NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - MILWAUKEE 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 3 0 CHICAGO CUBS 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 x 6 12 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: MIL - CAL ELDRED, DOUG JONES (8TH) AND BOBBY HUGHES CHN - KERRY WOOD, TERRY ADAMS (8TH), ROD BECK (9TH) AND SANDY MARTINEZ, SCOTT SERVAIS (8TH)
WP - TERRY ADAMS (6-3) LP - DOUG JONES (3-3) SAVE - ROD BECK (17)
HOME RUNS: MIL - JOSE VALENTIN (9) OFF WOOD IN THE 2ND, 1 ON CHN - SAMMY SOSA (22) OFF ELDRED IN THE 1ST, 0 ON SAMMY SOSA (23) OFF ELDRED IN THE 3RD, 0 ON SAMMY SOSA (24) OFF ELDRED IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
TIME: 2:38 ATT: 37,903
PROBABLES: MIL - BRAD WOODALL (2-2, 3.81) CHN - STEVE TRACHSEL (6-2, 3.86)
Extended BoxMILWAUKEE (5) AT CHICAGO CUBS (6) - FINAL
MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Vina 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .290 Cirillo 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .299 J Burnitz rf 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 .265 Jaha 1b 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 .222 D Jackson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Do Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nilsson lf 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 .302 Grissom cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .314 Jose Valentin ss 4 1 1 2 0 3 2 .222 Hughes c 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 .238 Eldred p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083 a-Hamelin ph-1b 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .161
Totals 28 5 3 5 7 10 11
a-walked for Eldred in the 8th.
BATTING: HR - Jose Valentin (9, 2nd inning off Wood 1 on, 2 out). RBI - Jose Valentin 2 (27), J Burnitz (48), Jaha (17), Nilsson (11). 2-out RBI - Jose Valentin 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Valentin 1, Grissom 1. Team LOB - 4.
BASERUNNING: CS - Cirillo (3, 2nd base by Wood/S Martinez); Vina (9, 2nd base by Wood/S Martinez).
CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Brown cf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .295 Morandini 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .328 Sosa rf 4 3 3 3 0 1 0 .335 Ma Grace 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .354 H Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .218 Beck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jo Hernandez 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .260 S Martinez c 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .267 Servais c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .209 Alexander ss 3 1 1 2 0 1 3 .277 Wood p 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .192 Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Lowery ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182
Totals 35 6 12 6 0 7 11
a-struck out for Adams in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Alexander (2, Eldred); S Martinez (7, Eldred). 3B - Jo Hernandez (4, Eldred). HR - Sosa 3 (24, 1st inning off Eldred 0 on, 2 out, 3rd inning off Eldred 0 on, 1 out, 7th inning off Eldred 0 on, 2 out). SF - Alexander. RBI - Sosa 3 (63), Alexander 2 (12), Wood (5). 2-out RBI - Sosa 2, Alexander, Wood. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jo Hernandez 1, B Brown 1. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - S Martinez (1, 2nd base off Eldred/Hughes).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (S Martinez-Alexander).
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era Eldred 7 10 5 5 0 6 3 4.72 Do Jones (L, 3-3) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.39
CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era Wood 7 1/3 3 5 5 6 9 1 3.25 Adams (W, 6-3; BS, 2) 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.20 Beck (S, 17) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.63
WP - Eldred. HBP - Vina (by Wood). Pitches-strikes: Wood 121-65; Adams 13-5; Beck 14-12; Eldred 114-76; Do Jones 19-12. Ground balls-fly balls: Wood 2-9; Adams 2-0; Beck 2-0; Eldred 8-7; Do Jones 0-2. Batters faced: Wood 30; Adams 3; Beck 3; Eldred 31; Do Jones 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Gerry Davis. EJECTIONS: CHICAGO CUBS S Martinez by Bell (8th), CHICAGO CUBS manager Riggleman by Bell (8th). T--2:38. Att--37,903. Weather: 69 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, in from center.
How They ScoredMILWAUKEE (5) AT CHICAGO CUBS (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: B Brown grounded out to second. Morandini grounded out to third. Sosa homered to right center. Ma Grace grounded out to first. MILWAUKEE 0, CHICAGO CUBS 1.
MILWAUKEE 2ND: Jaha struck out looking. Nilsson walked. Grissom flied out to right. Jose Valentin homered to right, Nilsson scored. Hughes struck out swinging. MILWAUKEE 2, CHICAGO CUBS 1.
CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: H Rodriguez flied out to center. Jo Hernandez struck out swinging. S Martinez singled to center. S Martinez stole second. Alexander doubled to left center, S Martinez scored. Wood singled to center, Alexander scored. B Brown flied out to center. MILWAUKEE 2, CHICAGO CUBS 3.
CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: Morandini struck out swinging. Sosa homered to left. Ma Grace singled to right center. H Rodriguez lined out to left. Ma Grace to second on Eldred wild pitch. Jo Hernandez flied out to center. MILWAUKEE 2, CHICAGO CUBS 4.
CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: B Brown grounded out to first. Morandini flied out to right. Sosa homered to left center. Ma Grace grounded out to second. MILWAUKEE 2, CHICAGO CUBS 5.
MILWAUKEE 8TH: Hughes walked. Hamelin hit for Eldred. Hamelin walked, Hughes to second. Chicago Cubs's S Martinez ejected by Bell. Chicago Cubs's Manager Riggleman ejected by Bell. Vina struck out swinging. Cirillo reached on bunt single to third, Hughes to third, Hamelin to second. J Burnitz walked, Hughes scored, Hamelin to third, Cirillo to second. Terry Adams relieved Kerry Wood. Jaha walked, Hamelin scored, Cirillo to third, J Burnitz to second. D Jackson ran for Jaha. Nilsson grounded into fielder's choice to second, Cirillo scored, J Burnitz to third, D Jackson out at second. Grissom grounded out to pitcher. MILWAUKEE 5, CHICAGO CUBS 5.
CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: Doug Jones relieved Cal Eldred. H Rodriguez flied out to deep center. Jo Hernandez singled to left. Servais singled to left center, Jo Hernandez to third. Alexander hit sacrifice fly to left, Jo Hernandez scored. Lowery hit for Adams. Lowery struck out swinging. MILWAUKEE 5, CHICAGO CUBS 6.
Game StorySammy Sosa enjoyed the second three-homer game of his career and Manny Alexander broke an eighth-inning tie with a sacrifice fly to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
It was Sosa's 26th career multi-homer game and his fourth this season, all in the last 16 contests. He leaped into third in the National League with 24 homers, one behind Atlanta's Andres Galarraga and seven short of leader Mark McGwire of St. Louis.
"Last year I had a tough time. This year everybody is together and we have much better relationships," said Sosa, who also hit three homers on June 5th, 1996 against Philadelphia. "It's a lot different. I'm just trying to swing at strikes. I'm not looking for any particular pitches, I just want to hit the ball hard."
Sosa clubbed a 1-0 pitch over the wall in right-center field with two outs in the first inning to get the Cubs on the board. It was his 200th homer as a Cub. His next two homers came on 2-1 pitches, a shot to left that made it 4-2 in the third inning and a two-out blast to left-center in the seventh that increased the lead to 5-2.
"Sammy is having a heck of a first half," Cubs manager Jim Riggleman said. "He's working the count in his favor and when he gets his pitch he's not missing it."
"The type of pitcher I am, I'm going to make hitters hit fastballs," Eldred explained. "One pitch was a mistake, and that was a changeup. But if a guy's hot, he's hot, and Sammy's smoking."
Doug Jones (3-3) started the eighth for the Brewers in relief of Cal Eldred, who allowed five runs, including all three of Sosa's homers. Jose Hernandez singled with one out and went to third on a single by Scott Servais before scoring on Alexander's fly ball to left field, putting the Cubs ahead 6-5.
Rod Beck pitched the ninth for his 17th save.
The Brewers rallied in the eighth against Kerry Wood to knot the game 5-5 and get Eldred off the hook. Wood walked Bobby Hughes and pinch-hitter Bob Hamelin to start the eighth in a 5-2 game, and saw catcher Sandy Martinez and manager Jim Riggleman get ejected from the game by home plate umpire Wally Bell for arguing the fourth ball to Hamelin.
"Once I questioned where the pitch was, he immediatley threw me out," Riggleman said. "I guess he was tired of hearing it from Sandy and he had a short fuse."
Wood, whose 21st birthday is Tuesday, rebounded to strike out Fernando Vina but could not handle Jeff Cirillo's bunt down the third-base line that loaded the bases. Wood walked Jeromy Burnitz to allow Milwaukee's third run and left for Terry Adams, who walked John Jaha to make it 5-4. Jaha left for pinch-runner Darrin Jackson, who was erased at second on Dave Nilsson's run-scoring fielder's choice to tie it at 5-5.
Jose Valentin hit his ninth homer in the second inning, a two-run shot off Wood that gave the Brewers a 2-1 edge.
Wood allowed five runs and three hits with six walks and nine strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.
"Early, I was trying to pinpoint my pitches," Wood admitted. "But in the middle innings I loosened up and felt very comfortable throwing the ball. It was very disappointing to leave the game in the eighth. I feel I let myself and my team down a little bit. But we won, so it doesn't matter."
"Kerry had three different ball games," Riggleman said. "He struggled the first two innings then threw as well as someone can for the next five. Then he struggled again."
Brewers manager Phil Garner agreed with his counterpart's assessment.
"Kerry seemed to struggle a little bit early, but what was impressive was how he settled down and pitched in the middle innings," Garner said. "And then he seemed to tire in the end."
The Cubs took a 3-2 lead in the second. Martinez singled with two outs, stole second and scored on a double by Alexander, who came home on Wood's single.