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October 3, 1999

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Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .288
OBP .500 .367
At Bats 2 624
Hits 1 180
• Singles 0 91
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 63
Walks 0 78
RBI’s 3 141

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Busch Stadium - October 3, 1999
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Rick Ankiel
Marcus Jensen
Mark McGwire
Placido Polanco
Fernando Tatis
Edgar Renteria
Joe McEwing
J.D. Drew
Thomas Howard
Sammy Sosa
Mickey Morandini
Lance Johnson
Chad Meyers
Count: 3-1, 0 Outs
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs

Rick Ankiel now pitching. Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Meyers scores. Johnson moves to third.

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Top 5 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Meyers moves to third. Johnson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Meyers moves to second.
Top 5 Willie McGee now playing left field. Joe McEwing now playing left field. Chad Meyers pinch hits for Rodney Myers. Meyers hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Willie McGee pinch hits for Eduardo Perez. McGee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McGwire scores. Tatis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Andrews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Renteria scores. Drew scores. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rodney Myers now pitching. McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Drew hits a line drive into right field. Sosa picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Sosa. Luebbers scores. Renteria moves to third. Drew moves to second.
Bottom 4 Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Luebbers moves to second.
Bottom 4 Luebbers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Roosevelt Brown now playing left field. Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Molina hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Andrews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tatis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jensen hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McGwire scores. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields it and throws to second for the out. McGwire moves to third.
Bottom 3 Tatis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 3 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hill strikes out. Jensen drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hill out.
Top 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire juggles the ball. That's an error on McGwire.
Top 3 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria fields it and throws to second for the out. Trachsel moves to third.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Molina scores. Trachsel moves to second.
Top 3 Trachsel bunts towards first. McGwire fields it and throws to third for the out. Molina moves to second.
Top 3 Molina hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Blauser moves to second.
Top 3 Blauser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Drew hits a fly ball into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Renteria hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Polanco tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Luebbers bunts towards first. Grace juggles the ball. That's an error on Grace. Jensen scores. Polanco moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Polanco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Howard scores. Jensen moves to second.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields it and throws to second for the out. Howard moves to third.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a line drive beyond second. Morandini can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 2 Andrews hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Jensen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 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.
Bottom 1 Tatis hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Drew strikes out.
Bottom 1 Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Andrews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morandini hits a popup into center field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.