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June 8, 1998

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Cubs	1	2	0
Twins	0	0	0

Top 3	R	H	E
Cubs	2	3	0
Twins	0	0	0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.342
OBP	.000	.413
At Bats	1	231
Hits	0	79
• Singles	0	49
• Doubles	0	11
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	19
Walks	0	30
RBI’s	0	54

LaTroy Hawkins Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	5	0

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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - June 8, 1998

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Home Run

LaTroy Hawkins

Terry Steinbach

Orlando Merced

Todd Walker

Brent Gates

Pat Meares

Marty Cordova

Otis Nixon

Matt Lawton

Sammy Sosa

Count: 0-2, 1 Out

Count: 0-2, 1 Out

Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 3 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Coomer strikes out.

Bottom 2 Merced strikes out.

Bottom 2 Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Brown strikes out.

Top 2 Hernandez hits a line drive off the glove of Merced, and into shallow right field. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Blauser scores.

Top 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blauser moves to third.

Top 2 Mieske hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blauser moves to second.

Top 2 Blauser hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Gates hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gates for the out.

Bottom 1 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clark fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Rodriguez strikes out.

Top 1 Grace takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second.

Top 1 Sosa strikes out.

Top 1 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Brown takes first base on ball four.

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