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August 21, 1998

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Placido Polanco Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .263
At Bats 1 56
Hits 0 14
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 1 5

Mel Rojas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 2
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Shea Stadium - August 21, 1998
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Mel Rojas
Jorge Fabregas
John Olerud
Carlos Baerga
Edgardo Alfonzo
Luis Lopez
Tony Phillips
Brian McRae
Jermaine Allensworth
Placido Polanco
Willie McGee
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

Polanco hits a line drive into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jordan strikes out.
Top 9 McGee hits a line drive into center field. McRae picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McRae. Lankford scores. McGwire scores. McGee moves to third.
Top 9 Mark McGwire pinch hits for Rich Croushore. McGwire hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Phillips. McGwire reaches second base with a double. Kelly scores. Lankford moves to third.
Top 9 Lankford takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There goes Kelly. The throw from Fabregas and he is safe. Kelly steals second.
Top 9 Kelly takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Tatis scores.
Top 9 Rojas spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Rojas. Tatis moves to third.
Top 9 Marrero hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tatis moves to second.
Top 9 Jermaine Allensworth now playing right field. Edgardo Alfonzo now playing third base. Tatis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Fabregas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops it up and throws to first, with Croushore covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. McRae scores. Alfonzo moves to third.
Bottom 8 Baerga hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Olerud scores. McRae moves to third. Alfonzo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Edgardo Alfonzo pinch hits for Matt Franco. Rich Croushore now pitching. Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. Allensworth scores. Olerud moves to third. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 8 McRae takes first base on ball four. Allensworth moves to third. Olerud moves to second.
Bottom 8 Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Allensworth moves to second.
Bottom 8 Pat Kelly now playing second base. Lance Painter now pitching. Jermaine Allensworth pinch hits for Lenny Harris. Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Mabry strikes out.
Top 8 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Franco fields it and throws to second for the out. DeShields scores.
Top 8 Jordan is walked intentionally.
Top 8 McGee hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DeShields moves to third.
Top 8 Mel Rojas now pitching. DeShields hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Phillips. DeShields reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Todd Hundley pinch hits for Greg McMichael. Hundley strikes out.
Bottom 7 Fabregas hits a popup towards short. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops it up and throws to first, with McMichael covering, for the out.
Top 7 Morris takes first base on ball four. Tatis moves to second.
Top 7 Marrero hits a line drive towards short. Lopez catches it and throws to second to double up Mabry.
Top 7 Tatis takes first base on ball four. Mabry moves to second.
Top 7 Mabry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a line drive into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops it up and throws to first, with Morris covering, for the out. Franco moves to second.
Bottom 6 Franco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Willie McGee now playing left field. Brian Jordan now playing right field. Ray Lankford now playing center field. Placido Polanco now playing shorMcRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gant hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jordan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morris scores. DeShields moves to third.
Top 6 McGee hits a line drive towards first. Olerud reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Marrero scores. Morris moves to third. DeShields moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Ray Lankford pinch hits for Luis Ordaz. Lankford strikes out.
Top 6 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tatis scores. Marrero moves to third.
Top 6 Greg McMichael now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Tatis moves to third. Marrero moves to second.
Top 6 Marrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tatis moves to second.
Top 6 Tatis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Olerud strikes out.
Bottom 5 Harris hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jordan. Phillips reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Nomo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fabregas hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud fields it, throws to home for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 5 Gant takes first base on ball four. McGee moves to third. Jordan moves to second.
Top 5 Jordan takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Nomo McGee moves to second.
Top 5 McGee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ordaz scores.
Top 5 DeShields strikes out.
Top 5 Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lopez. Ordaz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Baerga hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Franco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McRae moves to third.
Bottom 4 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Morris strikes out.
Top 4 Marrero is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Tatis strikes out.
Top 4 Mabry strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Gant. The throw from Fabregas and he is safe. Gant steals second.
Top 4 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Harris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Phillips moves to third.
Bottom 3 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Nomo strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fabregas hits a fly ball into center field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jordan hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McGee 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 3 DeShields strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tatis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Baerga hits a popup into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Franco strikes out.
Top 2 Ordaz hits a line drive into left field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Morris takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Tatis. The throw from Fabregas and he is out, Franco applying the tag. Marrero moves to second.
Top 2 Marrero takes first base on ball four. Tatis moves to second.
Top 2 Tatis is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Mabry hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Baerga reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gant hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out.
Bottom 1 Olerud strikes out.
Bottom 1 Harris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Harris reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Phillips strikes out.
Top 1 Jordan strikes out.
Top 1 McGee strikes out.
Top 1 DeShields strikes out.