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Wrigley Field, Attendance: 34,857 |
Wednesday, September 9, 1998, 1:23 Time of Game: 2:21 |
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Pirates
2
66-78
Lost 1
5th, 26 GB
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Pirates 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Cubs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 6 0
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Cubs
4
81-65
Won 1
2nd, 12 GB
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Pittsburgh Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details A Brown CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .317 .744 27 16 2 0 2B D Strange 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .173 .436 9 8 1 1 J Kendall C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .327 .885 15 9 10 0 CS K Young 1B 4 0 1 1 0 2 .282 .832 24 20 9 0 J Guillen RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .274 .723 16 11 2 0 T Ward LF 3 1 1 1 0 2 .269 .774 19 12 0 0 HR F Garcia 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .896 16 10 0 2 K Polcovich SS 2 0 0 0 0 2 .190 .510 8 6 0 3 CS E Brown PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .552 5 3 0 0 J Christiansen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 0 0 T Van Poppel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .552 0 0 J Schmidt P 2 0 1 0 0 1 .088 .225 5 3 0 0 T Laker PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .833 2 1 0 0 A Nunez PR-SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .289 0 0 Totals 31 2 5 0 1 12 146 99 24 6
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details L Johnson CF 4 2 3 0 0 1 .259 .627 17 13 2 0 SB M Morandini 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .781 9 7 1 2 S Sosa RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 .311 1.024 19 9 3 0 M Grace 1B 3 1 1 3 1 1 .317 .892 14 5 5 1 HR,IW H Rodriguez LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251 .876 2 1 0 0 B Brown LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .297 .864 8 6 0 0 M Mieske PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .782 0 0 O Merced PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 .279 .742 5 2 0 0 R Beck P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 G Gaetti 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283 .848 13 9 0 1 T Houston C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .242 .651 12 7 11 2 J Hernandez SS-LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .808 7 5 4 3 M Clark P 3 0 0 0 0 3 .036 .123 10 9 1 0 T Mulholland P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .522 0 0 M Alexander SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 .633 0 0 Totals 31 4 6 0 2 10 116 73 27 9
Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA J Schmidt, L (11-11) 7 4 3 3 1 9 1 3.87 27 95-64 35·15·14 10· 7· 2· 0 65 - 0.76 0.04 J Christiansen 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2.34 4 15-6 3· 2· 1 0· 2· 1· 0 0-0 0.76 0.01 T Van Poppel 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.64 2 6-3 2· 1· 0 0· 2· 1· 0 2-1 0.83 -0.06 Totals 8 6 4 4 2 10 1 33 116-73 40·18·15 10·11· 4· 0 2-1
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA M