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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1997-07-11 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 38413 · 80°F, sunny, dry · Wind 17 mph R to L · 2:29

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 7–1. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 1st. Geremi Gonzalez earned the win. Sammy Sosa went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5
CHN	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0		7	8

W: Geremi Gonzalez L: Matt Morris SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Poncino · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Rich Rieker · 3B: Jeff Kellogg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ron Gant	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ray Lankford	3	1	1	1	1	1
Willie McGee	2	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Mabry	4	0	0	0	0	1
Royce Clayton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Lampkin	3	0	1	0	1	1
Matt Morris	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dmitri Young	2	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Sheaffer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doug Glanville	3	1	2	0	0	0
Brian McRae	3	1	0	0	1	1
Sammy Sosa	3	2	2	4	1	1
Mark Grace	3	1	2	1	1	0
Shawon Dunston	4	1	1	2	0	0
Ryne Sandberg	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Orie	4	0	1	0	0	1
Scott Servais	4	0	0	0	0	1
Geremi Gonzalez	2	1	0	0	1	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Morris	6.0	5	3	4
Mark Petkovsek	1.0	3	1	1
John Frascatore	1.0	0	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Geremi Gonzalez	7.1	5	4	4
Terry Adams	0.2	0	0	0
Mel Rojas	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: 43/G
Ron Gant: S7
Ray Lankford: SB2/R6
Ray Lankford: W
Willie McGee: K
Gary Gaetti: 53/G56

Bot 1

Doug Glanville: 63/G6M
Brian McRae: K
Sammy Sosa: W
Mark Grace: D7/F78XD/R65.1-H
Shawon Dunston: HR/F78XD.2-H;B-H
Ryne Sandberg: 63/G6M

Top 2

John Mabry: 43/G34
Royce Clayton: 53/G56
Tom Lampkin: S8/L89M/R4
Matt Morris: 53/G5

Bot 2

Kevin Orie: S9/L34D/R4
Scott Servais: 46(1)3/GDP/G34
Geremi Gonzalez: K

Top 3

Delino DeShields: S9/G34
Ron Gant: 46(1)/FO/G4M/R3.B-1
Ray Lankford: K
Willie McGee: 9/F9LD

Bot 3

Doug Glanville: S7/G5
Brian McRae: 53/G5S.1-2
Sammy Sosa: K+WP.2-3;BX1(23)
Mark Grace: W
Shawon Dunston: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: S7/L6D/R4
John Mabry: K
Royce Clayton: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 4

Ryne Sandberg: 53/G5
Kevin Orie: 63/G6
Scott Servais: 7/F78S

Top 5

Tom Lampkin: 3/G3
Matt Morris: K
Delino DeShields: W
Ron Gant: SB2/R4
Ron Gant: W
Ray Lankford: 3/G3

Bot 5

Geremi Gonzalez: W
Doug Glanville: 53/SH/BG25.1-2
Brian McRae: 5/P5DF
Sammy Sosa: S67/G6.2-H
Mark Grace: 9/L9M

Top 6

Dmitri Young: 3/G3L
Gary Gaetti: 43/G4M
John Mabry: 8/F8LXD

Bot 6

Shawon Dunston: 53/BG15
Ryne Sandberg: K
Kevin Orie: 63/G6

Top 7

Royce Clayton: 8/F8RXD
Tom Lampkin: W
Danny Sheaffer: 7/F7D
Delino DeShields: 7/F7LM

Bot 7

Scott Servais: 63/G56
Geremi Gonzalez: K
Doug Glanville: S7/G56
Brian McRae: W.1-2
Sammy Sosa: HR/F8LXD.2-H;1-H;B-H
Mark Grace: S9/L34/R4
Shawon Dunston: 4/L4

Top 8

Ron Gant: 43/G4
Ray Lankford: HR/F78XD.B-H
Dmitri Young: 63/G6M
Gary Gaetti: 9/F9S

Bot 8

Ryne Sandberg: 53/G56
Kevin Orie: K
Scott Servais: K

Top 9

John Mabry: 8/F8LM
Royce Clayton: 6/L6
Tom Lampkin: K23