Cubs @ Mets
April 16, 1998

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 8 13 0
Mets 4 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 8 13 0
Mets 4 12 0

Matt Franco Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .308
OBP .000 .438
At Bats 0 13
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 0

Rod Beck Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 5
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Shea Stadium - April 16, 1998
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Strikeout
Rod Beck
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Mickey Morandini
Kevin Orie
Jeff Blauser
Matt Mieske
Brant Brown
Sammy Sosa
Matt Franco
Brian McRae
John Olerud

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 8 13 0 10
New York Mets 4 12 0 12
Winning Pitcher Kevin Tapani
Losing Pitcher Dave Mlicki
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Brant Brown
Attendance 50,814
Time of Game 3 hours 24 minutes
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Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

Matt Franco pinch hits for Alberto Castillo. Franco strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Olerud moves to third. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 9 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beck fields it and throws to first for the out. Olerud moves to second.
Bottom 9 Olerud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Matt Mieske now playing left field. Rod Beck now pitching. Scott Servais now catching. Gilkey hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lance Johnson pinch hits for Terry Adams. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Top 9 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Orie hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blauser strikes out.
Top 9 Mel Rojas now pitching. Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gilkey. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Jim Tatum pinch hits for John Hudek. Tatum strikes out.
Bottom 8 Alfonzo strikes out.
Bottom 8 Terry Adams now pitching. Huskey strikes out.
Top 8 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Sosa hits a fly ball for an out.
Top 8 Morandini hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 John Hudek now pitching. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ordonez for the out.
Bottom 7 Castillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Amaury Telemaco now pitching. McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Baerga strikes out.
Top 7 VanRyn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McRae who is chasing the ball. Martinez reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blauser strikes out.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Grace takes first base on ball four. Sosa moves to second.
Top 7 Butch Huskey now playing right field. Turk Wendell now pitching. Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Ben VanRyn now pitching. Olerud hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gilkey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alfonzo scores.
Bottom 6 Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Becker strikes out.
Bottom 6 Alfonzo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Alfonzo reaches second base with a double. Lopez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Luis Lopez pinch hits for Brian Bohanon. Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brown hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McRae who is chasing the ball. Brown reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Tapani strikes out.
Top 6 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bohanon, and towards Baerga, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Castillo strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes McRae. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Bottom 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tapani fields it and throws to second for the out. Gilkey moves to third.
Bottom 5 Baerga hits a popup, foul, towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Olerud hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilkey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gilkey takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Orie hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blauser is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops it up and throws to first, with Bohanon covering, for the out.
Top 5 Brian Bohanon now pitching. Grace hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Becker strikes out.
Bottom 4 Alfonzo strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mlicki hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Morandini hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tapani scores. Brown scores.
Top 4 Brown hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Becker. Brown reaches second base with a double. Tapani moves to third.
Top 4 Tapani hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Castillo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Castillo bunts towards third. Orie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gilkey scores. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 3 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Gilkey moves to third.
Bottom 3 Baerga hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gilkey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gilkey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sosa moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Sosa. The throw from Castillo and he is safe. Sosa steals second.
Top 3 Grace strikes out.
Top 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Becker 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 2 Alfonzo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mlicki bunts towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out. Castillo moves to third. Ordonez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ordonez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Castillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Castillo reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Orie scores. Martinez scores.
Top 2 Tapani strikes out.
Top 2 Martinez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Martinez reaches second base with a double. Orie moves to third.
Top 2 Orie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Blauser hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rodriguez for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Baerga hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Baerga reaches second base with a double. Olerud moves to third.
Bottom 1 Olerud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gilkey strikes out.
Bottom 1 Becker strikes out.
Bottom 1 Alfonzo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to third.
Top 1 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morandini for the out. Brown moves to second.
Top 1 Brown takes first base on ball four.