September 11, 2000 Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 3
@ANA 1 CHW 10
DET 3 BOS 4
@NYY 0 OAK 5
TBD 1 KCR 6
@SEA 3 LAD 6
@ARI 3 CIN 7
CHC 6 SFG 8
@HOU 7
(10) MIL 8
@NYM 2 PHI 5
MON 2 MON 7
@PHI 6 STL 8
@PIT 4 SDP 7
COL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Cinergy Field, Attendance: 22,532

Monday, September 11, 2000, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 2:56

Cubs

59-84

Lost 4

6th, 23½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cubs            0  0  0   3  2  0   0  0  1    6 14  0
Reds            0  4  0   2  0  0   1  0  X    7  9  0

W: P Harnisch (7-6), L: D Garibay (2-8), S: D Graves (28)

Reds

74-70

Won 3

2nd, 9 GB

BATTING

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Meyers 2B                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .171  .425   20    0   2   
  R Gload PH-LF               1   0   0   0    0   1  .190  .583    4    0   0   
R Gutierrez SS                4   1   0   0    1   1  .284  .796   26    1   6   
S Sosa RF                     5   2   3   1    0   2  .324 1.068   21    3   0   HR,2B
M Grace 1B                    5   2   4   0    0   0  .295  .856   22   14   0   2B
J Zuleta LF                   3   0   1   2    0   2  .255  .789   12    0   0   2B
  T Van Poppel P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  W Greene PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .204  .671    5    0   0   
  S Rain P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333         0   0   
  E Young 2B                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .297  .772    5    0   1   
D Buford CF                   3   1   1   0    1   1  .254  .725   18    0   0   
  J Reed PH                   1   0   1   1    0   0  .216  .660    1    0   0   
  G Matthews PR               0   0   0   0    0   0  .181  .540         0   0   
J Nieves 3B                   4   0   1   0    1   2  .214  .616   23    1   5   
J Girardi C                   3   0   0   1    0   1  .282  .728    9    5   0   SF
D Garibay P                   2   0   1   1    0   0  .143  .286    6    0   0   
  R Brown LF                  2   0   2   0    0   0  .311  .822    4    0   1   2B
  T Worrell P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       39   6  14   6    3  12              176   24  15

BATTING

2B: M Grace (36, off P Harnisch); J Zuleta (5, off P Harnisch); S Sosa (35, off P Harnisch); R Brown (5, off S Sullivan).

HR: S Sosa (49, off P Harnisch; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).

SF: J Girardi (3, off P Harnisch).

TB: S Sosa 7; M Grace 5; R Brown 3; J Zuleta 2; J Reed; D Buford; D Garibay; J Nieves.

RBI: J Zuleta 2 (10); J Girardi (39); J Reed (23); S Sosa (133); D Garibay (1).

2-out RBI: J Reed; D Garibay.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. C Meyers-R Gutierrez-M Grace.

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
P Reese 2B                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .258  .709   17    3   3   
A Ochoa RF-LF                 4   1   1   1    0   0  .286  .878   10    5   0   HR
K Griffey CF                  3   0   1   0    1   1  .269  .934   20    1   0   
  B Hunter CF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .264  .646         0   0   
D Young LF                    3   1   2   0    1   0  .304  .844   15    2   0   2B
  J Riedling P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  D Graves P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 2.667         0   0   
S Casey 1B                    4   0   0   0    0   2  .297  .842   26    4   0   GDP
C Stynes 3B                   3   2   1   0    1   0  .332  .842   12    1   0   
J Castro SS                   4   2   2   1    0   0  .231  .610    7    0   1   2·2B
J LaRue C                     3   1   2   5    0   0  .192  .637   17   11   1   HR,2B
P Harnisch P                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .184  .500    7    0   0   
  S Sullivan P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .666         0   0   
  D Cromer PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .364  .965    1    0   0   
  M Tucker RF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .268  .918         0   0   
Totals                       31   7   9   7    3   4              132   27   5

BATTING

2B: J Castro 2 (12, 2 off D Garibay); D Young (34, off S Rain); J LaRue (2, off D Garibay).

HR: A Ochoa (8, off S Rain; 7th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF); J LaRue (4, off D Garibay; 2nd inn, 2 on, 1 out to LF).

TB: J LaRue 6; J Castro 4; A Ochoa 4; D Young 3; K Griffey; C Stynes.

GIDP: S Casey (16).

RBI: J LaRue 5 (10); A Ochoa (39); J Castro (15).

