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September 15, 2000

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 6 0
Cardinals 3 4 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 6 0
Cardinals 3 4 0

Gary Matthews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .188
OBP .333 .263
At Bats 3 138
Hits 1 26
• Singles 0 20
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 2 11

Dave Veres Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 25
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Busch Stadium - September 15, 2000
Out
Dave Veres
Eli Marrero
Will Clark
Placido Polanco
Fernando Tatis
Edgar Renteria
Craig Paquette
Jim Edmonds
J.D. Drew
Gary Matthews
Jeff Huson
Chad Meyers

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 2 6 0 6
St. Louis Cardinals 3 4 0 2
Winning Pitcher Mike James
Losing Pitcher Jon Lieber
Save Dave Veres
Game Winning RBI Mark McGwire
Attendance 47,186
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Jeff Huson pinch runs for Jeff Reed. Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Veres fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Chad Meyers pinch runs for Mark Grace. The ball gets by Marrero for a passed ball. Meyers moves to second.
Top 9 Mark Grace pinch hits for Willie Greene. Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Brown strikes out.
Top 9 Dave Veres now pitching. Zuleta strikes out.
Bottom 8 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Drew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zuleta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Drew for the out.
Bottom 8 Mark McGwire pinch hits for Mike James. McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gutierrez strikes out.
Top 8 Mike James now pitching. Ojeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Renteria strikes out.
Bottom 7 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tatis hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lieber hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lieber for the out.
Top 7 Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Reed hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Clark hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Edmonds takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Drew strikes out.
Top 6 Greene hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reames fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brown 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 Zuleta hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Drew. Zuleta reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reames hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Marrero bunts towards third. Greene settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Renteria strikes out.
Top 5 Gutierrez strikes out.
Top 5 Ojeda strikes out.
Top 5 Lieber hits a popup towards short. Renteria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Paquette strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tatis hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Clark hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Edmonds hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to third.
Top 4 Greene hits a line drive towards first. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Edmonds. Brown reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Polanco hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Drew hits a popup towards first. Zuleta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Reames hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Zuleta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sosa hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 There goes Ojeda. The throw from Marrero to Polanco and they have Ojeda trapped. The throw over to Clark, who applies the tag for the out.
Top 3 Ojeda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zuleta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marrero for the out.
Bottom 2 Renteria takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Paquette hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Tatis hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ojeda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lieber is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Matthews hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Greene hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Edmonds is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ojeda fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Drew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Zuleta is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out.
Top 1 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Ojeda hits a line drive towards third. Tatis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.