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July 26, 2000

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Cubs 13 12 0
Phillies 8 7 1
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Cubs 14 13 0
Phillies 8 7 1

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .313
OBP .600 .400
At Bats 4 386
Hits 2 121
• Singles 0 68
• Doubles 1 22
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 30
Walks 1 58
RBI’s 3 89

Paul Byrd Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 8 0
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Veterans Stadium - July 26, 2000
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Home Run
Paul Byrd
Gary Bennett
Pat Burrell
Mickey Morandini
Scott Rolen
Desi Relaford
Ron Gant
Doug Glanville
Bobby Abreu
Sammy Sosa
Count: 0-1, 1 Out
Count: 0-1, 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Grace hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 9 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. Girardi scores. Greene moves to third. Young moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Young is hit by the pitch. Girardi moves to third. Greene moves to second.
Top 9 Willie Greene pinch hits for Felix Heredia. Greene takes first base on ball four. Girardi moves to second.
Top 9 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Relaford fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Relaford.
Top 9 Gary Bennett now catching. Paul Byrd now pitching. Nieves hits a popup towards short. Relaford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Felix Heredia now pitching. Abreu hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Morandini takes first base on ball four. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 8 Glanville hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Brian Hunter pinch hits for Ed Vosberg. Hunter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Relaford takes first base on ball four. Gant moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rico Brogna pinch hits for Tom Prince. Brogna strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gant takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gary Matthews now playing left field. Burrell hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gary Matthews pinch hits for Henry Rodriguez. Matthews hits a line drive into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Buford takes first base on ball four. Grace moves to third. Sosa moves to second.
Top 8 Sosa takes first base on ball four. Grace moves to second.
Top 8 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rolen hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Abreu takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Todd Van Poppel now pitching. Glanville hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Chad Meyers pinch hits for Kevin Tapani. Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Girardi strikes out.
Top 7 Ed Vosberg now pitching. Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kevin Sefcik pinch hits for Mark Holzemer. Sefcik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Relaford hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Girardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Prince hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gant hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Burrell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Buford is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rolen strikes out.
Bottom 5 Abreu hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Morandini hits a line drive towards short. Gutierrez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gutierrez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Girardi scores. Young moves to third.
Top 5 Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Girardi moves to second.
Top 5 Tapani is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Girardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Nieves strikes out.
Bottom 4 Glanville hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Holzemer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Relaford strikes out.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Buford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Young. The throw from Prince and he is safe. Young steals second.
Top 4 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mark Holzemer now pitching. Tapani hits a ball on the ground towards short. Relaford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Prince hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gant takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Burrell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Rolen hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Abreu hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Morandini takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Girardi strikes out.
Top 3 Nieves strikes out.
Top 3 Rodriguez strikes out. Prince drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Rodriguez out.
Bottom 2 Glanville hits a popup towards short. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chen bunts towards the mound. Tapani fields it and throws to first for the out. Relaford moves to second.
Bottom 2 Relaford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Prince moves to third.
Bottom 2 Prince hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Prince reaches second base with a double. Gant scores.
Bottom 2 Gant hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Gant reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Burrell strikes out.
Top 2 Buford strikes out. Prince drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Buford out.
Top 2 Sosa strikes out.
Top 2 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tapani scores. Young scores. Gutierrez moves to second.
Top 2 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. Girardi scores. Tapani moves to third. Young moves to second.
Top 2 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Girardi moves to third. Tapani moves to second.
Top 2 Tapani takes first base on ball four. Girardi moves to second.
Top 2 Girardi takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Nieves strikes out.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Rolen hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Abreu is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 There goes Morandini. The throw from Girardi and he is safe. Morandini steals second.
Bottom 1 Morandini is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Glanville hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Buford strikes out.
Top 1 Sosa hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Sosa reaches second base with a double. Grace moves to third.
Top 1 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into center field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Young strikes out.