Cubs @ Cardinals
September 8, 1998

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 12 1
Cardinals 6 5 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 12 1
Cardinals 6 5 0

Orlando Merced Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .277
OBP .000 .336
At Bats 0 213
Hits 0 59
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 35

Juan Acevedo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 3 6
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Busch Stadium - September 8, 1998
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Out
Juan Acevedo
Tom Lampkin
Mark McGwire
Delino DeShields
Fernando Tatis
Luis Ordaz
J.D. Drew
Ray Lankford
John Mabry
Orlando Merced
Glenallen Hill

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 12 1 13
St. Louis Cardinals 6 5 0 1
Winning Pitcher Kent Mercker
Losing Pitcher Steve Trachsel
Save Juan Acevedo
Game Winning RBI Ray Lankford
Attendance 43,688
Time of Game 2 hours 46 minutes
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Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Orlando Merced pinch hits for Felix Heredia. Merced hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Gaetti hits a fly ball into left field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hill hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lankford. Hill reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Tom Lampkin now catching. Juan Acevedo now pitching. Sosa strikes out.
Bottom 8 Felix Heredia now pitching. Lankford hits a popup into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Tatis strikes out.
Bottom 8 Manny Alexander now playing second base. Don Wengert now pitching. DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeShields for the out.
Top 8 Grace hits a fly ball into left field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 John Frascatore now pitching. Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Servais scores. Alexander moves to third.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Painter covering, for the out. Servais moves to third. Alexander moves to second.
Top 8 Manny Alexander pinch hits for Terry Mulholland. Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Servais moves to second.
Top 8 Servais hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Marrero strikes out.
Bottom 7 Drew hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jason Maxwell now playing second base. Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Maxwell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lance Painter now pitching. Matt Mieske pinch hits for Mickey Morandini. Mieske hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gaetti takes first base on ball four. Grace moves to third. Hill moves to second.
Top 7 Hill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grace moves to second.
Top 7 Sosa hits a fly ball into left field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 J.D. Drew now playing left field. Rich Croushore now pitching. Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Mabry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Terry Mulholland now pitching. Mabry hits a fly ball into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gant hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Lankford hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 McGwire is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Tatis hits a fly ball into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 DeShields hits a line drive into left field. Hill picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hill. Marrero scores. DeShields moves to second.
Bottom 6 The umpire calls a balk on Trachsel Marrero moves to second.
Bottom 6 Marrero takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 J.D. Drew pinch hits for Kent Mercker. Drew strikes out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Trachsel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Servais moves to second.
Top 6 Servais hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ordaz hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mabry 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 5 Gant hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hill hits a popup towards short. Ordaz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Mabry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lankford strikes out.
Bottom 4 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Tatis strikes out.
Bottom 4 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Mabry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trachsel strikes out.
Top 4 Servais hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gaetti moves to third. Morandini moves to second.
Top 4 Morandini takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 The umpire calls a balk on Mercker Gaetti moves to second.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Mabry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Marrero hits a line drive into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mercker strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ordaz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morandini settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mabry hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gant hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lankford strikes out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Trachsel hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Servais hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Tatis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Trachsel fires to first and picks off DeShields.
Bottom 1 DeShields bunts towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grace scores. Hill moves to third.
Top 1 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields it and throws to second for the out. Grace moves to third.
Top 1 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Grace moves to second.
Top 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Hernandez moves to second.
Top 1 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.