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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1997-04-25 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 18333 · 50°F, sunny, dry · Wind 14 mph from RF · 2:16

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 11–1. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 8th. Kevin Foster earned the win. Sammy Sosa went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5
CHN	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	5		11	14

W: Kevin Foster L: Jon Lieber SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Steve Rippley · 1B: Charlie Williams · 2B: Larry Vanover · 3B: Bruce Froemming · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jermaine Allensworth	3	0	1	0	1	0
Al Martin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Johnson	3	1	1	1	1	1
Kevin Elster	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Kendall	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	3	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Randa	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jon Lieber	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emil Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midre Cummings	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Osik	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian McRae	4	2	1	0	1	0
Shawon Dunston	3	1	3	1	0	0
Mark Grace	4	2	3	2	1	0
Sammy Sosa	5	1	3	5	0	0
Brooks Kieschnick	3	0	1	1	0	1
Ryne Sandberg	5	1	1	2	0	1
Kevin Orie	4	1	1	0	1	1
Scott Servais	3	1	1	0	1	0
Kevin Foster	3	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Glanville	1	1	0	0	1	0
Rey Sanchez	1	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lieber	4.0	9	2	1
Dave Wainhouse	3.0	2	1	2
Jeff Granger	1.0	3	2	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Foster	9.0	5	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: S7/L7S/R4
Jermaine Allensworth: W.1-2
Al Martin: K+SB3;SB2/R6
Mark Johnson: W
Kevin Elster: K
Jason Kendall: 9/F89M

Bot 1

Brian McRae: 8/F8LD
Shawon Dunston: D7/L7DW+/R65
Mark Grace: S9/L89M/R46.2-H
Sammy Sosa: S7/L6D/R5.1-2
Brooks Kieschnick: 43/G34.2-3;1-2
Ryne Sandberg: 63/G6

Top 2

Jose Guillen: K
Joe Randa: K
Jon Lieber: 7/F7M

Bot 2

Kevin Orie: 9/L9M
Scott Servais: W
Kevin Foster: 14/SH/BG23.1-2
Brian McRae: 8/F8RM

Top 3

Tony Womack: 13/BG15
Jermaine Allensworth: S4/G4M/R3
Al Martin: 46(1)63/GDP/G4

Bot 3

Shawon Dunston: S57/G56/R4
Mark Grace: S/BR/G34.1X1(3);B-1
Sammy Sosa: 43/G4.1-2
Brooks Kieschnick: S8/G4/R4.2-H
Ryne Sandberg: 43/G4MS

Top 4

Mark Johnson: K
Kevin Elster: 8/P8LS
Jason Kendall: 9/F9S

Bot 4

Kevin Orie: W
Scott Servais: D7/L7LM/R65.1-3
Kevin Foster: K
Brian McRae: 53/G5L
Shawon Dunston: S5/BG25.3-H;2-3
Mark Grace: S9/L4D/R5.3-H;1-3
Sammy Sosa: 53/G56

Top 5

Jose Guillen: 9/F9M
Joe Randa: 63/G6
Emil Brown: 53/G56

Bot 5

Brooks Kieschnick: K
Ryne Sandberg: K
Kevin Orie: S7/G6/R64
Scott Servais: 53/G5

Top 6

Tony Womack: 43/G4D
Jermaine Allensworth: 4/P4MD
Al Martin: 3/P34

Bot 6

Kevin Foster: 9/P4D
Brian McRae: W
Shawon Dunston: HP.1-2
Mark Grace: 43/G34.2-3;1-2
Sammy Sosa: D9/F9D/R45.3-H;2-H
Doug Glanville: 9/F89M

Top 7

Mark Johnson: 5/P56D
Kevin Elster: 7/F7LM
Jason Kendall: 8/F8LXD

Bot 7

Ryne Sandberg: 53/G56
Kevin Orie: 8/F8LM
Scott Servais: 63/G6

Top 8

Jose Guillen: S6/G6D/R3
Joe Randa: S8/G4M/R46.1-2
Midre Cummings: 9/P3D
Tony Womack: 64(1)/FO/G6/R3.2-3;B-1
Jermaine Allensworth: 8/F8LM

Bot 8

Kevin Foster: 8/F89M
Brian McRae: D87/F78XDW/R6
Rey Sanchez: 53/G56S.2-3
Mark Grace: W
Sammy Sosa: HR/F78XD.3-H;1-H
Doug Glanville: W
Ryne Sandberg: HR/F78XD.1-H
Kevin Orie: K

Top 9

Al Martin: 2/P2RF
Mark Johnson: HR/F9D
Kevin Elster: 31/G34
Keith Osik: 63/G6D