2-out RBI: A Ochoa.

Team LOB: 3.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

PITCHING

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Garibay, L (2-8)             4     6   6   6    1   2   1   5.53   19   74-44   30· 3·11    9· 3· 3· 1     27    -     0.82  -0.36
T Van Poppel                   2     1   0   0    1   0   0   3.22    7   23-14   10· 0· 4    4· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.92   0.11
S Rain                         1     2   1   1    1   1   1   4.15    5   16-8     6· 1· 1    0· 0· 2· 1          0-0    0.51  -0.07
T Worrell                      1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.32    3   12-8     3· 4· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.21   0.02
Totals                         8     9   7   7    3   4   2          34  125-74   49· 8·17   15· 4· 6· 2           -

Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Harnisch, W (7-6)            5     8   5   5    2   5   1   4.73   24   94-60   39·14· 7    7· 5· 4· 1     34    -     1.22  -0.16
S Sullivan, H (21)             2     2   0   0    0   1   0   3.28    8   33-21   14· 1· 6    1· 5· 1· 0          0-0    1.55   0.19
J Riedling, H (2)              1     2   0   0    0   3   0   1.17    5   20-12    3· 5· 4    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.71   0.08
D Graves, S (28)               1     2   1   1    1   3   0   2.44    6   25-15    6· 4· 5    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    3.18   0.08
Totals                         9    14   6   6    3  12   1          43  172-108  62·24·22   11·10· 6· 1           -

Balks: None.

WP: D Garibay (4); S Sullivan (6).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Rick Reed, 1B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - CB Bucknor.

Time of Game: 2:56.

Attendance: 22,532.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 70° F, Wind 10mph out to Centerfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Chicago Cubs                  Cincinnati Reds                      
1. C Meyers             2B    1. P Reese              2B 
2. R Gutierrez          SS    2. A Ochoa              RF 
3. S Sosa               RF    3. K Griffey            CF 
4. M Grace              1B    4. D Young              LF 
5. J Zuleta             LF    5. S Casey              1B 
6. D Buford             CF    6. C Stynes             3B 
7. J Nieves             3B    7. J Castro             SS 
8. J Girardi            C     8. J LaRue              C  
9. D Garibay            P     9. P Harnisch           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   2  7-6  12-  4   15% 100% J Nieves        D Graves        Strikeout Swinging
   b 2   1  0-0  12-  3   13%  72% J Castro        D Garibay       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Young Scores; Stynes to 3B
   b 2   1  0-1  -23  6   13%  86% J LaRue         D Garibay       Home Run; Stynes Scores; Castro Scores
   b 7   2  5-6  ---  3   11%  86% A Ochoa         S Rain          Home Run
   b 4   1  3-4  -23  4   10%  86% J LaRue         D Garibay       Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Stynes Scores; Castro Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Pete Harnisch facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  C Meyers        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   54%  R Gutierrez     Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   55%  S Sosa          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Daniel Garibay facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  P Reese         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   51%  A Ochoa         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  8   50%  K Griffey       Popfly: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Pete Harnisch facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   44%  M Grace         Double to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
   O      -2-  5   48%  J Zuleta        Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  7   46%  D Buford        Walk
   O      12-  3   51%  J Nieves        Flyball: RF
   O      12-  1   55%  J Girardi       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Daniel Garibay facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   59%  D Young         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
          1--      61%  S Casey         Wild Pitch; Young to 2B
   O      -2-  8   57%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  4   59%  C Stynes        Walk
   R      12-  3   72%  J Castro        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Young Scores; Stynes to 3B
   RRR    -23  6   86%  J LaRue         Home Run; Stynes Scores; Castro Scores
   O      ---  2   85%  P Harnisch      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   84%  P Reese         Groundout: SS-1B
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 4.

Top of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-4, Pete Harnisch facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   86%  D Garibay       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   88%  C Meyers        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   88%  R Gutierrez     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Ahead 4-0, Daniel Garibay facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   87%  A Ochoa         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   87%  K Griffey       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   86%  D Young         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 4.

