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September 25, 1998

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Cubs 2 5 0
Astros 6 11 0
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Cubs 2 5 0
Astros 6 11 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .305
OBP .333 .376
At Bats 3 629
Hits 1 192
• Singles 0 106
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 66
Walks 0 73
RBI’s 1 157

Billy Wagner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 30
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Astrodome - September 25, 1998
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Strikeout
Billy Wagner
Brad Ausmus
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Bill Spiers
Ricky Gutierrez
Moises Alou
Carl Everett
Derek Bell
Sammy Sosa
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs
Count: 2-2, 1 Out

Billy Wagner now pitching. Sosa strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Mitch Meluskey pinch hits for Scott Elarton. Meluskey strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jeff Blauser now playing shortstop. Kurt Miller now pitching. Gutierrez strikes out.
Top 8 Morandini hits a line drive for a double play.
Top 8 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Scott Elarton now pitching. Henry Rodriguez pinch hits for Manny Alexander. Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Everett hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alou takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bagwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spiers scores. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Matt Karchner now pitching. Manny Alexander now playing shortstop. Bell hits a popup beyond first. Grace can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Spiers moves to third.
Bottom 7 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Biggio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morandini settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Clark pinch hits for Jose Lima. Chris Haney now pitching. Russ Johnson pinch hits for Dave Clark. Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Houston moves to second.
Top 7 Houston hits a line drive beyond short. Gutierrez can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 7 Gaetti hits a popup towards third. Spiers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Everett hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bagwell tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Alou is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 There goes Bagwell. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Bagwell steals third.
Bottom 6 Bagwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Bagwell reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lima fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Morandini hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Spiers hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Biggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Lima hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ausmus tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Ausmus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa who is chasing the ball. Ausmus reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Tapani hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lima fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Biggio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Houston strikes out.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Everett strikes out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bagwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out.
Top 4 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Spiers 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 3 There goes Biggio. The throw from Houston and he is out, Hernandez applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Biggio bunts towards short. Hernandez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Lima hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Morandini hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Tapani strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Everett takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 2 Houston hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bagwell hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Spiers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Grace hits a line drive into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sosa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Biggio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morandini bunts towards the mound. Lima fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Everett. Johnson reaches second base with a double.