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MINNESOTA TWINS @ CHICAGO CUBS
06/02/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Pitching: LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 65.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 56D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 100.6 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Chicago 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Pitching: RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Luis Gonzalez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
Rich Becker steals 2nd base
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Kent Hrbek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Rich Becker steals 3rd base
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 102.5 MPH)
Rich Becker scores
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Brent Gates Balk!
Brook Fordyce to second
0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 110.0 MPH)
Brook Fordyce scores
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 73.8 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: RHB Vinny Castilla 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 3SF, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chris Hoiles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 100.6 MPH)
Chris Hoiles to second
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: LHB Luis Gonzalez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: LHB Kent Hrbek 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 101.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 1 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 89.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Koji Akiyama to third
Koji Akiyama scores
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Vinny Castilla 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chris Hoiles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Rey Ordonez to second
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5L, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Pedro Astacio
Pitching: RHP Doug Piatt
Batting: LHB Luis Gonzalez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kent Hrbek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 81.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Bunt missed!
0-1: Sac Bunt to 25 - play at first, batter OUT! 5-4
Mark Grudzielanek to third
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Doug Piatt
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Vinny Castilla 0-0: Grounds into double play, 1-6-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Chris Hoiles 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 78.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Doug Piatt
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LMF, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Luis Gonzalez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Mike Hampton
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 104.4 MPH)
Brook Fordyce to second
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Pitching: LHP Mike Holtz
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.6 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Doug Piatt
Batting: LHB Kent Hrbek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 111.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 2 - Chicago 1
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