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August 18, 1989

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 10 1
Astros 5 13 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 10 1
Astros 6 13 0

Rafael Ramirez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .256
OBP .750 .290
At Bats 3 425
Hits 2 109
• Singles 2 86
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 21
RBI’s 0 38

Jeff Pico Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Astrodome - August 18, 1989
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Walk
Jeff Pico
Damon Berryhill
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Domingo Ramos
Shawon Dunston
Dwight Smith
Jerome Walton
Andre Dawson
Rafael Ramirez
Harry Spilman
Kevin Bass
Glenn Davis

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 10 1 5
Houston Astros 6 13 0 12
Winning Pitcher Dave Smith
Losing Pitcher Calvin Schiraldi
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Rafael Ramirez
Attendance 31,987
Time of Game 3 hours 28 minutes
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Count: 3-1, 2 Outs
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs

End of Game

Ramirez takes first base on ball four. Davis scores. Bass moves to third. Spilman moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Alex Trevino pinch hits for Dave Smith. Jeff Pico now pitching. Harry Spilman pinch hits for Alex Trevino. Spilman is walked intentionally. Davis moves to third. Bass moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bass is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Steve Wilson now pitching. Eric Yelding pinch hits for Terry Puhl. Yelding hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Davis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walton. Davis reaches second base with a double. Doran scores.
Bottom 9 Biggio bunts towards the mound. Schiraldi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Doran hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dawson. Doran reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Walton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ramos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dave Smith now pitching. Dunston bunts towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Reynolds hits a popup towards short. Dunston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ramirez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Calvin Schiraldi now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Bass scores. Hatcher moves to third.
Bottom 8 Billy Hatcher pinch hits for Larry Andersen. Hatcher hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walton. Hatcher reaches second base with a double. Bass moves to third.
Bottom 8 Mitch Williams now pitching. Domingo Ramos now playing third base. Bass hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Puhl hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Davis hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Law strikes out.
Top 8 Berryhill strikes out.
Top 8 Dawson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doran settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Biggio hits a fly ball into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Doran hits a fly ball into center field. Walton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Law fields it and throws to second for the out. Ramirez moves to third.
Bottom 7 Reynolds takes first base on ball four. Ramirez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ramirez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andersen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Davis scoops it up and throws to first, with Andersen covering, for the out.
Top 7 Larry Andersen now pitching. Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mark Davidson pinch hits for Bob Forsch. Davidson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Bass hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Walton hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 6 Lancaster strikes out.
Top 6 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 5 Biggio hits a line drive into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ramirez tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Les Lancaster now pitching. Doran hits a popup, foul, towards third. Law settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Young takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dawson. Reynolds reaches second base with a double. Ramirez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Law hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Berryhill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dawson moves to third.
Top 5 Dawson hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Young. Dawson reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bob Forsch now pitching. Craig Reynolds now playing third base. Smith bunts towards the mound. Forsch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Caminiti hits a fly ball into center field. Walton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bass hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith. Bass reaches second base with a double. Davis scores. There goes Puhl trying to get to home. Smith throws the ball in to Dunston who relays the ball to Berryhill, who tags Puhl, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Law fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Biggio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sandberg hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Walton hits a line drive into right field. Bass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dunston tags and scores.
Top 4 Sanderson strikes out.
Top 4 Dunston hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bass who is chasing the ball. Dunston reaches third base with a triple. Law scores.
Top 4 Law hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 3 Doran hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Young hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Clancy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Berryhill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dawson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Grace strikes out.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sandberg scores.
Top 3 Sandberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Puhl who is chasing the ball. Sandberg reaches third base with a triple. Walton goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Walton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Law fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Caminiti strikes out. There goes Bass. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 2 Bass hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Puhl hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sanderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dunston is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Law hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Young. Law reaches second base with a double. Dawson scores.
Top 2 There goes Dawson. The throw from Biggio and he is safe. Dawson steals second.
Top 2 Berryhill strikes out.
Top 2 Dawson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Biggio strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Doran. The throw from Berryhill and he is safe. Doran steals second.
Bottom 1 Doran hits a line drive towards short. Dunston fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dunston.
Bottom 1 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Smith strikes out.
Top 1 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Walton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.