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Reds 0 4 0
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Cubs 5 9 0
Reds 0 4 0

Rafael Palmeiro Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .303
OBP .333 .343
At Bats 2 455
Hits 0 138
• Singles 0 100
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 27
RBI’s 0 35

Tim Birtsas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Riverfront Stadium - August 17, 1988
Out
Tim Birtsas
Jeff Reed
Nick Esasky
Jeff Treadway
Chris Sabo
Barry Larkin
Kal Daniels
Eric Davis
Paul O'Neill
Rafael Palmeiro
Count: 2-2, 1 Out
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs

Palmeiro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Birtsas fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dawson for the out.
Top 8 Tim Birtsas now pitching. Jeff Reed now catching. Grace hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Neill hits a fly ball into center field. Webster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Webster hits a line drive towards first. Esasky reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sutcliffe hits a popup towards third. Sabo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 6 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Daniels moves to third.
Bottom 6 Sabo strikes out.
Bottom 6 Daniels hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Webster. Daniels reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Berryhill is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Law hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Daniels. Law reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Palmeiro strikes out.
Top 6 Frank Williams now pitching. Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sabo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ken Griffey pinch hits for Rob Dibble. Griffey hits a popup towards short. Dunston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Treadway hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Esasky moves to second.
Bottom 5 Diaz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berryhill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Esasky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Treadway fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Webster hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops it up and throws to first, with Dibble covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sabo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sutcliffe hits a line drive towards third. Sabo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dunston hits a popup, foul, towards first. Esasky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Berryhill moves to third.
Top 4 Berryhill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of O'Neill. Berryhill reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Law hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Treadway scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Daniels hits a fly ball into center field. Webster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dibble strikes out.
Bottom 3 Manny Trillo now playing second base. Treadway hits a fly ball into left field. Palmeiro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Palmeiro hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sabo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Grace strikes out.
Top 3 Manny Trillo pinch hits for Ryne Sandberg. Trillo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Esasky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Palmeiro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rob Dibble now pitching. There goes Webster. The throw from Diaz and he is out, Treadway applying the tag.
Top 2 Webster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Law scores. Dunston scores.
Top 2 Sutcliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sutcliffe for the out.
Top 2 Dunston hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Daniels. Dunston reaches second base with a double. Palmeiro scores. Law moves to third.
Top 2 Berryhill hits a fly ball into left field. Daniels settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Law takes first base on ball four. Palmeiro moves to second.
Top 2 Palmeiro takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sabo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Daniels hits a fly ball into left field. Palmeiro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Grace. The throw from Diaz to Larkin and they have Grace trapped. The throw over to Esasky, who applies the tag for the out. Sandberg scores.
Top 1 Dawson hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sandberg moves to third.
Top 1 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sandberg moves to second.
Top 1 Sandberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Webster hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Armstrong fields it and throws to first for the out.