Pirates @ Cubs
September 9, 1998

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Bottom 8 R H E
Pirates 2 5 1
Cubs 3 5 0
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Pirates 2 5 1
Cubs 3 5 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .312
OBP .333 .378
At Bats 2 574
Hits 0 179
• Singles 0 102
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 58
Walks 1 63
RBI’s 0 140

Jason Christiansen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 6
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Wrigley Field - September 9, 1998
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Strikeout
Jason Christiansen
Jason Kendall
Kevin Young
Doug Strange
Freddy Garcia
Abraham Nunez
Turner Ward
Adrian Brown
Jose Guillen
Sammy Sosa
Lance Johnson
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

Sosa strikes out. There goes Johnson. Here's the throw, and he's safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Morandini hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Abraham Nunez now playing shortstop. Jason Christiansen now pitching. Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Terry Mulholland now pitching. Strange hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Abraham Nunez pinch runs for Tim Laker. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nunez moves to second.
Top 8 Tim Laker pinch hits for Jason Schmidt. Laker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Emil Brown pinch hits for Kevin Polcovich. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 7 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Houston strikes out.
Top 7 Garcia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morandini settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ward strikes out.
Top 7 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Young strikes out.
Top 6 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Strange hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Clark covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strange scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson strikes out.
Top 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Polcovich. The throw from Houston and he is out, Hernandez applying the tag.
Top 5 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 5 Polcovich strikes out.
Bottom 4 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Houston hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Garcia strikes out.
Top 4 Ward strikes out.
Top 4 Guillen strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gaetti hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 3 Grace strikes out.
Top 3 Young hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Strange hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Morandini hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 2 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Polcovich strikes out.
Top 2 Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brant Brown now playing left field. Ward hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Houston for the out.
Bottom 1 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polcovich misplays the ball. That's an error on Polcovich.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Sosa takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Morandini hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Strange reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson bunts towards the right side of the infield. Strange fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown scores.
Top 1 There goes Kendall. The throw from Houston and he is out, Hernandez applying the tag. Brown moves to third.
Top 1 Kendall takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Strange strikes out.
Top 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Brown reaches second base with a double.