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May 16, 1998

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 2 6 1
Astros 2 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 2 6 1
Astros 3 7 0

Craig Biggio Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .319
OBP .250 .394
At Bats 4 160
Hits 1 51
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 16

Kerry Ligtenberg Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 5
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Astrodome - May 16, 1998
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Home Run
Kerry Ligtenberg
Eddie Perez
Andres Galarraga
Keith Lockhart
Chipper Jones
Walt Weiss
Gerald Williams
Andruw Jones
Michael Tucker
Craig Biggio

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 2 6 1 7
Houston Astros 3 7 0 9
Winning Pitcher Doug Henry
Losing Pitcher Kerry Ligtenberg
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Craig Biggio
Attendance 51,526
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 1 Out

End of Game

Biggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Carl Everett pinch hits for Doug Henry. Kerry Ligtenberg now pitching. Everett strikes out.
Top 9 Curtis Pride pinch hits for Mike Cather. Pride strikes out.
Top 9 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. Spiers moves to second.
Bottom 8 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga fields the ball and throws to Cather covering. Safe.
Bottom 8 Hidalgo hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike Cather now pitching. Gerald Williams now playing left field. Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tucker hits a popup towards third. Berry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Klesko hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ausmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doug Henry now pitching. Galarraga strikes out.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Klesko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Biggio hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones strikes out. Ausmus drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Jones out.
Top 7 Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maddux moves to third.
Top 7 Weiss bunts towards the mound. Reynolds fields it and throws to first for the out. Maddux moves to second.
Top 7 Maddux hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Reynolds strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Ausmus. The throw from Perez and he is safe. Ausmus steals second.
Bottom 6 Ausmus is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maddux fields it and throws to first for the out. Spiers moves to third.
Bottom 6 Spiers hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Galarraga, and into shallow right field. Spiers reaches second base with a double. Hidalgo scores.
Bottom 6 There goes Hidalgo. The throw from Perez and he is safe. Hidalgo steals second.
Bottom 6 Hidalgo hits a line drive beyond first. Galarraga can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jones strikes out.
Top 6 Perez strikes out.
Top 6 Tucker hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Bell. The throw from Perez and he is safe. Bell steals second.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss misplays the ball. That's an error on Weiss. Ausmus scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reynolds bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Ausmus moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Klesko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Biggio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spiers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Galarraga for the out.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Spiers strikes out. There goes Hidalgo. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 4 Hidalgo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Weiss takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Maddux bunts towards the mound. Reynolds fields it and throws to first for the out. Tucker scores. Jones moves to second.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out. Tucker moves to third.
Top 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tucker moves to second.
Top 4 Tucker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell strikes out. There goes Biggio. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 3 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maddux fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Galarraga hits a line drive into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jones hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Lockhart hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maddux fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Maddux covering, for the out.
Top 2 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Maddux hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hidalgo for the out.
Bottom 1 Berry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tucker. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Tucker strikes out.
Top 1 Klesko strikes out.
Top 1 Galarraga takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lockhart moves to third.
Top 1 Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spiers fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Weiss takes first base on ball four.