Pirates @ Cubs
April 26, 1997

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 6 12 1
Cubs 7 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 6 12 1
Cubs 7 14 0

Kevin Elster Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .232
OBP .500 .349
At Bats 4 69
Hits 2 16
• Singles 1 8
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 2 12

Mel Rojas Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - April 26, 1997
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Out
Mel Rojas
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Kevin Orie
Rey Sanchez
Doug Glanville
Brian McRae
Sammy Sosa
Kevin Elster
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs
Count: 2-2, 1 Out

Mel Rojas now pitching. Elster hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Sandberg strikes out. The throw from Kendall to pick off Glanville, and they've got Glanville picked off. The throw back to Kendall and he's out. There goes Sosa. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 8 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. McRae scores. Glanville moves to third.
Bottom 8 Grace bunts towards the mound. Rincon fields it and throws to first for the out. McRae moves to third. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 8 Glanville bunts towards first. Johnson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Johnson. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 8 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Womack. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Womack steals third.
Top 8 Martin hits a popup into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Allensworth hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Womack. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Womack steals second.
Top 8 Bob Patterson now pitching. Womack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hernandez bunts towards the mound. Rincon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Hansen pinch hits for Turk Wendell. Ricardo Rincon now pitching. Jose Hernandez pinch hits for Dave Hansen. There's a wild pitch. Sandberg scores. Orie moves to third.
Bottom 7 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sandberg moves to third. Orie moves to second.
Bottom 7 Orie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Sanchez bunts in front of the plate. Kendall fields it and throws to first for the out. Sandberg moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sandberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Loiselle strikes out.
Top 7 Brown strikes out.
Top 7 Sveum is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Kendall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Kendall reaches second base with a double. Johnson scores.
Top 7 Elster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second.
Top 7 Turk Wendell now pitching. Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Rich Loiselle now pitching. Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 6 Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Glanville hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McRae tags and scores.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown who is chasing the ball. McRae reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Brooks Kieschnick pinch hits for Terry Adams. Matt Ruebel now pitching. Kieschnick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Martin strikes out.
Top 6 Allensworth hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Womack 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 5 Servais hits a fly ball towards right. Brown catches it and throws to first to double up Orie.
Bottom 5 Orie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Sanchez. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Womack applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Wilkins strikes out.
Top 5 Brown strikes out.
Top 5 Terry Adams now pitching. Sveum hits a line drive into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sandberg strikes out.
Bottom 4 Marc Wilkins now pitching. Sosa takes first base on ball four. McRae scores. Glanville moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Bottom 4 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 4 Glanville hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Servais scores. Clark scores. McRae moves to third.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Servais moves to third. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 4 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Dave Clark pinch hits for Ramon Tatis. The umpire calls a balk on Cooke Servais moves to second.
Bottom 4 Servais hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Orie hits a line drive into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sanchez strikes out.
Top 4 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Elster hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Womack scores.
Top 4 Ramon Tatis now pitching. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Tatis covering, for the out. Womack moves to third.
Top 4 Allensworth hits a popup into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Womack hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Womack reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sveum fields it and throws to second for the out. Glanville moves to third.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Glanville moves to second.
Bottom 3 Glanville is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 McRae strikes out.
Top 3 into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Brown reaches second base with a double. Kendall goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Sveum hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kendall hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rey Sanchez now playing shortstop. Elster hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bottenfield strikes out.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Orie moves to third.
Bottom 2 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Dunston trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 2 There goes Dunston. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Dunston steals second.
Bottom 2 Dunston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Martin. The throw from Servais and he is out, Dunston applying the tag.
Top 2 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Allensworth moves to third.
Top 2 Allensworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Womack 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 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae strikes out.
Top 1 Cooke strikes out.
Top 1 Brown is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Sveum strikes out.
Top 1 Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Elster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Elster reaches second base with a double. Allensworth scores. Martin scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second.
Top 1 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Womack scores. Allensworth moves to third.
Top 1 Allensworth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Womack moves to second.
Top 1 Womack takes first base on ball four.