Cubs @ Cardinals
August 9, 1998

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 1 5 1
Cardinals 2 5 2
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 1 5 1
Cardinals 2 5 2

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .310
OBP 1.000 .378
At Bats 1 452
Hits 1 140
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 44
Walks 3 53
RBI’s 0 114

Jeff Brantley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 5 13
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Busch Stadium - August 9, 1998
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Strikeout
Jeff Brantley
Tom Lampkin
Mark McGwire
Pat Kelly
Fernando Tatis
Luis Ordaz
Ron Gant
Ray Lankford
Brian Jordan
Sammy Sosa
Mark Grace

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 1 5 1 12
St. Louis Cardinals 2 5 2 9
Winning Pitcher Darren Oliver
Losing Pitcher Don Wengert
Save Jeff Brantley
Game Winning RBI John Mabry
Attendance 47,798
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Sosa strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jeff Brantley now pitching. Blauser hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Eli Marrero pinch hits for John Frascatore. Marrero strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lampkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Felix Heredia now pitching. Sandy Martinez now catching. Tatis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sandy Martinez pinch hits for Matt Karchner. Martinez hits a popup into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brant Brown pinch hits for Scott Servais. Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gant strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lankford hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Henry Rodriguez now playing left field. Tyler Houston now playing third base. McGwire strikes out.
Top 7 Houston strikes out.
Top 7 Tyler Houston pinch hits for Jose Hernandez. The ball gets by Lampkin for a passed ball. Sosa moves to third. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 7 Henry Rodriguez pinch hits for Glenallen Hill. Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sosa moves to second.
Top 7 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Frascatore covering, for the out.
Top 7 John Frascatore now pitching. Morandini hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Matt Karchner now pitching. Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Kelly takes first base on ball four. Ordaz moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 John Mabry pinch hits for Darren Oliver. Mabry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Lampkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tatis hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wengert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly misplays the ball. That's an error on Kelly.
Top 6 Servais hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Lankford hits a popup into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Hill hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Grace moves to third. Sosa moves to second.
Top 5 Sosa takes first base on ball four. Grace moves to second.
Top 5 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ordaz hits a line drive into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lampkin takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wengert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oliver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Servais hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lankford. Servais reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tatis hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gant takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Lankford hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Hill. Lankford reaches second base with a double. Jordan scores. McGwire moves to third.
Bottom 3 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Jordan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hill. Jordan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sosa moves to third.
Top 3 The umpire calls a balk on Oliver Sosa moves to second.
Top 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Morandini strikes out.
Bottom 2 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lampkin hits a popup into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tatis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser misplays the ball. That's an error on Blauser. Lankford moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lankford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Blauser hits a popup into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wengert takes first base on ball four. Servais moves to second.
Top 2 Servais hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Sosa scores. Hernandez moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sosa moves to third.
Top 2 Hernandez takes first base on ball four. Sosa moves to second.
Top 2 Hill hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 1 Jordan hits a fly ball into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Morandini hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Oliver fields it and throws to first for the out.