Rockies @ Cubs
April 23, 1996

Back Home
Bottom 9 R H E
Rockies 4 11 1
Cubs 3 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Rockies 4 11 1
Cubs 3 8 2

Ryne Sandberg Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .192
OBP .250 .315
At Bats 3 78
Hits 0 15
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 12

Curt Leskanic Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 5
Close
Wrigley Field - April 23, 1996
Out
Curt Leskanic
Jeff Reed
Andres Galarraga
Eric Young
Vinny Castilla
Walt Weiss
Ellis Burks
Quinton McCracken
Dante Bichette
Ryne Sandberg

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Colorado Rockies 4 11 1 9
Chicago Cubs 3 8 2 8
Winning Pitcher Bryan Rekar
Losing Pitcher Frank Castillo
Save Curt Leskanic
Game Winning RBI Dante Bichette
Attendance 14,325
Time of Game 3 hours 14 minutes
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Curt Leskanic now pitching. Scott Bullett pinch hits for Mike Perez. Bullett strikes out.
Top 9 McCracken hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bichette hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jose Hernandez now playing third base. Ozzie Timmons now playing left field. Mike Perez now pitching. Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Darren Holmes now pitching. Jose Hernandez pinch runs for Leo Gomez. Sanchez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gomez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sosa scores.
Bottom 8 Ozzie Timmons pinch hits for Luis Gonzalez. Timmons strikes out. There goes Sosa. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 8 Sosa hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bichette. Sosa reaches second base with a double. Grace goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Bruce Ruffin now pitching. Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Weiss strikes out.
Top 8 John Vander Wal pinch hits for Steve Reed. Vander Wal strikes out.
Top 8 Bob Patterson now pitching. Reed hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burks scores.
Top 8 Castilla hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Castilla is thrown out after the base hit. Burks moves to third.
Top 8 Doug Jones now pitching. Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sandberg for the out.
Bottom 7 McRae bunts towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. Jennings moves to second.
Bottom 7 Robin Jennings pinch hits for Frank Castillo. Jennings hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Steve Reed now pitching. Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Galarraga hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Galarraga hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Grace.
Top 7 McCracken hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young scores.
Top 7 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Young hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Young reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gomez strikes out.
Bottom 6 John Habyan now pitching. Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mike Munoz now pitching. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Munoz covering, for the out.
Top 6 Trent Hubbard pinch hits for Bryan Rekar. Hubbard strikes out.
Top 6 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Castillo fields it and throws to first for the out. Galarraga moves to third. Castilla moves to second.
Top 6 Castilla hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Galarraga moves to second.
Top 6 Burks strikes out.
Top 6 Galarraga hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Grace takes first base on ball four. Castillo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Castillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 McCracken strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Bichette. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Bichette steals second.
Top 5 Bichette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reed scores. Young moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Young takes first base on ball four. Reed moves to second.
Top 5 Weiss hits a popup towards short. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rekar strikes out.
Top 5 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sanchez.
Bottom 4 Sanchez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gomez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Castillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Burks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Castillo covering, for the out.
Top 4 McCracken hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Castillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a line drive into center field. McCracken picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McCracken. Grace moves to third.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a line drive beyond first. Galarraga can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. McRae scores.
Bottom 3 There goes McRae. The throw from Reed and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Quinton McCracken now playing center field. Castillo strikes out.
Top 3 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Grace, and towards Sandberg, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Top 3 Young hits a line drive into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Weiss strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sanchez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rekar strikes out.
Top 2 Reed hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Castilla hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McRae moves to third.
Bottom 1 Sandberg takes first base on ball four. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Galarraga hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Weiss tags and scores. Young tags and moves to third.
Top 1 Walker is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Bichette hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Young reaches second base with a double. Weiss moves to third.
Top 1 Weiss hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.