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September 16, 2000

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 6 11 0
Cardinals 7 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 6 11 0
Cardinals 7 10 0

Damon Buford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .254
OBP .500 .325
At Bats 2 461
Hits 1 117
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 1 41
RBI’s 1 42

Dave Veres Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 26
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Busch Stadium - September 16, 2000
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Strikeout
Dave Veres
Mike Matheny
Eduardo Perez
Placido Polanco
Fernando Tatis
Edgar Renteria
J.D. Drew
Jim Edmonds
Luis Saturria
Damon Buford
Shane Andrews
Sammy Sosa

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 11 0 10
St. Louis Cardinals 7 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Mike Timlin
Losing Pitcher Jerry Spradlin
Save Dave Veres
Game Winning RBI J.D. Drew
Attendance 47,461
Time of Game 3 hours 24 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Buford strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Andrews takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Gary Matthews pinch hits for Roosevelt Brown. Dave Veres now pitching. Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Matthews for the out. Sosa moves to second.
Top 9 Jason Christiansen now pitching. Grace hits a popup towards short. Renteria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Edmonds hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Drew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Polanco strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tim Worrell now pitching. Saturria strikes out.
Top 8 Gutierrez is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Willie Greene pinch hits for Jerry Spradlin. Greene strikes out.
Top 8 Huson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Matheny hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Renteria hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Perez is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Timlin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Andrews strikes out.
Top 7 J.D. Drew now playing left field. Luis Saturria now playing right field. Mike Timlin now pitching. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tatis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spradlin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Edmonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Huson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Drew moves to third.
Bottom 6 J.D. Drew pinch hits for Craig Paquette. Drew hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Drew reaches second base with a double. Polanco goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Jeff Huson now playing second base. Jerry Spradlin now pitching. Polanco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 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.
Top 6 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Edmonds. Gutierrez reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Meyers for the out.
Top 6 Jeff Huson pinch hits for Steve Rain. Gene Stechschulte now pitching. Huson hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas Howard pinch hits for Garrett Stephenson. Howard hits a line drive towards right. Sosa catches it and throws to second to double up Renteria.
Bottom 5 Matheny hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Renteria moves to second.
Bottom 5 Renteria takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Buford strikes out.
Top 5 Andrews takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Brown hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Edmonds. Brown reaches second base with a double. Sosa moves to third.
Top 5 Grace hits a popup towards short. Renteria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Tatis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Davis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Edmonds takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to third. Paquette moves to second.
Bottom 4 Paquette takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to second.
Bottom 4 Polanco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Steve Rain now pitching. Stephenson strikes out.
Top 4 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Meyers takes first base on ball four. Buford moves to third. Girardi moves to second.
Top 4 Ross Gload pinch hits for Daniel Garibay. Gload hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Girardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford moves to second.
Top 4 Buford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Andrews hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grace moves to third.
Top 4 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Matheny hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Renteria takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tatis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 3 Davis takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to third. Paquette moves to second.
Bottom 3 Edmonds hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Paquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Polanco moves to second.
Bottom 3 Polanco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Meyers hits a fly ball into left field. Paquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Craig Paquette now playing left field. Eduardo Perez now playing first base. Garibay hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Stephenson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garibay for the out.
Bottom 2 Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Gutierrez fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Matheny hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Garibay fires to first and has Renteria trapped. There's the throw to Gutierrez who tags Renteria for the out.
Bottom 2 Renteria takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Andrews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tatis hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Buford hits a fly ball into left field. Dunston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grace tags and scores. Brown tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Andrews is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Brown hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Edmonds. Brown reaches second base with a double. Grace moves to third.
Top 2 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Edmonds hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Polanco tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Paquette hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Polanco moves to third.
Bottom 1 Polanco hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Buford. Polanco reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Sosa hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tatis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Meyers strikes out.