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BAL  5
OAK  4

(10)
CAL  3
BOS  1

CHW  4
MIL  3

CLE  6
@DET  3

KCR  8
TEX  0

SEA 10
NYY  4

MIN  4
@TOR  0

CIN 11
@COL  9

STL  4
@FLA  2

HOU  8
CHC  7

(10)
LAD  5
@MON  4

(11)
SDP 13
@NYM  1

ATL  5
@PIT  3

PHI  5
@SFG  1

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 23,910

Friday, May 24, 1996, 7:05
Time of Game: 3:27
Cubs
7
21-27
Lost 2
4th, 1½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Cubs            0  0  0   0  0  3   4  0  0   0    7  9  0
Astros          0  1  3   0  0  0   0  0  3   1    8 12  2
W: T Jones (5-1), L: B Patterson (1-2)
Winning Run scored with 2 outs
Astros
8
23-26
Won 1
1st

BATTING

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B McRae CF                    5   1   2   0    0   0  .278  .722    0    3   0   
R Sandberg 2B                 5   1   1   4    0   1  .214  .761    0    2   2   HR
M Grace 1B                    4   1   2   0    1   0  .353  .900    0   11   0   2B
S Sosa RF                     4   1   1   3    0   1  .253  .842    0    2   0   HR,CS,HBP,GDP
L Gonzalez LF                 4   0   0   0    1   1  .297  .827    0    3   0   
S Servais C                   5   0   1   0    0   0  .287  .866    0    7   1   
L Gomez 3B                    2   0   1   0    1   0  .293  .952    0    1   3   
  J Hernandez PR-3B           2   1   0   0    0   1  .191  .448    0    0   1   
R Sanchez SS                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .218  .565    0    0   3   SH
S Trachsel P                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   1   
  T Haney PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .188  .481    0    0   0   
  M Perez P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  B Barberie PH               0   1   0   0    1   0  .200 1.133    0    0   0   
  T Adams P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  O Timmons PH                0   0   0   0    1   0  .128  .449    0    0   0   
  T Wendell P                 0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  D Jones P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  P Valdes PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .619    0    0   0   
  B Patterson P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       38   7   9   7    5   5                    29  12
BATTING
2B: M Grace (14, off D Wall).
HR: R Sandberg (10, off G Swindell; 7th inn, 3 on, 1 out to LF); S Sosa (16, off D Wall; 6th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to CF-RF).
SH: R Sanchez (3, off X Hernandez).
HBP: S Sosa (2, by D Wall).
TB: R Sandberg 4; S Sosa 4; M Grace 3; B McRae 2; L Gomez; R Sanchez; S Servais.
GIDP: S Sosa (5).
RBI: R Sandberg 4 (24); S Sosa 3 (38).
2-out RBI: S Sosa 3.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 2 for 7.
FIELDING
DP: 2. R Sanchez-R Sandberg-M Grace; S Servais-L Gomez.
BASERUNNING
CS: S Sosa (1, 2nd base by D Wall/R Wilkins).
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Cangelosi LF                6   2   2   1    0   1  .240  .657    0    1   0   
C Biggio 2B                   4   2   3   2    1   1  .260  .760    0    4   5   HR,2·SB
J Bagwell 1B                  4   2   1   3    1   0  .333 1.128    0    9   0   HR
D Bell RF                     3   1   2   0    2   0  .294  .815    0    3   0   SB,CS
S Berry 3B                    4   0   2   1    0   1  .294  .809    0    1   2   2B,HBP
  T Jones P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
R Wilkins C                   5   0   0   1    0   2  .241  .746    0    5   1   
B Hunter CF                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .289  .654    0    4   0   HBP
R Gutierrez SS-3B             5   1   2   0    0   1  .303  .713    0    3   3   SB,GDP
D Wall P                      2   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .500    0    0   0   
  B Spiers PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .180  .466    0    0   0   
  X Hernandez P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  G Swindell P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .833         0   0   
  A Young P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  D May PH                    0   0   0   0    1   0  .284  .773    0    0   0   
  O Miller SS                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .298  .827    0    0   1   
Totals                       39   8  12   8    5   7                    30  12
BATTING
2B: S Berry (16, off S Trachsel).
HR: C Biggio (4, off T Wendell; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to CF); J Bagwell (15, off S Trachsel; 3rd inn, 2 on, 1 out to RF).
HBP: B Hunter (2, by S Trachsel); S Berry (4, by S Trachsel).
TB: C Biggio 6; J Bagwell 4; S Berry 3; D Bell 2; R Gutierrez 2; J Cangelosi 2.
GIDP: R Gutierrez (1).
RBI: J Bagwell 3 (44); C Biggio 2 (19); S Berry (25); R Wilkins (15); J Cangelosi (3).
2-out RBI: C Biggio 2; J Cangelosi; S Berry.
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 3 for 10.
FIELDING
DP: 1. C Biggio-R Gutierrez-J Bagwell.
E: J Bagwell (5); O Miller (8).
BASERUNNING
SB: D Bell (10, 2nd base off S Trachsel/S Servais); C Biggio 2 (10, 2nd base off T Adams/S Servais, 3rd base off S Trachsel/S Servais); R Gutierrez (2, 2nd base off B Patterson/S Servais).
CS: D Bell (3, 3rd base by S Trachsel/S Servais).

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
S Trachsel                     5     6   4   4    2   3   1   2.29   23     -       ·  ·      6· 3· 6· 1     40    -     0.70  -0.20
M Perez                        1     1   0   0    0   0   0   4.58    4     -       ·  ·      1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.71   0.05
T Adams, H (2)                 2     1   0   0    0   1   0   3.34    7     -       ·  ·      3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    1.04   0.10
T Wendell, H (4)               0.2   1   3   3    3   1   1   2.70    6     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 1          0-0    1.51  -0.13
D Jones, BS (5)                0.1   1   0   0    0   1   0   5.32    2     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 1· 0          2-1    5.62  -0.33
B Patterson, L (1-2)           0.2   2   1   1    0   1   0   2.20    4     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 2· 0          0-0    2.69  -0.37
Totals                         9.2  12   8   8    5   7   2          46     -       ·  ·     11· 8·11· 2          2-1 
Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Wall                         6     5   3   3    1   1   1   3.20   24     -       ·  ·      7· 6· 7· 1     50    -     0.74   0.04
X Hernandez                    0     0   3   2    2   0   0   5.50    3     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    2.60  -0.31
G Swindell, BS (1)             2.1   3   1   1    1   2   1   6.30   10     -       ·  ·      3· 1· 2· 1          3-3    1.01  -0.26
A Young                        0.2   0   0   0    1   1   0   3.42    3     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.37   0.01
T Jones, W (5-1)               1     1   0   0    0   1   0   3.33    5     -       ·  ·      2· 0· 2· 0          0-0    2.62   0.13
Totals                        10     9   7   6    5   5   2          45     -       ·  ·     14· 7·11· 2          5-3 
X Hernandez faced 3 batters in the 7th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: None.
HBP: D Wall (1; S Sosa); S Trachsel 2 (2; B Hunter, S Berry).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Rapuano, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Terry Tata.
Time of Game: 3:27.
Attendance: 23,910.
Weather: In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Chicago Cubs                  Houston Astros                       
1. B McRae              CF    1. J Cangelosi          LF 
2. R Sandberg           2B    2. C Biggio             2B 
3. M Grace              1B    3. J Bagwell            1B 
4. S Sosa               RF    4. D Bell               RF 
5. L Gonzalez           LF    5. S Berry              3B 
6. S Servais            C     6. R Wilkins            C  
7. L Gomez              3B    7. B Hunter             CF 
8. R Sanchez            SS    8. R Gutierrez          SS 
9. S Trachsel           P     9. D Wall               P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   2  7-6  12-      44%  61% S Berry         D Jones         Single to CF (Line Drive); Bagwell Scores; Bell to 2B
   t 7   1  4-3  123     -40%  11% R Sandberg      G Swindell      Home Run; Hernandez Scores; Sanchez Scores/unER; Barberie Scores; Sandberg Scores
   b10   2  7-7  -2-      39% 100% J Cangelosi     B Patterson     Single to LF (Line Drive); Gutierrez Scores
   t 6   2  4-0  -23     -19%  73% S Sosa          D Wall          Home Run (CF-RF); McRae Scores; Grace Scores
   b 3   1  0-1  12-      19%  89% J Bagwell       S Trachsel      Home Run; Cangelosi Scores; Biggio Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Donne Wall facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      52%  B McRae         Flyball: CF
   O      ---      54%  R Sandberg      Flyball: CF
   O      ---      55%  M Grace         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Trachsel facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      53%  J Cangelosi     Strikeout
   O      ---      51%  C Biggio        Strikeout
   O      ---      50%  J Bagwell       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Donne Wall facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      52%  S Sosa          Strikeout
   O      ---      54%  L Gonzalez      Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      53%  S Servais       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--      51%  L Gomez         Single to LF (Line Drive); Servais to 2B
   O      12-      55%  R Sanchez       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Trachsel facing 4-5-6
          ---      59%  D Bell          Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--      70%  S Berry         Double to LF (Line Drive); Bell to 3B
   RO     -23      70%  R Wilkins       Groundout: 2B-1B; Bell Scores; Berry to 3B
          --3      72%  B Hunter        Hit By Pitch
   OO     1-3      62%  R Gutierrez     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1.

