Expos @ Cubs
August 17, 1993

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Bottom 9 R H E
Expos 6 12 0
Cubs 4 12 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Expos 6 12 0
Cubs 4 12 2

Ryne Sandberg Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .301
OBP .500 .352
At Bats 3 355
Hits 1 107
• Singles 1 82
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 30
RBI’s 0 39

John Wetteland Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 3 25
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Wrigley Field - August 17, 1993
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Strikeout
John Wetteland
Darrin Fletcher
Oreste Marrero
Randy Ready
Sean Berry
Wil Cordero
Moises Alou
Marquis Grissom
Larry Walker
Ryne Sandberg
Rey Sanchez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Montreal Expos 6 12 0 8
Chicago Cubs 4 12 2 7
Winning Pitcher Kirk Rueter
Losing Pitcher Mike Harkey
Save John Wetteland
Game Winning RBI Moises Alou
Attendance 32,723
Time of Game 2 hours 38 minutes
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Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Sandberg strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marrero fields the ball and throws to Wetteland covering. Safe.
Bottom 9 Derrick May pinch hits for Willie Wilson. May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ready scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Wilkins strikes out.
Top 9 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Walker hits a line drive beyond second. Sandberg can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 9 Grissom hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chuck McElroy now pitching. Marrero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McElroy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dwight Smith pinch hits for Bob Scanlan. Smith hits a popup towards third. Berry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roberson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 8 John Wetteland now pitching. Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marrero scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buechele for the out.
Top 8 Ready hits a popup into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lou Frazier pinch hits for Mel Rojas. Frazier hits a fly ball into left field. Roberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cordero hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 8 Berry strikes out.
Top 8 Rick Wilkins now catching. Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ready scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mel Rojas now pitching. Sandberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Eric Yelding pinch runs for Steve Lake. Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ready fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Yelding moves to third.
Bottom 7 Wilson bunts towards the mound. Rueter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lake moves to second.
Bottom 7 Oreste Marrero now playing first base. Lake hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bob Scanlan now pitching. Alou strikes out.
Top 7 Dan Plesac now pitching. Willie Wilson now playing center field. Kevin Roberson now playing left field. Sammy Sosa now playing right field. Walker hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grissom hits a popup into right field. Roberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Vander Wal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Maldonado hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Roberson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 6 Buechele hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Ready hits a popup towards short. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rueter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Berry scores. Cordero moves to second.
Top 6 Cordero is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Berry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maldonado. Berry reaches second base with a double. Alou scores.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alou moves to third.
Top 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Maldonado. Alou reaches second base with a double. Grissom scores.
Top 6 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grissom moves to second.
Top 6 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Vander Wal hits a popup towards third. Buechele settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ready takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Rueter bunts towards the mound. Harkey fields it and throws to first for the out. Cordero moves to second.
Top 5 Cordero hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Berry hits a line drive into left field. Maldonado settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Harkey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lake hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Maldonado hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Maldonado reaches second base with a double. Buechele scores. Sosa scores.
Bottom 4 Roberson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ready settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Sosa reaches second base with a double. Buechele moves to third.
Bottom 4 Buechele hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Roberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Alou hits a popup towards short. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Walker 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 3 Grace hits a line drive into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rueter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Sanchez hits a popup into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Harkey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rueter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Grissom hits a line drive into center field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Vander Wal hits a line drive into center field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ready hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lake hits a popup towards short. Cordero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maldonado hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grissom. Maldonado reaches second base with a double. Grissom throws the ball in to Ready who relays the ball to Berry who tags Maldonado trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 2 Roberson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ready scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Rueter strikes out.
Top 2 Cordero hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cordero for the out.
Top 2 Berry hits a popup into center field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ready scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Sandberg hits a line drive towards first. Vander Wal catches it and steps on first to double up Sanchez.
Bottom 1 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 There goes Alou. The throw from Lake and he is out, Sandberg applying the tag.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a popup towards short. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alou hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Grissom scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Walker hits a line drive into center field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Vander Wal tags and scores. Grissom tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Grissom hits a ball on the ground into left field. Maldonado picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Maldonado. Ready scores. Vander Wal moves to third. Grissom moves to second.
Top 1 Grissom hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Lake settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Lake.
Top 1 Vander Wal takes first base on ball four. Ready moves to second.
Top 1 Ready hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.