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Gary Gaetti Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .261
OBP .500 .316
At Bats 4 468
Hits 2 122
• Singles 1 81
• Doubles 1 23
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 3 65

Bob Patterson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 6 0
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Wrigley Field - September 17, 1997
Bob Patterson
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Kevin Orie
Miguel Cairo
Robin Jennings
Lance Johnson
Sammy Sosa
Gary Gaetti
Count: 0-0, 1 Out
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

Gaetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bob Patterson now pitching. Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 8 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Orie hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Difelice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 David Bell now playing second base. Jose Bautista now pitching. Sandberg hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McGwire strikes out.
Top 8 Clayton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Clayton reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 DeShields hits a line drive into left field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tom Lampkin pinch hits for Matt Morris. Lampkin hits a fly ball into left field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sosa hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. DeShields reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jennings hits a fly ball into left field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Plantier who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. Cairo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Cairo takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Difelice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Plantier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gaetti scores.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Gaetti moves to third.
Top 7 Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Miguel Cairo now playing shortstop. Gaetti hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jennings. Gaetti reaches second base with a double. Clayton scores. McGwire scores. Lankford goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Lankford takes first base on ball four. McGwire moves to second.
Top 7 Ramon Tatis now pitching. The ball gets by Servais for a passed ball. Clayton moves to third.
Top 7 McGwire takes first base on ball four. Clayton moves to second.
Top 7 Clayton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 DeShields strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Servais hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Orie moves to third.
Bottom 6 Orie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grace scores.
Bottom 6 Sandberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sosa strikes out. There goes Grace. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 6 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Morris strikes out.
Top 6 Young is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Difelice strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Gaetti. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Gaetti steals second.
Top 6 Plantier hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kent Bottenfield now pitching. Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hernandez.
Bottom 5 Jennings hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brant Brown pinch hits for Dave Stevens. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Lankford hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McGwire strikes out. There goes Clayton. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 5 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 DeShields hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Servais strikes out. Difelice drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Servais out.
Bottom 4 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sandberg hits a fly ball into right field. Plantier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Morris strikes out.
Top 4 Young strikes out.
Top 4 Dave Stevens now pitching. Difelice hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kieschnick scores. Jennings moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jennings hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kieschnick moves to third.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a line drive towards short. Clayton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brooks Kieschnick pinch hits for Rodney Myers. Kieschnick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Young. Kieschnick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Plantier hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lankford strikes out.
Top 3 McGwire hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sandberg hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clayton hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Myers covering, for the out.
Top 2 Morris strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 1 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jennings strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Top 1 Rodney Myers now pitching. Young hits a line drive towards third. Orie catches it and throws to first to double up Difelice.
Top 1 Difelice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Plantier scores.
Top 1 Plantier hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Plantier reaches second base with a double. Lankford scores. Gaetti goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lankford moves to second.
Top 1 Lankford takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McGwire hits a line drive into left field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clayton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 DeShields takes first base on ball four.