Braves @ Cardinals
August 28, 1998

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Bottom 10 R H E
Braves 4 12 1
Cardinals 4 8 2
Bottom 10 R H E
Braves 4 12 1
Cardinals 5 9 2

Ron Gant Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .228
OBP .000 .313
At Bats 3 302
Hits 0 69
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 1 53

Dennis Martinez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 2
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Busch Stadium - August 28, 1998
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Single
Dennis Martinez
Eddie Perez
Andres Galarraga
Keith Lockhart
Chipper Jones
Ozzie Guillen
Ryan Klesko
Andruw Jones
Michael Tucker
Ron Gant
Ray Lankford
Brian Jordan
Eli Marrero

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 4 12 1 14
St. Louis Cardinals 5 9 2 7
Winning Pitcher Juan Acevedo
Losing Pitcher Dennis Martinez
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ron Gant
Attendance 45,666
Time of Game 3 hours 28 minutes
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Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

End of Game

Gant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marrero scores. Jordan moves to third. Lankford moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Lankford is walked intentionally. Marrero moves to third. Jordan moves to second.
Bottom 10 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 10 Jordan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Kelly bunts towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Lockhart covering, for the out. Marrero moves to second.
Bottom 10 Keith Lockhart now playing second base. Ozzie Guillen now playing shortstop. Dennis Martinez now pitching. Marrero hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Acevedo covering, for the out.
Top 10 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tucker for the out. Lockhart moves to third. Weiss moves to second.
Top 10 Weiss takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Ozzie Guillen pinch hits for John Rocker. Guillen bunts towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Kelly covering, for the out. Lockhart moves to second.
Top 10 Keith Lockhart pinch hits for Tony Graffanino. Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Ordaz strikes out.
Bottom 9 John Rocker now pitching. Acevedo strikes out.
Bottom 9 Tatis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Kerry Ligtenberg now pitching. Gant hits a fly ball into left field. Klesko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Klesko for the out.
Top 9 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Galarraga moves to third.
Top 9 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Juan Acevedo now pitching. Galarraga hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lankford throws the ball in to Kelly who tags Jones trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 8 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 8 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rudy Seanez now pitching. Jordan strikes out.
Top 8 Tucker hits a popup towards third. Tatis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lance Painter now pitching. Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Maddux bunts towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maddux for the out. Graffanino moves to second.
Top 8 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly misplays the ball. That's an error on Kelly.
Bottom 7 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 7 Marrero strikes out.
Bottom 7 Michael Tucker now playing right field. Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Klesko hits a line drive into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tucker scores. Jones scores. Galarraga moves to second.
Top 7 Galarraga is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Jones hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Jordan. Jones reaches second base with a double. Tucker moves to third.
Top 7 Michael Tucker pinch hits for Gerald Williams. Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Luis Ordaz now playing shortstop. Mark Petkovsek now pitching. Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Petkovsek covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gant hits a popup towards first. Galarraga settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maddux hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jones scores. Klesko moves to second.
Top 6 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco fields it and throws to second for the out. Jones moves to third.
Top 6 Perez takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second.
Top 6 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Galarraga hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lankford hits a line drive into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McGwire takes first base on ball four. Jordan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Marrero hits a popup, foul, towards first. Galarraga settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Williams hits a popup into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Fernando Tatis now playing third base. Maddux hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mercker strikes out.
Bottom 4 Polanco hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mabry strikes out.
Top 4 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Klesko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Top 4 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Galarraga scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Galarraga strikes out. The ball gets by Marrero. He chases the ball to the backstop. Galarraga moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maddux fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maddux fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McGwire hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Weiss, and into shallow left field. McGwire reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Jordan strikes out.
Top 3 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Maddux hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mabry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Marrero. The throw from Perez and he is out, Jones applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Marrero hits a ball on the ground for a single. There's an error on the play. Polanco scores. Marrero moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mercker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Polanco moves to second.
Bottom 2 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Mercker, and towards Kelly, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Klesko takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Perez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lankford. Perez reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mabry strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Lankford. The throw from Perez and he is safe. Lankford steals second.
Bottom 1 Gant hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McGwire tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Lankford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jordan scores. McGwire moves to third.
Bottom 1 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Jordan. The throw from Perez and he is safe. Jordan steals second.
Bottom 1 Jordan hits a line drive beyond short. Weiss can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Weiss hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.