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Minnesota Twins @ Chicago Cubs

1997-09-02 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 21487 · 61°F, night, dry · Wind 25 mph from LF · 2:14

Chicago Cubs defeated Minnesota Twins 9–3. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 3rd. Mark Clark earned the win. Sammy Sosa went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mark Clark L: Bob Tewksbury SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Terry Tata · 1B: Bill Hohn · 2B: Scott Potter · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Chuck Knoblauch	4	1	1	0	1
Brent Brede	4	0	2	0	0
Ron Coomer	3	0	0	1	0
Terry Steinbach	3	0	0	0	1
Matt Lawton	4	0	1	0	0
Marty Cordova	4	0	0	0	0
Scott Stahoviak	4	0	1	0	2
Pat Meares	4	1	1	0	0
Bob Tewksbury	1	0	1	1	0
Chris Latham	1	0	0	0	0
David Ortiz	1	0	0	0	0
Todd Walker	1	1	1	0	0
Damian Miller	0	0	0	1	0
Denny Hocking	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	2	2	0	1	1
Doug Glanville	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Grace	5	2	1	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	3	3	3	2	1	0
Tyler Houston	4	2	3	3	0	0
Ryne Sandberg	4	0	2	1	0	1
Kevin Orie	3	0	2	1	1	0
Manny Alexander	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Clark	3	0	0	0	1	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Tewksbury	3.0	10	1	1
Travis Miller	3.0	3	2	2
Dan Serafini	2.0	1	1	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Clark	9.0	8	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Knoblauch: S7/L7S
Brent Brede: S7/L78M.1-3
Ron Coomer: 54(1)/FO/G6S.3-H;B-1
Terry Steinbach: K
Matt Lawton: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: 13/G1
Doug Glanville: 53/G5
Mark Grace: 7/F78S

Top 2

Marty Cordova: 63/G6M
Scott Stahoviak: 31/G34
Pat Meares: D7/L5D
Bob Tewksbury: S8/G6M.2-H
Chuck Knoblauch: 6/P6MD

Bot 2

Sammy Sosa: D4/P9S
Tyler Houston: S8/G4M.2-H
Ryne Sandberg: D7/G5.1-3
Kevin Orie: W
Manny Alexander: S9/L9S/R3.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mark Clark: 6/LDP/L6S.3X3(65)
Lance Johnson: S7/L6D/R2.2XH(72);1-2

Top 3

Brent Brede: S8/G4M
Ron Coomer: 9/F9LD
Terry Steinbach: 9/L9LM/R3
Matt Lawton: S8/L4MD.1-2
Marty Cordova: 2/G2R

Bot 3

Doug Glanville: 53
Mark Grace: D9/G3L/R6
Sammy Sosa: S7/G6.2-3
Tyler Houston: S5/BG25.3-H;1-2
Ryne Sandberg: S9/G34.2-H;1-3
Kevin Orie: S7/L56.3-H;1-2
Manny Alexander: 8/F78D
Mark Clark: K

Top 4

Scott Stahoviak: K
Pat Meares: 63/G6
Chris Latham: 3/P25F

Bot 4

Lance Johnson: W
Doug Glanville: 53/BG25/SH.1-2
Mark Grace: 7/L7S
Sammy Sosa: I
Tyler Houston: D7/L5D.2-H;1XH(752)

Top 5

Chuck Knoblauch: 63/G6
Brent Brede: 9/F89M
Ron Coomer: 8/F8RM

Bot 5

Ryne Sandberg: K
Kevin Orie: 43/G34
Manny Alexander: 9/F9LD

Top 6

Terry Steinbach: 9/F89S
Matt Lawton: 8/F8LD
Marty Cordova: E6/G56/R3.B-1
Scott Stahoviak: K

Bot 6

Mark Clark: K
Lance Johnson: S9/L34D
Doug Glanville: SB2
Doug Glanville: 7/F7D
Mark Grace: E6/G6M.2-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Sammy Sosa: HR/F9LD.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Tyler Houston: 6/P6D

Top 7

Pat Meares: 63/G6M
David Ortiz: 7/F78D
Chuck Knoblauch: K

Bot 7

Ryne Sandberg: 3/G3L
Kevin Orie: S8/G4M
Manny Alexander: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 8

Brent Brede: 43/G4
Todd Walker: T9/F9D/R4
Damian Miller: 7/F7D/SF/R2.3-H
Matt Lawton: 9/F9D

Bot 8

Mark Clark: W
Lance Johnson: K
Doug Glanville: 13/G15S.1-2
Mark Grace: 7/F7D

Top 9

Marty Cordova: 7/F7M
Scott Stahoviak: D7/F78XD
Pat Meares: 7/F7LD
Denny Hocking: 31/G34

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