Astros @ Dodgers
June 23, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 3 3 0
Dodgers 3 9 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 3 3 0
Dodgers 4 10 2

Mike Piazza Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .355
OBP .750 .435
At Bats 3 248
Hits 2 88
• Singles 2 65
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 1 35
RBI’s 0 48

Xavier Hernandez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 0
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Dodger Stadium - June 23, 1996
Xavier Hernandez
Rick Wilkins
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Orlando Miller
Ricky Gutierrez
James Mouton
Brian Hunter
Derek Bell
Mike Piazza

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 3 3 0 5
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 10 2 10
Winning Pitcher Todd Worrell
Losing Pitcher Xavier Hernandez
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mike Piazza
Attendance 35,467
Time of Game 3 hours
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 1 Out

End of Game

Piazza hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Xavier Hernandez now pitching. Rick Wilkins now catching. Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 John Cangelosi pinch hits for Randy Knorr. Cangelosi hits a fly ball into left field. Castro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mouton moves to second.
Top 9 Mouton hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields misplays the ball. That's an error on DeShields.
Top 9 Todd Worrell now pitching. Juan Castro now playing left field. Chad Fonville now playing center field. Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Castro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 DeShields hits a popup towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tom Prince pinch hits for Chan Ho Park. Prince hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gagne hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Fonville scores.
Bottom 8 Juan Castro pinch hits for Billy Ashley. Castro bunts towards the mound. Wagner fields it and throws to first for the out. Fonville moves to second.
Bottom 8 Chad Fonville pinch hits for Todd Hollandsworth. Fonville bunts towards first. Bagwell fields the ball and throws to Wagner covering. Safe.
Bottom 8 Billy Wagner now pitching. Blowers hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bagwell hits a popup towards short. Gagne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chan Ho Park now pitching. Biggio strikes out.
Bottom 7 Karros hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Knorr fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Piazza hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Oreste Marrero pinch hits for Ismael Valdez. Marrero strikes out.
Top 7 Hunter bunts towards the mound. Valdez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kile hits a fly ball into left field. Ashley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Knorr hits a fly ball into center field. Hollandsworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gagne strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ashley hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hollandsworth hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blowers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Gutierrez hits a line drive into left field. Ashley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mouton hits a line drive into right field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Hollandsworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Karros hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes DeShields. The throw from Knorr and he is safe. DeShields steals second.
Bottom 5 Piazza hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 5 DeShields takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Valdez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Biggio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Piazza settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Valdez 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 4 Gagne strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ashley strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hollandsworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blowers moves to second.
Bottom 4 Blowers takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hunter strikes out.
Top 4 Kile hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Hollandsworth. Kile reaches second base with a double. Mouton scores. Knorr goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Knorr is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Mouton. The throw from Piazza and he is safe. Mouton steals second.
Top 4 Mouton hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Karros strikes out.
Bottom 3 Piazza is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 There goes DeShields. The throw from Knorr and he is safe. DeShields steals second.
Bottom 3 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 3 DeShields hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Gagne scores.
Bottom 3 Valdez bunts towards the mound. Kile fields it and throws to first for the out. Gagne moves to second.
Bottom 3 Orlando Miller now playing third base. Gagne takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Karros scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out.
Top 3 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne fields it and throws to home to get Hunter. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Biggio bunts towards the mound. Valdez fields it and throws to first for the out. Hunter moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Hunter. The throw from Piazza and he is safe. Hunter steals second.
Top 3 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne misplays the ball. That's an error on Gagne.
Bottom 2 Ashley strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hollandsworth bunts towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Blowers strikes out.
Top 2 Kile hits a ball on the ground towards first. Karros scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kile for the out.
Top 2 Knorr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores. Mouton moves to third.
Top 2 Gutierrez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Karros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Bell moves to third.
Top 2 Mouton takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.
Top 2 Spiers hits a fly ball into left field. Ashley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bell is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Karros strikes out.
Bottom 1 Piazza hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 1 DeShields strikes out.
Top 1 Bagwell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Biggio hits a popup towards first. Karros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gagne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.