Chicago Cubs 3, Houston Astros 2
Regular Season Game 161
Played on Saturday, September 26, 1998 (N) at Astrodome
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 11 1 HOU N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 0
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnson cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 Morandini 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 Sosa rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 Grace 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 6 1 Hill lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 Beck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 2 0 1 4 4 Houston c 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 Servais ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Blauser ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Merced ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Hernandez ss,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clark p 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 Alexander ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 3 11 3 0 12 27 9 FIELDING - E: Gaetti (5). BATTING - 2B: Clark 2 (2,off Reynolds 2); Gaetti 2 (34,off Reynolds,off Powell). SF: Merced (1,off Reynolds). Team LOB: 8.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Spiers 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 Bell rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Bagwell 1b 4 1 3 2 0 0 9 0 Alou lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Everett cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Eusebio c 4 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 Bogar ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reynolds p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Meluskey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Magnante p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Powell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 34 2 7 2 1 6 27 9 BATTING - 2B: Reynolds (4,off Clark); Alou (34,off Beck). HR: Bagwell (34,9th inning off Beck 0 on 0 out). Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Clark W(9-14) 8 5 1 1 1 5 0 30 Beck SV(50) 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 6 1 35
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Reynolds 7 7 1 1 0 11 0 28 Magnante 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Powell L(7-7) 0.1 3 2 2 0 1 0 4 Miller 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 9 11 3 3 0 12 0 38 WP: Reynolds (5). Inherited Runners - Scored: Miller 1-0. . Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Mark Hirschbeck, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Bruce Froemming Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 51950 Starting Lineups: Chicago Cubs Houston Astros 1. Johnson cf Biggio 2b 2. Morandini 2b Spiers 3b 3. Sosa rf Bell rf 4. Grace 1b Bagwell 1b 5. Hill lf Alou lf 6. Gaetti 3b Everett cf 7. Houston c Eusebio c 8. Blauser ss Bogar ss 9. Clark p Reynolds p CUBS 1ST: Johnson struck out; Morandini singled to second; Sosa popped to first; Grace struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Biggio flied to left; Spiers singled to left; Bell singled to right [Spiers to second]; Bagwell singled to center [Spiers scored, Bell to third]; Alou reached on a fielder's choice [Bell out at home (third to catcher to third), Bagwell to third]; Everett walked [Alou to second]; Eusebio grounded out (third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 2ND: Hill singled to left; Gaetti struck out; Houston struck out; Blauser forced Hill (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Bogar grounded out (third to first); Reynolds flied to right; Biggio grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 3RD: Clark struck out; Johnson singled to second; Morandini was called out on strikes; Sosa singled to shortstop [Johnson to second]; Grace grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Spiers was called out on strikes; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Bagwell singled to third [Bagwell to second (error by Gaetti)]; Alou struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 4TH: Hill grounded out (second to first); Gaetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Houston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Everett grounded out (second to first); Eusebio grounded out (third to first); Bogar flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 5TH: Blauser flied to right; Clark doubled to right; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Morandini struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Reynolds doubled to center; Biggio struck out; Spiers grounded out (first to pitcher) [Reynolds to third]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 6TH: Sosa struck out; Grace struck out; Hill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Bagwell flied to left; Alou popped to shortstop; Everett flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 7TH: Gaetti doubled to third; Reynolds threw a wild pitch [Gaetti to third]; Houston grounded out (pitcher to first); MERCED BATTED FOR BLAUSER; Merced out on a sacrifice fly to center [Gaetti scored]; Clark doubled to left; Johnson flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED MERCED (PLAYING SS); Eusebio lined to third; Bogar flied to center; MELUSKEY BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Meluskey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 1. CUBS 8TH: MAGNANTE REPLACED MELUSKEY (PITCHING); Morandini grounded out (pitcher to first); POWELL REPLACED MAGNANTE (PITCHING); Sosa singled to shortstop; Grace singled to first [Sosa to second]; Hill was called out on strikes; Gaetti doubled to center [Sosa scored, Grace scored]; MILLER REPLACED POWELL (PITCHING); SERVAIS BATTED FOR HOUSTON; Servais popped to third (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: SERVAIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Biggio popped to second; Spiers flied to left; Bell popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 1. CUBS 9TH: Hernandez flied to right; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR CLARK; Alexander flied to left; Johnson singled to second; Morandini grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: HERNANDEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BECK REPLACED HILL (PITCHING); Bagwell homered; Alou doubled to right; Everett grounded out (second to first) [Alou to third]; Eusebio struck out; CLARK BATTED FOR BOGAR; Clark grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubs 3 11 1 8 Astros 2 7 0 6
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