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July 21, 1996

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Cubs 5 11 0
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Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .272
OBP .500 .314
At Bats 4 394
Hits 2 107
• Singles 1 60
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 31
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 1 76

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 5 16
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Busch Stadium - July 21, 1996
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Strikeout
Dennis Eckersley
Tom Pagnozzi
John Mabry
Mike Gallego
Danny Sheaffer
Ozzie Smith
Ron Gant
Ray Lankford
Brian Jordan
Sammy Sosa
Mark Grace
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

Sosa is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Grace is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Luis Gonzalez pinch hits for Doug Glanville. Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McRae hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Scott Bullett pinch hits for Larry Casian. Bullett hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Larry Casian now pitching. Lankford hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Willie McGee pinch hits for T.J. Mathews. McGee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gallego strikes out.
Top 8 Sanchez is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Servais hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gomez hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Sandberg is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Pagnozzi hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sheaffer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Terry Adams now pitching. Jordan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 T.J. Mathews now pitching. Sosa strikes out.
Top 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McRae moves to third.
Top 7 Glanville hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. McRae moves to second.
Top 7 McRae hits a line drive beyond second. Gallego can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Sanchez scores. Hernandez moves to second.
Top 7 Jose Hernandez pinch hits for Rodney Myers. Rick Honeycutt now pitching. Hernandez strikes out. There goes Servais. He's safe. There goes Sanchez. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 7 Sanchez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jordan. Sanchez reaches second base with a double. Servais moves to third.
Top 7 Servais hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gant 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 Lankford takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Osborne hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Myers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gomez is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Sandberg strikes out.
Top 6 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Grace is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Sheaffer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mabry is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Rodney Myers now pitching. There goes Jordan. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Jordan steals second.
Bottom 5 Jordan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gant moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gant hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Gant reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Glanville hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Navarro hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lankford hits a popup towards third. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Osborne 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 4 Gallego strikes out.
Top 4 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sheaffer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gomez takes first base on ball four. Sosa moves to second.
Top 4 Sandberg hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pagnozzi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Grace hits a line drive towards first. Mabry reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Sheaffer hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Navarro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Glanville hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Glanville for the out.
Top 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Navarro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jordan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Glanville. Jordan reaches second base with a double. Osborne scores. Smith scores. There goes Gant trying to get to home. Glanville throws the ball in to Sanchez who relays the ball to Servais, who tags Gant, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 2 Gant takes first base on ball four. Gallego scores. Osborne moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace fields the ball and throws to Navarro covering. Safe. Gallego moves to third. Osborne moves to second.
Bottom 2 Osborne bunts towards third. Gomez fields it and has Pagnozzi trapped. There's the throw to Sanchez who tags Pagnozzi for the out. Gallego moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gallego hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pagnozzi moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pagnozzi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sheaffer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Servais hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gomez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Sandberg hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sheaffer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jordan moves to third.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Jordan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Jordan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gant hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Lankford hits a ball on the ground into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sosa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gallego settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Grace hits a line drive into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Glanville moves to third.
Top 1 Glanville hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Lankford. Glanville reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 McRae strikes out.