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August 28, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 4 9 0
Astros 4 9 1
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Cubs 4 9 0
Astros 5 10 1

Brian Hunter Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .281
OBP .500 .301
At Bats 4 417
Hits 2 117
• Singles 2 92
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 30

Kent Bottenfield Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 1
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Astrodome - August 28, 1996
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Double
Kent Bottenfield
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Leo Gomez
Jose Hernandez
Luis Gonzalez
Brian McRae
Scott Bullett
Brian Hunter
Kirt Manwaring

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 9 0 13
Houston Astros 5 10 1 6
Winning Pitcher Gregg Olson
Losing Pitcher Kent Bottenfield
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Brian Hunter
Attendance 18,026
Time of Game 3 hours 10 minutes
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Count: 0-1, 2 Outs
Count: 0-1, 2 Outs

End of Game

Hunter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Hunter reaches second base with a double. Manwaring goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Gutierrez strikes out.
Bottom 9 Manwaring hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Mouton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Bottenfield covering, for the out.
Top 9 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Olson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hernandez for the out.
Top 9 Servais takes first base on ball four. Gonzalez moves to third. Sandberg moves to second.
Top 9 Sandberg is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Gomez strikes out. Manwaring drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gomez out.
Top 9 Gregg Olson now pitching. There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Manwaring and he is safe. Gonzalez steals second.
Top 9 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Alvin Morman now pitching. Kirt Manwaring now catching. Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Eusebio strikes out.
Bottom 8 Spiers hits a line drive into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bullett hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Brooks Kieschnick pinch hits for Steve Trachsel. Kieschnick strikes out.
Top 8 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Biggio hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Leo Gomez now playing third base. Gutierrez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Kevin Foster pinch runs for Dave Magadan. Ricky Gutierrez now playing shortstop. John Hudek now pitching. Servais hits a popup in front of the plate. Eusebio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sandberg is hit by the pitch. Magadan moves to second.
Top 7 Magadan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mouton hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Spiers hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bullett hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McRae hits a popup, foul, towards third. Spiers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Trachsel strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Servais hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Biggio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sandberg hits a line drive into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hunter strikes out. Servais drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hunter out.
Bottom 4 Kile strikes out.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Miller reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Mouton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magadan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Magadan hits a line drive into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McRae moves to second.
Top 4 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bullett strikes out.
Top 4 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Trachsel strikes out.
Top 3 Hernandez takes first base on ball four. Sandberg moves to third. Servais moves to second.
Top 3 Servais hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sandberg moves to second.
Top 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Magadan hits a line drive into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grace tags and scores.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grace moves to third.
Top 3 The umpire calls a balk on Kile Bullett scores. Grace moves to second.
Top 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bullett moves to third.
Top 3 Bullett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Biggio hits a line drive into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hunter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kile strikes out.
Top 2 McRae strikes out.
Top 2 Trachsel strikes out.
Top 2 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 2 Servais hits a popup off the glove of Miller, and into shallow left field. Servais reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a line drive into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mouton takes first base on ball four. Biggio scores. Bell moves to third. Eusebio moves to second.
Bottom 1 Eusebio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Bell. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Bell steals second.
Bottom 1 Spiers hits a line drive towards short. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hunter scores. Biggio moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bagwell hits a line drive towards third. Magadan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Biggio moves to second.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hunter moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hunter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Sandberg hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Magadan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mouton. Magadan reaches second base with a double. Grace scores. Gonzalez goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Kile fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Kile. Grace moves to second.
Top 1 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bullett hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae bunts towards the mound. Kile fields it and throws to first for the out.