Top of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-4, Pete Harnisch facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  1   80%  S Sosa          Home Run
          ---  3   76%  M Grace         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   80%  J Zuleta        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  2   76%  D Buford        Single to CF (Line Drive); Grace to 2B
          12-  7   70%  J Nieves        Walk; Grace to 3B; Buford to 2B
   RO     123  2   72%  J Girardi       Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Grace Scores; Buford to 3B
   R      1-3  2   63%  D Garibay       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Buford Scores; Nieves to 2B
   O      12-  7   68%  C Meyers        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Nieves to 3B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Reds Batting, Ahead 4-3, Daniel Garibay facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   66%  S Casey         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   68%  C Stynes        Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   76%  J Castro        Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Stynes to 3B
   RR     -23  4   86%  J LaRue         Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Stynes Scores; Castro Scores
   O      -2-  5   84%  P Harnisch      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  5   82%  P Reese         Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 6.

Top of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Behind 3-6, Pete Harnisch facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  8   85%  R Gutierrez     Popfly: 2B
          ---  5   81%  S Sosa          Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
          -2-  5   78%  M Grace         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Sosa stays at 2B
   RRO    12-  3   69%  J Zuleta        Double (Line Drive to CF-RF); Sosa Scores; Grace Scores; Zuleta out at 3B/3B
   O      ---  3   70%  D Buford        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Reds Batting, Ahead 6-5, Todd Van Poppel facing 2-3-4
                  Todd Van Poppel replaces Julio Zuleta pitching and batting 5th; Roosevelt Brown replaces Daniel Garibay playing LF batting 9th
   O      ---  1   68%  A Ochoa         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  4   70%  K Griffey       Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   74%  D Young         Walk; Griffey to 2B
   OO     12-  3   65%  S Casey         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 6.

Top of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Behind 5-6, Scott Sullivan facing 7-8-9
                  Scott Sullivan replaces Pete Harnisch pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   69%  J Nieves        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   71%  J Girardi       Flyball: RF
          ---  2   68%  R Brown         Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
          -2-      67%  C Meyers        Wild Pitch; Brown to 3B
   O      --3  5   73%  " "             Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Reds Batting, Ahead 6-5, Todd Van Poppel facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   71%  C Stynes        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  1   69%  J Castro        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  7   68%  J LaRue         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 6.

Top of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Behind 5-6, Scott Sullivan facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   73%  R Gutierrez     Flyball: LF
          ---  4   68%  S Sosa          Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
   O      1--  5   73%  M Grace         Flyball: RF
                  Willie Greene pinch hits for Todd Van Poppel batting 5th
   O      1--  5   78%  W Greene        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Reds Batting, Ahead 6-5, Steve Rain facing 9-1-2
                  Steve Rain replaces Willie Greene pitching and batting 5th; D.T. Cromer pinch hits for Scott Sullivan batting 9th
   O      ---  1   76%  D Cromer        Lineout: 1B
   O      ---  5   74%  P Reese         Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  3   86%  A Ochoa         Home Run
          ---  4   86%  K Griffey       Walk
   O      1--  3   85%  D Young         Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Griffey out at Hm/LF-SS-C
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 7.

Top of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Behind 5-7, John Riedling facing 6-7-8
                  John Riedling replaces Dmitri Young pitching and batting 4th; Alex Ochoa moves to LF; Brian Hunter replaces Ken Griffey playing CF batting 3rd; Michael Tucker replaces D.T. Cromer playing RF batting 9th
   O      ---  6   89%  D Buford        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   84%  J Nieves        Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   89%  J Girardi       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  2   86%  R Brown         Single to LF (Line Drive); Nieves to 2B
                  Ross Gload pinch hits for Chad Meyers batting 1st
   O      12-  4   93%  R Gload         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 7.

Bottom of the 8th, Reds Batting, Ahead 7-5, Tim Worrell facing 5-6-7
                  Tim Worrell replaces Roosevelt Brown pitching and batting 9th; Eric Young replaces Steve Rain playing 2B batting 5th; Ross Gload moves to LF
   O      ---  6   93%  S Casey         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   92%  C Stynes        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   92%  J Castro        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 7.

Top of the 9th, Cubs Batting, Behind 5-7, Danny Graves facing 2-3-4
                  Danny Graves replaces John Riedling pitching and batting 4th
          ---  6   84%  R Gutierrez     Walk
   O      1--  5   91%  S Sosa          Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   83%  M Grace         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Gutierrez to 2B
   O      12-  5   92%  E Young         Strikeout Swinging
                  Jeff Reed pinch hits for Damon Buford batting 6th
   R      12-  1   85%  J Reed          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Gutierrez Scores; Grace to 2B
                  Gary Matthews pinch runs for Jeff Reed batting 6th
   O      12-  4  100%  J Nieves        Strikeout Swinging
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 6, Reds 7.

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