Top of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-1, Donne Wall facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      64%  S Trachsel      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      66%  B McRae         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      67%  R Sandberg      Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 1-0, Steve Trachsel facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      65%  D Wall          Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      67%  J Cangelosi     Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--      71%  C Biggio        Single to LF (Line Drive); Cangelosi to 2B
   RRR    12-      89%  J Bagwell       Home Run; Cangelosi Scores; Biggio Scores
          ---      90%  D Bell          Walk
          1--      91%  S Berry         Hit By Pitch; Bell to 2B
   OO     12-      89%  R Wilkins       Double Play: Strikeout, Bell Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 4.

Top of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-4, Donne Wall facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      90%  M Grace         Lineout: 2B
          ---      88%  S Sosa          Hit By Pitch
   O      1--      91%  L Gonzalez      Sosa Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   O      ---      92%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Steve Trachsel facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      91%  B Hunter        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      91%  R Gutierrez     Lineout: CF
   O      ---      90%  D Wall          Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 4.

Top of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-4, Donne Wall facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      92%  S Servais       Popfly: 2B
   O      ---      93%  L Gomez         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      94%  R Sanchez       Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Steve Trachsel facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      93%  J Cangelosi     Groundout: P-1B
          ---      94%  C Biggio        Walk
   O      1--      93%  J Bagwell       Flyball: RF
          1--      94%  D Bell          Single to CF (Line Drive); Biggio to 2B
          12-      94%  S Berry         Biggio Steals 3B; Bell Steals 2B
   O      -23      92%  " "             Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 4.

Top of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-4, Donne Wall facing 9-1-2
                  Todd Haney pinch hits for Steve Trachsel batting 9th
   O      ---      94%  T Haney         Popfly: 2B
          ---      92%  B McRae         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      94%  R Sandberg      Flyball: LF
          1--      92%  M Grace         Double to RF (Line Drive); McRae to 3B
   RRR    -23      73%  S Sosa          Home Run (CF-RF); McRae Scores; Grace Scores
          ---      71%  L Gonzalez      Walk
   O      1--      75%  S Servais       Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-3, Mike Perez facing 6-7-8
                  Mike Perez replaces Todd Haney pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      73%  R Wilkins       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      71%  B Hunter        Flyball: LF
          ---      72%  R Gutierrez     Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Bill Spiers pinch hits for Donne Wall batting 9th
   O      1--      70%  B Spiers        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 4.

