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June 8, 1998

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 8 13 0
Twins 1 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 8 13 0
Twins 1 10 0

Brent Gates Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .206
OBP .750 .288
At Bats 3 97
Hits 2 20
• Singles 2 16
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 11
RBI’s 0 13

Marc Pisciotta Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - June 8, 1998
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Strikeout
Marc Pisciotta
Sandy Martinez
Mark Grace
Mickey Morandini
Jose Hernandez
Jeff Blauser
Matt Mieske
Brant Brown
Sammy Sosa
Brent Gates
Pat Meares
Matt Lawton
Ron Coomer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 8 13 0 9
Minnesota Twins 1 10 0 10
Winning Pitcher Mark Clark
Losing Pitcher LaTroy Hawkins
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jose Hernandez
Attendance 18,077
Time of Game 3 hours 2 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Gates strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Nixon strikes out.
Bottom 9 Meares takes first base on ball four. Coomer moves to third. Lawton moves to second.
Bottom 9 Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Steinbach hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morandini settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Coomer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Cordova settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mieske strikes out.
Top 9 Blauser takes first base on ball four. Sosa moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Top 9 Derrick White pinch hits for Henry Rodriguez. White hits a fly ball into right field. Lawton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dan Serafini now pitching. Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sosa moves to second.
Top 9 Sosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morandini scores.
Top 9 Morandini hits a line drive off the glove of Merced, and into shallow right field. Morandini reaches second base with a double. Brown scores.
Top 9 Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nixon who is chasing the ball. Brown reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Merced hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cordova hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Gates hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Martinez hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mieske strikes out.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a popup towards third. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Meares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Steinbach hits a line drive off the glove of Grace, and into shallow right field. Steinbach reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dan Naulty now pitching. Blauser hits a line drive into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 7 Grace strikes out.
Top 7 Sosa takes first base on ball four. Morandini moves to second.
Top 7 Morandini hits a line drive beyond third. Gates can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Merced hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cordova strikes out.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Gates hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brown strikes out.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Steinbach fires to first and picks off Martinez.
Top 6 Eddie Guardado now pitching. Martinez bunts towards the mound. Guardado fields it and throws to third for the out. Mieske moves to second.
Top 6 Mieske hits a line drive beyond short. Meares can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Blauser moves to second.
Top 6 Blauser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Meares hits a line drive off the glove of Hernandez, and into shallow left field. Meares reaches second base with a double. Lawton goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Steinbach strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lawton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Coomer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 4 Merced strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cordova hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Mieske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gates takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hawkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Meares scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Walker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nixon 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 3 Meares hits a line drive beyond short. Blauser can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 3 Steinbach hits a line drive into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lawton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Martinez hits a popup towards short. Meares settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Mieske moves to third.
Top 3 Mieske hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Blauser scores. Mieske moves to second.
Top 3 Blauser hits a line drive off the glove of Gates, and into shallow left field. Blauser reaches second base with a double. Grace scores.
Top 3 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 3 Grace hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nixon. Grace reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
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.