Houston Astros 9, Chicago Cubs 1
Regular Season Game 159
Played on Thursday, September 25, 1997 (N) at Astrodome
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 2 HOU N 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 x - 9 8 1
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnson cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Glanville lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Grace 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 Sosa rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Hernandez 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 Hubbard c 3 0 1 1 0 2 8 0 Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Morel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alexander ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Gonzalez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Stevens p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tatis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandberg 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 4 1 1 6 24 6 FIELDING - DP: 2. Alexander-Cairo-Grace, Hernandez-Grace. E: Sosa 2 (8). BATTING - 2B: Hernandez (8,off Hampton). 3B: Hernandez (5,off Hampton). SH: Gonzalez (8,off Hampton). GDP: Glanville (9,off Hampton). Team LOB: 3. BASERUNNING - CS: Hernandez (5,3rd base by Hampton/Ausmus).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio 2b 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 Bell rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 Bagwell 1b 4 2 2 1 0 1 9 1 Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 Hidalgo cf 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 Spiers 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 Gutierrez ss 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 Ausmus c 4 1 1 3 0 1 6 2 Hampton p 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 Totals 29 9 8 9 7 7 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Spiers-Biggio-Bagwell. E: Spiers (18). BATTING - 2B: Biggio (37,off Gonzalez); Bagwell (39,off Gonzalez); Bell (29,off Stevens). 3B: Bagwell (2,off Morel). HR: Ausmus (4,7th inning off Gonzalez 2 on 0 out). SH: Hampton (10,off Gonzalez). SF: Gonzalez (5,off Gonzalez). HBP: Biggio (34,by Gonzalez); Bagwell (16,by Stevens). GDP: Bell 2 (16,off Gonzalez 2). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Biggio 2 (47,2nd base off Stevens/Hubbard,3rd base off Stevens/Hubbard).
PITCHING
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gonzalez L(11-9) 6.1 4 5 4 4 6 1 27 Stevens 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 3 Tatis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Morel 1.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 9 Totals 8 8 9 8 7 7 1 40 HBP: Gonzalez (2,Biggio); Stevens (1,Bagwell). Inherited Runners - Scored: Tatis 2-0; Morel 3-2. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hampton W(15-10) 9 4 1 1 1 6 0 31 Umpires: HP - Steve Rippley, 1B - Mark Hirschbeck, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Bruce Froemming Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 35623 Starting Lineups: Chicago Cubs Houston Astros 1. Johnson cf Biggio 2b 2. Glanville lf Bell rf 3. Grace 1b Bagwell 1b 4. Sosa rf Gonzalez lf 5. Hernandez 3b Hidalgo cf 6. Hubbard c Spiers 3b 7. Cairo 2b Gutierrez ss 8. Alexander ss Ausmus c 9. Gonzalez p Hampton p CUBS 1ST: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Glanville grounded out (third to first); Grace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Biggio walked; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Biggio out at second]; Bagwell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. CUBS 2ND: Sosa grounded out (third to first); Hernandez doubled; Hubbard struck out while Hernandez was caught stealing third but was safe at third (error by Spiers; assist by Ausmus); Cairo grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Gonzalez struck out; Hidalgo was called out on strikes; Spiers was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. CUBS 3RD: Alexander struck out; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Gutierrez walked; Ausmus struck out; Hampton out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gutierrez to second]; Biggio doubled to center [Gutierrez scored]; Bell grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 4TH: Glanville grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Grace struck out; Sosa flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Bagwell doubled to right [Bagwell to third (error by Sosa)]; Gonzalez lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Bagwell scored (unearned)]; Hidalgo reached on an error by Sosa [Hidalgo to third]; Spiers popped to third; Gutierrez lined to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. CUBS 5TH: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Hubbard struck out; Cairo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: Ausmus popped to second; Hampton singled to left; Biggio was hit by a pitch [Hampton to second]; Bell grounded into a double play (third to first) [Hampton out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. CUBS 6TH: Alexander singled to center; Gonzalez out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Alexander to second]; Johnson walked; Glanville grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Bagwell popped to pitcher; Gonzalez popped to second; Hidalgo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. CUBS 7TH: Grace lined to right; Sosa flied to right; Hernandez tripled to right; Hubbard singled to center [Hernandez scored]; Cairo flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 7TH: Spiers walked; Gutierrez walked [Spiers to second]; Ausmus homered [Spiers scored, Gutierrez scored]; Hampton popped to catcher; STEVENS REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Biggio walked; Biggio stole second; Biggio stole third; Bell doubled to center [Biggio scored]; Bagwell was hit by a pitch; TATIS REPLACED STEVENS (PITCHING); Gonzalez singled to pitcher [Bell to third, Bagwell to second]; SANDBERG REPLACED TATIS (PLAYING 2B); MOREL REPLACED CAIRO (PITCHING); Hidalgo walked [Bell scored, Bagwell to third, Gonzalez to second]; Spiers singled to left [Bagwell scored, Gonzalez to third, Hidalgo to second]; Gutierrez flied to right; Ausmus flied to center; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 8. CUBS 8TH: Alexander grounded out (pitcher to first); Sandberg flied to center; Johnson flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 8. ASTROS 8TH: Hampton flied to left; Biggio walked; Bell struck out; Bagwell tripled to right [Biggio scored]; Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 9. CUBS 9TH: Glanville popped to first; Grace lined to center; Sosa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 9. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubs 1 4 2 3 Astros 9 8 1 7
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