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Cubs 5 14 0
Cardinals 1 2 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 5 14 0
Cardinals 1 3 0

Ray Lankford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .297
OBP .500 .415
At Bats 1 454
Hits 0 135
• Singles 0 66
• Doubles 0 35
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 31
Walks 1 95
RBI’s 0 98

Kevin Tapani Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 3 0
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Busch Stadium - September 26, 1997
Kevin Tapani
Tyler Houston
Brant Brown
Ryne Sandberg
Jose Hernandez
Miguel Cairo
Brooks Kieschnick
Terrell Lowery
Sammy Sosa
Ray Lankford
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

Ryne Sandberg now playing second base. Miguel Cairo now playing shortstop. Lankford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kieschnick. Lankford reaches second base with a double.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Tapani strikes out. Marrero drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Tapani out.
Top 7 Dave Clark pinch hits for Manny Alexander. Sean Lowe now pitching. Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Plantier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hernandez tags and scores.
Top 7 Houston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to third.
Top 7 Kieschnick hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 McGwire hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Tapani scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGwire for the out.
Bottom 6 Plantier strikes out.
Bottom 6 Terrell Lowery now playing center field. Jose Hernandez now playing third base. DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 6 Brown takes first base on ball four. Alexander moves to third. Lowery moves to second.
Top 6 Cairo hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Terrell Lowery pinch hits for Robin Jennings. Lowery hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alexander moves to second.
Top 6 Tapani strikes out.
Top 6 Tony Fossas now pitching. Alexander hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Tom Pagnozzi pinch hits for Mike Busby. Pagnozzi strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ordaz hits a fly ball into center field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tapani fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Ordaz fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Kieschnick strikes out.
Top 5 Hansen hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alexander scores. Tapani moves to third. Jennings moves to second.
Top 4 Jennings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alexander moves to third. Tapani moves to second.
Top 4 Tapani bunts towards third. Gaetti fields it and has Houston trapped. There's the throw to Ordaz who tags Houston for the out. Alexander moves to second.
Top 4 Alexander hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Houston moves to second.
Top 4 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 3 Plantier hits a fly ball into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 DeShields hits a fly ball into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kieschnick hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hansen for the out.
Top 3 There goes Sosa. The throw from Marrero and he is out, Ordaz applying the tag.
Top 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Busby strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ordaz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Marrero strikes out.
Top 2 Brown strikes out.
Top 2 Cairo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Jennings 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 2 Tapani hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cairo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gaetti hits a fly ball into left field. Kieschnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lankford takes first base on ball four. Plantier moves to second.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Plantier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. DeShields scores.
Bottom 1 DeShields hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. DeShields reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Alexander hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Houston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hansen scores. Kieschnick moves to third.
Top 1 Kieschnick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown scores. Hansen moves to second.
Top 1 Hansen takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Sosa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Brown. The throw from Marrero and he is safe. Brown steals second.
Top 1 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cairo scores.
Top 1 Cairo hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Young. Cairo reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Jennings hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.