B: Mark Carlson 3B: Ian Lamplugh |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Edgar Renteria | Shortstop |
Ray Lankford | Left Fielder |
Mark McGwire | First Baseman |
Fernando Tatis | Third Baseman |
Craig Paquette | Right Fielder |
J.D. Drew | Center Fielder |
Placido Polanco | Second Baseman |
Marcus Jensen | Catcher |
Kent Bottenfield | Pitcher |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chad Meyers | Second Baseman |
Lance Johnson | Center Fielder |
Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
Mark Grace | First Baseman |
Shane Andrews | Third Baseman |
Roosevelt Brown | Left Fielder |
Benito Santiago | Catcher |
Jose Nieves | Shortstop |
Andrew Lorraine | Pitcher |
Jim Riggleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 21, 1999
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Renteria vs. Lorraine
Renteria strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Lorraine
Lankford strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Lorraine
McGwire strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Bottenfield
Meyers hits a line drive into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bottenfield
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Bottenfield
Sosa strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Lorraine
Tatis strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Lorraine
Paquette hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Lorraine
Drew hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Bottenfield
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Bottenfield
Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Bottenfield
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Lorraine
Polanco hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sosa who is chasing the ball. Polanco reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Jensen vs. Lorraine
Jensen strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bottenfield vs. Lorraine
Bottenfield hits a line drive to left center field. The ball gets by Johnson. Brown fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brown. Polanco scores. Bottenfield moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Renteria vs. Lorraine
Renteria takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Lankford vs. Lorraine
Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Andrews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Santiago vs. Bottenfield
Santiago hits a fly ball into center field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Bottenfield
Nieves takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lorraine vs. Bottenfield
Lorraine bunts in front of the plate. Jensen fields it and throws to first for the out. Nieves moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Meyers vs. Bottenfield
Meyers hits a popup towards short. Renteria settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Lorraine
McGwire takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Tatis vs. Lorraine
Tatis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McGwire moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Paquette vs. Lorraine
Paquette strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Drew vs. Lorraine
Drew hits a popup towards short. Nieves settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Polanco vs. Lorraine
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bottenfield
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Bottenfield covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Bottenfield
Sosa hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Jensen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Bottenfield
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Lorraine
Jensen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Jensen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bottenfield vs. Lorraine
Bottenfield bunts in front of the plate. Santiago fields it and throws to first for the out. Jensen moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Renteria vs. Lorraine
Renteria takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Lankford vs. Lorraine
Lankford hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Jensen scores. Renteria moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
McGwire vs. Sanders
Scott Sanders now pitching.
There goes Lankford. The throw from Santiago and he is safe. Lankford steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
McGwire vs. Sanders
McGwire hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Renteria tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Tatis vs. Sanders
Tatis hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Bottenfield
Andrews hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Bottenfield
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Santiago vs. Bottenfield
Santiago hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Bottenfield
Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nieves for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Sanders
Paquette hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Sanders
Drew hits a popup towards third. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Sanders
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Andrews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Bottenfield
Manny Alexander pinch hits for Scott Sanders.
Alexander strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Bottenfield
Meyers strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bottenfield
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Bottenfield
Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Ayala
Bobby Ayala now pitching.
Jensen strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGee vs. Ayala
Willie McGee pinch hits for Kent Bottenfield.
McGee hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Renteria vs. Ayala
Renteria hits a popup towards short. Nieves settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Mohler
Mike Mohler now pitching.
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Mohler
Andrews strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Mohler
Bo Porter pinch hits for Roosevelt Brown.
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Ayala
Bo Porter now playing left field.
Lankford strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Ayala
McGwire strikes out. Santiago drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws McGwire out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Ayala
Tatis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Ayala
Paquette hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santiago vs. Mohler
Santiago hits a fly ball into right field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Mohler
Nieves hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Paquette. Nieves reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gaetti vs. Croushore
Gary Gaetti pinch hits for Bobby Ayala. Rich Croushore now pitching.
Gaetti hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lankford. Gaetti reaches second base with a double. Nieves scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Hill vs. Croushore
Glenallen Hill pinch hits for Chad Meyers.
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gaetti moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Croushore
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Heredia
Glenallen Hill now playing left field. Mickey Morandini now playing second base. Felix Heredia now pitching.
Drew hits a popup towards short. Nieves settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Heredia
Polanco strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Heredia
Jensen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Jensen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Heredia
Eduardo Perez pinch hits for Rich Croushore.
Perez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Renteria vs. Heredia
Renteria hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Heredia
Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nieves misplays the ball. That's an error on Nieves. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McGwire vs. Heredia
McGwire strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Acevedo
Juan Acevedo now pitching.
Sosa hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Acevedo
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Acevedo
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/21/1999 -- St. Louis at Chicago (N) St. Louis AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Renteria E, ss 3 2 1 3 Meyers C, 2b 3 0 0 0 Lankford R, lf 5 0 1 1 Hill G, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 McGwire M, 1b 3 0 0 1 Johnson L, cf 3 0 0 0 Tatis F, 3b 4 1 2 1 Sosa S, rf 4 0 0 0 Paquette C, rf 4 0 0 0 Grace M, 1b 4 0 0 0 Drew J, cf 4 0 0 0 Andrews S, 3b 4 1 1 1 Polanco P, 2b 4 1 1 0 Brown R, lf 2 0 0 0 Jensen M, c 4 2 2 0 Porter B, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Bottenfield K, p 1 0 1 1 Morandini M, 2b 0 0 0 0 McGee W, ph 1 0 0 0 Santiago B, c 3 0 0 0 Mohler M, p 0 0 0 0 Nieves J, ss 2 1 1 0 Croushore R, p 0 0 0 0 Lorraine A, p 0 0 0 0 Perez E, ph 0 1 0 0 Sanders S, p 0 0 0 0 Acevedo J, p 0 0 0 0 Alexander M, ph 1 0 0 0 Ayala B, p 0 0 0 0 Gaetti G, ph 1 0 1 1 Heredia F, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 7 8 7 29 2 3 2 St. Louis 001 020 013 -- 7 Chicago 000 010 010 -- 2 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO Bottenfield K (W) 6.0 1 1 1 2 3 Mohler M 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 Croushore R 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Acevedo J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Lorraine A (L) 4.1 5 3 3 3 6 Sanders S 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 Ayala B 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 Heredia F 1.0 2 3 3 1 2 E -- Brown R, Nieves J DP -- Chicago 1 LOB -- St. Louis 5, Chicago 3 2B -- Jensen M 2, Nieves J, Gaetti G 3B -- Polanco P HR -- Andrews S, Tatis F, Renteria E SB -- Lankford R SH -- Lorraine A, Bottenfield K SF -- McGwire M T -- 2:45 A -- 38254
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