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September 23, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 4 9 0
Pirates 3 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 4 9 0
Pirates 3 5 1

Orlando Merced Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .295
OBP .000 .366
At Bats 4 427
Hits 0 126
• Singles 0 84
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 49
RBI’s 0 74

Bob Patterson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 7
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Three Rivers Stadium - September 23, 1996
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Bob Patterson
Scott Servais
Brant Brown
Ryne Sandberg
Jose Hernandez
Rey Sanchez
Doug Glanville
Brian McRae
Scott Bullett
Orlando Merced
Jeff King
John Wehner
Jason Kendall

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 9 0 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 5 1 10
Winning Pitcher Steve Trachsel
Losing Pitcher Jason Schmidt
Save Bob Patterson
Game Winning RBI Luis Gonzalez
Attendance 7,684
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Merced hits a fly ball into left field. Glanville settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 King is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Wehner moves to second.
Bottom 9 John Wehner pinch runs for Nelson Liriano. Bob Patterson now pitching. Martin strikes out.
Bottom 9 Nelson Liriano pinch hits for Jermaine Allensworth. Liriano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell scores. Kendall moves to third.
Bottom 9 Tony Womack pinch hits for Jason Schmidt. Womack bunts towards the mound. Wendell fields it and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third. Kendall moves to second.
Bottom 9 Kendall is hit by the pitch. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 9 Turk Wendell now pitching. Doug Glanville now playing left field. Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bullett strikes out.
Top 9 Sanchez hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Servais moves to second.
Top 9 Servais hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Merced hits a line drive into right field. Bullett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sandberg hits a popup into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 7 There goes Martin. The throw from Servais and he is out, Sanchez applying the tag.
Bottom 7 King strikes out.
Bottom 7 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Terry Adams now pitching. Scott Bullett now playing right field. Allensworth takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Jennings strikes out.
Top 7 There goes McRae. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Top 7 McRae is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Scott Bullett pinch hits for Steve Trachsel. Bullett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bullett for the out.
Top 7 Sanchez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kendall 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 Jose Hernandez now playing third base. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trachsel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jose Hernandez pinch runs for Tyler Houston. Servais hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Houston hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Sandberg moves to second.
Top 6 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jennings scores.
Top 6 There goes Jennings. The throw from Kendall and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 6 Brown strikes out.
Top 6 Jennings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Merced hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 King takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out.
Top 5 Trachsel hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sanchez hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin 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 Allensworth takes first base on ball four. Garcia moves to third. Kendall moves to second.
Bottom 4 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kendall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Garcia. The throw from Servais and he is safe. Garcia steals second.
Bottom 4 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Servais strikes out.
Top 4 Houston strikes out.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Top 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garcia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Jennings hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Schmidt covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brown scoops it up and throws to first, with Trachsel covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Merced hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brown scoops it up and throws to first, with Trachsel covering, for the out. Martin moves to third.
Bottom 3 King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Martin reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 McRae hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Trachsel strikes out.
Top 3 Sanchez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Allensworth hits a fly ball into right field. Jennings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kendall scores.
Bottom 2 Kendall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae who is chasing the ball. Kendall reaches third base with a triple. Bell goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Garcia 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 2 Johnson strikes out.
Top 2 Servais hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Merced hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brown strikes out.
Top 1 Jennings hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. McRae moves to second.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.