Top of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Behind 3-4, Xavier Hernandez facing 7-8-9
                  Xavier Hernandez replaces Bill Spiers pitching and batting 9th
          ---      63%  L Gomez         Walk
                  Jose Hernandez pinch runs for Leo Gomez batting 7th
          1--      52%  R Sanchez       Reached on E3/Sacrifice Bunt; Hernandez to 2B; Sanchez to 1B
                  Bret Barberie pinch hits for Mike Perez batting 9th
          12-      39%  B Barberie      Walk; Hernandez to 3B; Sanchez to 2B
                  Greg Swindell replaces Xavier Hernandez pitching and batting 9th
   O      123      51%  B McRae         Lineout: 3B
   RRRR   123      11%  R Sandberg      Home Run; Hernandez Scores; Sanchez Scores/unER; Barberie Scores; Sandberg Scores
          ---      10%  M Grace         Single to 1B (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--      12%  S Sosa          Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-7, Terry Adams facing 1-2-3
                  Terry Adams replaces Bret Barberie pitching and batting 9th; Jose Hernandez moves to 3B
   O      ---       9%  J Cangelosi     Groundout: P-1B
          ---      12%  C Biggio        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--      14%  J Bagwell       Biggio Steals 2B
   O      -2-      10%  " "             Flyball: LF
   O      -2-       7%  D Bell          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 7, Astros 4.

Top of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 7-4, Greg Swindell facing 5-6-7
   O      ---       7%  L Gonzalez      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---       8%  S Servais       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---       8%  J Hernandez     Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-7, Terry Adams facing 5-6-7
   O      ---       5%  S Berry         Strikeout
   O      ---       4%  R Wilkins       Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---       3%  B Hunter        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Astros 4.

Top of the 9th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 7-4, Greg Swindell facing 8-9-1
   O      ---       3%  R Sanchez       Flyball: CF
                  Ozzie Timmons pinch hits for Terry Adams batting 9th
          ---       3%  O Timmons       Walk
          1--       3%  B McRae         Single to RF (Line Drive); Timmons to 2B
                  Anthony Young replaces Greg Swindell pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-       3%  R Sandberg      Strikeout Looking
          12-       3%  M Grace         Walk; Timmons to 3B; McRae to 2B
   O      123       4%  S Sosa          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cubs 7, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-7, Turk Wendell facing 8-9-1
                  Turk Wendell replaces Ozzie Timmons pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---       2%  R Gutierrez     Strikeout Looking
                  Derrick May pinch hits for Anthony Young batting 9th
          ---       4%  D May           Walk
   O      1--       1%  J Cangelosi     Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Cangelosi to 1B
   RR     1--       5%  C Biggio        Home Run; Cangelosi Scores
          ---       9%  J Bagwell       Walk
          1--      17%  D Bell          Walk; Bagwell to 2B
                  Doug Jones replaces Turk Wendell pitching and batting 9th
   R      12-      61%  S Berry         Single to CF (Line Drive); Bagwell Scores; Bell to 2B
   O      12-      50%  R Wilkins       Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 7, Astros 7.

Top of the 10th, Cubs Batting, Tied 7-7, Todd Jones facing 5-6-7
                  Todd Jones replaces Sean Berry pitching and batting 5th; Ricky Gutierrez moves to 3B; Orlando Miller replaces Derrick May playing SS batting 9th
   O      ---      56%  L Gonzalez      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      60%  S Servais       Lineout: RF
          ---      57%  J Hernandez     Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Hernandez to 1B
          1--      50%  R Sanchez       Single to RF (Line Drive); Hernandez to 3B
                  Pedro Valdes pinch hits for Doug Jones batting 9th
   O      1-3      63%  P Valdes        Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cubs 7, Astros 7.

Bottom of the 10th, Astros Batting, Tied 7-7, Bob Patterson facing 7-8-9
                  Bob Patterson replaces Pedro Valdes pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      58%  B Hunter        Strikeout
          ---      63%  R Gutierrez     Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      56%  O Miller        Foul Flyball: 1B
          1--      61%  J Cangelosi     Gutierrez Steals 2B
   R      -2-     100%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive); Gutierrez Scores
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 7, Astros 8.

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