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Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee Brewers

2000-09-18 · Night game · County Stadium · Att: 21367 · 80°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph R to L · 2:34

Milwaukee Brewers defeated Chicago Cubs 2–1. Jeff D'Amico earned the win and Curt Leskanic picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
ML4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	5

W: Jeff D'Amico L: Todd Van Poppel SV: Curt Leskanic

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Jeff Kellogg · 2B: Mike Reilly · 3B: Laz Diaz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Young	3	1	1	0	1	0
Augie Ojeda	3	0	1	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Grace	3	0	1	1	1	0
Shane Andrews	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roosevelt Brown	3	0	0	0	0	1
Damon Buford	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Reed	3	0	1	0	0	1
Todd Van Poppel	2	0	0	0	0	1
Corey Patterson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Matthews	1	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Greene	0	0	0	0	1	0

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marquis Grissom	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mark Loretta	2	0	2	1	2	0
Geoff Jenkins	4	0	0	0	0	2
Richie Sexson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jeromy Burnitz	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jose Hernandez	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ronnie Belliard	3	1	1	0	0	1
Raul Casanova	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff D'Amico	2	0	0	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Van Poppel	5.2	4	2	8
Jerry Spradlin	1.1	1	0	0
Steve Rain	0.0	0	1	0
Felix Heredia	1.0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff D'Amico	8.1	3	3	7
Curt Leskanic	0.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eric Young: 8/F8LD
Augie Ojeda: S7/7S
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 43/G4-

Bot 1

Marquis Grissom: K
Mark Loretta: W
Geoff Jenkins: WP.1-2
Geoff Jenkins: K
Richie Sexson: 8/P8LS+

Top 2

Shane Andrews: K/C
Roosevelt Brown: 6/FL
Damon Buford: 23/G25-

Bot 2

Jeromy Burnitz: K
Jose Hernandez: K
Ronnie Belliard: K

Top 3

Jeff Reed: S9/L89S+
Todd Van Poppel: 16(1)/FO/BG23-
Eric Young: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+

Bot 3

Raul Casanova: 7/F78M
Jeff D'Amico: 53/G56+
Marquis Grissom: S8/G4+
Mark Loretta: D7/L7LM+.1-H
Geoff Jenkins: K

Top 4

Augie Ojeda: 7/F7M
Corey Patterson: 8/F8RD
Mark Grace: W
Shane Andrews: 8/P8LS

Bot 4

Richie Sexson: 4/P89S
Jeromy Burnitz: K
Jose Hernandez: S7
Ronnie Belliard: 13/G13

Top 5

Roosevelt Brown: 7/F7M
Damon Buford: K
Jeff Reed: K

Bot 5

Raul Casanova: 6/L6D-
Jeff D'Amico: 63/G6
Marquis Grissom: 53/G5-

Top 6

Todd Van Poppel: K
Eric Young: S9/F9LS.BX2(96)
Augie Ojeda: 43/G4-

Bot 6

Mark Loretta: D9/F9LM
Geoff Jenkins: 6/P6
Richie Sexson: K
Jeromy Burnitz: W
Jose Hernandez: 9/F9M

Top 7

Corey Patterson: K
Mark Grace: 31/G34S
Shane Andrews: 63/G56

Bot 7

Ronnie Belliard: S8/L8LM+
Raul Casanova: E9/PASS/F8RXD+.1-3;BX2(4)
Jeff D'Amico: 9/SF/F89M.3-H(UR)
Marquis Grissom: 43/G34

Top 8

Roosevelt Brown: K
Damon Buford: 53/G5+
Jeff Reed: 7/F7LM+

Bot 8

Mark Loretta: W
Geoff Jenkins: 8/P8LS
Richie Sexson: K
Jeromy Burnitz: 4/L4M-

Top 9

Gary Matthews: 43/G4
Eric Young: W
Willie Greene: W.1-2
Corey Patterson: K
Mark Grace: S8/L8RS+.2-H;1-2
Shane Andrews: 9/F9S

Notes & reviews

Sosa leaves with tightness in back
Debut game for Corey Patterson
Belliard, runner on 1st, waited to see if ball would be caught; it was misplayed for an error and then bounced into the stands for what should have been two bases, but batter passed Belliard and was out

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