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August 15, 1998

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Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .314
OBP .333 .386
At Bats 3 471
Hits 1 148
• Singles 1 84
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 46
Walks 0 57
RBI’s 1 118

Mike Hampton Season Stats

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9 6 0
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Astrodome - August 15, 1998
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Single
Mike Hampton
Brad Ausmus
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Sean Berry
Ricky Gutierrez
Moises Alou
Carl Everett
Derek Bell
Sammy Sosa
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs

Sosa hits a line drive beyond short. Gutierrez can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Grace strikes out.
Top 7 Blauser strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bagwell hits a line drive towards right. Sosa catches it and throws to first to double up Gutierrez.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Biggio tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Biggio moves to third.
Bottom 6 Biggio hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tapani strikes out.
Top 6 Servais hits a line drive towards short. Gutierrez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hampton strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ausmus hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berry hits a line drive into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Alexander strikes out.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hill hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Everett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tapani fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Bagwell hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Top 4 Blauser hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Johnson. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gutierrez for the out.
Bottom 3 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hampton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Tapani strikes out.
Top 3 Servais is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Alexander hits a line drive into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Everett. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Sosa scores. Hill moves to third.
Top 3 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell fields the ball and throws to Hampton covering. Safe. Blauser scores. Grace scores. Sosa moves to third.
Top 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson scores. Blauser moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Top 3 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. Blauser moves to second.
Top 3 Blauser takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Tapani strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ausmus hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Berry hits a line drive beyond first. Grace can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Everett moves to second.
Bottom 2 Everett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bagwell strikes out.
Top 2 Servais hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alexander is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Hill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Biggio strikes out.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out.
Top 1 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.