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July 30, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 11 0
Braves 5 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 11 0
Braves 6 10 0

Fred McGriff Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .289
OBP .250 .371
At Bats 3 384
Hits 0 111
• Singles 0 77
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 1 52
RBI’s 0 62

Mel Rojas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 13
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Turner Field - July 30, 1997
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Single
Mel Rojas
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Jose Hernandez
Kevin Orie
Shawon Dunston
Doug Glanville
Brian McRae
Sammy Sosa
Fred McGriff
Chipper Jones

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 11 0 10
Atlanta Braves 6 10 0 9
Winning Pitcher Alan Embree
Losing Pitcher Mel Rojas
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Fred McGriff
Attendance 43,090
Time of Game 3 hours 33 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 1 Out
Count: 1-2, 1 Out

End of Game

McGriff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jones hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Grace, and into shallow right field. Jones reaches second base with a double. Bautista scores.
Bottom 9 Blauser hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bautista hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae who is chasing the ball. Bautista reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rojas for the out.
Top 9 Dunston strikes out.
Top 9 Alan Embree now pitching. Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Embree fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Keith Lockhart pinch hits for Mike Cather. Lockhart hits a popup, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lemke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jose Hernandez now playing second base. Scott Servais now catching. Mel Rojas now pitching. Tucker takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Glanville hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Servais scores. Glanville moves to second.
Top 8 Jose Hernandez pinch runs for Dave Hansen. Scott Servais pinch hits for Bob Patterson. Servais hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Servais reaches second base with a double. Hernandez goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Hansen hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Orie strikes out.
Top 8 Mike Cather now pitching. Houston hits a line drive into left field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McGriff hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Patterson now pitching. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Patterson covering, for the out. Blauser moves to third.
Bottom 7 Blauser hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Blauser reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Bautista strikes out.
Top 7 Chad Fox now pitching. Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McRae scores.
Top 7 Sosa strikes out. There goes McRae. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 7 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mike Bielecki now pitching. Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tony Graffanino pinch hits for John Smoltz. Graffanino strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lemke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Bottenfield covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Dave Hansen now playing second base. Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Clark strikes out.
Top 6 Dave Clark pinch hits for Terry Adams. There's a wild pitch. Houston scores. Orie moves to third. Hansen moves to second.
Top 6 Dave Hansen pinch hits for Rey Sanchez. Hansen takes first base on ball four. Grace scores. Houston moves to third. Orie moves to second.
Top 6 Orie takes first base on ball four. Grace moves to third. Houston moves to second.
Top 6 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smoltz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Grace moves to second.
Top 6 Dunston hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Danny Bautista now playing right field. Andruw Jones now playing center field. Sosa hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGriff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Terry Adams now pitching. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tucker hits a line drive towards third. Orie reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ramon Tatis now pitching. Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Jones reaches second base with a double. Lofton scores. Blauser moves to third.
Bottom 5 Blauser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Lofton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lofton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 McRae strikes out.
Top 5 Glanville strikes out.
Top 5 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smoltz strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lemke hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Tucker scores.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McGriff tags and scores. Tucker tags and moves to third.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tucker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Tucker reaches second base with a double. McGriff moves to third.
Bottom 4 McGriff takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sanchez hits a fly ball into left field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Orie moves to third.
Top 4 Orie hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lofton. Orie reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Houston for the out.
Top 4 Dunston strikes out. Lopez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Dunston out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lofton hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smoltz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sosa strikes out.
Top 3 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Glanville strikes out.
Top 3 Foster hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Jones. Foster reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Smoltz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lemke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones strikes out.
Top 2 Sanchez strikes out.
Top 2 Orie hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Houston strikes out.
Top 2 Dunston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grace moves to second.
Top 2 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tucker for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Jones. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Bottom 1 McGriff hits a popup towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a popup beyond short. Dunston can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Lofton scores.
Bottom 1 Blauser strikes out. There goes Lofton. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 1 Lofton takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out.
Top 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Smoltz covering, for the out.
Top 1 There goes Glanville. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Lemke applying the tag.
Top 1 Glanville hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.