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June 28, 1998

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Cubs 6 8 0
Royals 3 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 8 0
Royals 3 11 2

Dean Palmer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .292
OBP .750 .337
At Bats 4 281
Hits 3 82
• Singles 2 49
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 16
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 1 45

Rod Beck Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 17
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Kauffman Stadium - June 28, 1998
Out
Rod Beck
Sandy Martinez
Mark Grace
Mickey Morandini
Kevin Orie
Manny Alexander
Jose Hernandez
Terrell Lowery
Sammy Sosa
Dean Palmer
Hal Morris
Johnny Damon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 8 0 5
Kansas City Royals 3 11 2 10
Winning Pitcher Geremi Gonzalez
Losing Pitcher Pat Rapp
Save Rod Beck
Game Winning RBI Kevin Orie
Attendance 34,287
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Rod Beck now pitching. Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to second for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Morris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Damon moves to third.
Bottom 9 Offerman hits a fly ball into center field. Lowery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Jose Hernandez now playing left field. Terrell Lowery now playing center field. Halter strikes out.
Top 9 Mieske strikes out.
Top 9 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Pittsley covering, for the out.
Top 9 Jim Pittsley now pitching. Alexander hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Conine hits a fly ball into left field. Mieske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Orie strikes out.
Top 8 Scott Service now pitching. There goes Hernandez. The throw from Sweeney and he is out, Halter applying the tag.
Top 8 Hernandez takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 8 Martinez bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Sweeney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Matt Whisenant now pitching. Hal Morris now playing left field. Jeff Conine now playing right field. Jeff King now playing first base. Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jeff King pinch hits for Larry Sutton. King strikes out.
Bottom 7 Palmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Morris hits a line drive towards short. Alexander reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Matt Mieske now playing left field. Sandy Martinez now catching. Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Orie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Grace hits a popup into left field. Conine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sosa hits a line drive into left field. Conine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Matt Mieske pinch hits for Pedro Valdes. Mieske hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Terry Mulholland now pitching. Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mulholland fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Halter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Conine moves to third.
Bottom 6 Conine hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdes. Conine reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Mack hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Sutton 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 6 Palmer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Alexander strikes out.
Top 6 Orie hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Damon. Orie reaches second base with a double. Hernandez goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a line drive beyond second. Offerman can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 6 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Morris hits a line drive into center field. Hernandez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Offerman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Halter moves to third.
Bottom 5 Halter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdes. Halter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Sweeney hits a popup into center field. Hernandez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Conine hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Chris Haney now pitching. Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Grace takes first base on ball four. Sosa moves to second.
Top 5 Sosa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Valdes hits a line drive into right field. Sutton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morandini strikes out.
Top 5 Alexander hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Mack 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 4 Sutton hits a popup towards third. Orie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Palmer hits a line drive into center field. Hernandez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Morris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdes. Morris reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Palmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Houston. The throw from Sweeney and he is out, Halter applying the tag.
Top 4 Houston hits a line drive beyond third. Palmer can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Offerman hits a fly ball into center field. Hernandez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Damon hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Halter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Sosa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morandini scores.
Top 3 Valdes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morandini moves to second.
Top 3 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Conine hits a line drive into left field. Valdes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mack hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Orie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Halter throws to second for one, and Offerman throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Grace scores. Houston scores.
Top 2 Hernandez takes first base on ball four. Grace moves to third. Houston moves to second.
Top 2 Houston takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Grace. The throw from Sweeney and he is safe. Grace steals second.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a popup towards third. Palmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Sutton hits a popup into left field. Valdes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Palmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morris moves to second.
Bottom 1 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out.
Top 1 Valdes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Morandini strikes out.