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September 25, 1997

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Cubs 1 4 2
Astros 9 8 1
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Astros 9 8 1

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .254
OBP .000 .303
At Bats 3 631
Hits 0 160
• Singles 0 89
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 36
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 119

Mike Hampton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 10 0
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Astrodome - September 25, 1997
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Out
Mike Hampton
Brad Ausmus
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Bill Spiers
Ricky Gutierrez
Luis Gonzalez
Richard Hidalgo
Derek Bell
Sammy Sosa

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 1 4 2 3
Houston Astros 9 8 1 7
Winning Pitcher Mike Hampton
Losing Pitcher Geremi Gonzalez
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Craig Biggio
Attendance 35,623
Time of Game 2 hours 42 minutes
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Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Grace hits a line drive into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Glanville hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bagwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa who is chasing the ball. Bagwell reaches third base with a triple. Biggio goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Biggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hampton hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ausmus hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Spiers hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bagwell scores. Gonzalez moves to third. Hidalgo moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ryne Sandberg now playing second base. Ramon Morel now pitching. Hidalgo takes first base on ball four. Bell scores. Bagwell moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ramon Tatis now pitching. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tatis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell moves to third. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bagwell is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Bell reaches second base with a double. Biggio scores.
Bottom 7 There goes Biggio. The throw from Hubbard and he is safe. Biggio steals third.
Bottom 7 There goes Biggio. The throw from Hubbard and he is safe. Biggio steals second.
Bottom 7 Dave Stevens now pitching. Biggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hampton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ausmus hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. Spiers moves to second.
Bottom 7 Spiers takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cairo hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores.
Top 7 Hernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Hernandez reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grace hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hidalgo strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bagwell hits a popup towards the mound. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Gonzalez bunts in front of the plate. Ausmus fields it and throws to first for the out. Alexander moves to second.
Top 6 Alexander hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Biggio is hit by the pitch. Hampton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hampton hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ausmus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cairo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cairo strikes out.
Top 5 Hubbard strikes out.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spiers hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hidalgo hits a fly ball towards right. Sosa settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Sosa. Hidalgo moves to third.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bagwell tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Bagwell hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Sosa picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a double and an error on Sosa. Bagwell moves to third.
Top 4 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grace strikes out.
Top 4 Glanville hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Hampton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Glanville for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Biggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Biggio reaches second base with a double. Gutierrez scores.
Bottom 3 Hampton bunts towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Cairo covering, for the out. Gutierrez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ausmus strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Alexander strikes out.
Bottom 2 Spiers strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hidalgo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 2 Cairo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Hampton covering, for the out.
Top 2 Hubbard strikes out. Ausmus throws to third to catch Hernandez, and Spiers fumbles the ball. That's an error on Spiers. There goes Hernandez. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 2 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bagwell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Biggio takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Grace strikes out.
Top 1 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.