Braves @ Cardinals
August 27, 1998

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Braves 6 10 0
Cardinals 3 5 3
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Braves 6 10 0
Cardinals 3 5 3

Mark McGwire Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .291
OBP .000 .469
At Bats 3 416
Hits 0 121
• Singles 0 50
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 54
Walks 0 138
RBI’s 0 116

Kerry Ligtenberg Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 23
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Busch Stadium - August 27, 1998
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Kerry Ligtenberg
Javy Lopez
Andres Galarraga
Ozzie Guillen
Chipper Jones
Walt Weiss
Gerald Williams
Andruw Jones
Michael Tucker
Mark McGwire
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs
Count: 2-2, 1 Out

Kerry Ligtenberg now pitching. Gerald Williams now playing left field. McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jones hits a popup towards short. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Tucker. The throw from Marrero and he is out, Polanco applying the tag.
Top 9 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 8 John Rocker now pitching. Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 8 Marrero hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Marrero reaches second base with a double. Polanco scores.
Bottom 8 McGee hits a fly ball into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tatis tags and scores. Polanco tags and moves to third.
Bottom 8 Polanco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klesko. Polanco reaches second base with a double. Gant scores. Tatis moves to third.
Bottom 8 Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gant moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Neagle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Guillen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Witt now pitching. Willie McGee now playing right field. Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 McGwire hits a popup, foul, towards first. Galarraga settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lankford hits a fly ball into left field. Klesko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Eversgerd covering, for the out.
Top 7 Galarraga hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Weiss tags and scores. Jones tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis juggles the ball. That's an error on Tatis.
Top 7 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Weiss moves to third.
Top 7 Bryan Eversgerd now pitching. Weiss hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Lankford. Weiss reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Kelly hits a popup into left field. Klesko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Marrero hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 John Mabry pinch hits for Matt Morris. Mabry hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Neagle hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Polanco strikes out.
Bottom 5 Tatis strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gant strikes out.
Top 5 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Galarraga hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Neagle scores. Jones moves to third.
Top 5 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Neagle moves to third.
Top 5 Weiss bunts towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out. Neagle moves to second.
Top 5 Neagle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jordan strikes out.
Bottom 4 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Guillen hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Marrero strikes out.
Bottom 3 Morris strikes out.
Bottom 3 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Jones moves to second.
Top 3 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Gant takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Weiss strikes out.
Top 2 Neagle hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Neagle reaches second base with a double. Guillen scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire juggles the ball. That's an error on McGwire. Lopez scores. Jones goes all the way around to score. Guillen moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Klesko strikes out.
Top 2 Galarraga strikes out.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a popup towards first. Galarraga settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kelly strikes out.
Top 1 Jones hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tatis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tucker strikes out.
Top 1 Weiss strikes out.