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MINNESOTA TWINS @ CHICAGO CUBS
06/29/1997
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP Mike Dunne
Pitching: RHP Mike Dunne
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
Darin Erstad is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Chicago 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Hideki Irabu
Pitching: RHP Hideki Irabu
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 34S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 100.6 MPH), Distance : 373 ft
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Phil Plantier to second
Batting: RHB Craig Shipley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Hit by Pitch
Phil Plantier to third
Scott Cooper to second
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Grounds into double play, 1-2-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 67.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Chicago 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP Mike Dunne
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4D, EV 55.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Chicago 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Hideki Irabu
Batting: RHB Chris Hoiles 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Chicago 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP Mike Dunne
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5F, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 93.8 MPH)
Rey Ordonez to second
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LM, EV 98.1 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Chicago 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Hideki Irabu
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 9S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 104.4 MPH), Distance : 415 ft
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Craig Shipley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 0 - Chicago 4
TOP OF THE 4TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP Mike Dunne
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Larry Walker to second
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Bunt missed!
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LDF, EV 86.3 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by RF
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56, EV 85.0 MPH) (infield hit)
Larry Walker scores
Koji Akiyama to second
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Koji Akiyama to third
Mark Grudzielanek to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Mark Grudzielanek to third
Rey Ordonez to second
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 111.9 MPH)
Mark Grudzielanek scores
Rey Ordonez to third
Darin Erstad to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 4th over - 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Minnesota 4 - Chicago 4
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Hideki Irabu
Batting: RHB Chris Hoiles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 100.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 4 - Chicago 4
TOP OF THE 5TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP Mike Dunne
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34, EV 56.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7D, EV 105.0 MPH), Distance : 382 ft
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Called Strike
Mark Grudzielanek steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 4
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Hideki Irabu
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: Hit by Pitch
Mike Piazza to second
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Grounds out, U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 106.3 MPH)
Mike Piazza to third
Batting: RHB Craig Shipley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 4
TOP OF THE 6TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP Mike Dunne
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
Darin Erstad steals 2nd, throwing error, E2
Darin Erstad to third
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Pitching: LHP Tim Davis
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 4
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Hideki Irabu
Batting: RHB Chris Hoiles 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 4
TOP OF THE 7TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Tim Davis
Batting: RHB Brook Fordyce 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Brent Gates 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mark Grudzielanek 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 78.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 4
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Hideki Irabu
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Pitching: RHP Carlos Almanzar
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Craig Shipley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 89.4 MPH), Distance : 396 ft
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 6
TOP OF THE 8TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Tim Davis
Batting: RHB Rey Ordonez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Darin Erstad 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Kal Daniels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 78M, EV 90.6 MPH) - OUT at second base trying to stretch hit.
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 6
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Minnesota Twins : RHP Carlos Almanzar
Batting: RHB Chris Hoiles 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 384 ft
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Intentional Walk
Pitching: RHP Trevor Hoffman
Batting: LHB Dan Pasqua 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Trot Nixon to third
Mike Piazza to second
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 100.6 MPH)
Trot Nixon scores
Mike Piazza to third
Dan Pasqua to second
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 67.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Craig Shipley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 8
TOP OF THE 9TH
Minnesota Twins batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Tim Davis
Pitching: RHP Alberto Reyes
Batting: RHB Frank Thomas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Larry Walker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Koji Akiyama 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Minnesota 6 - Chicago 8
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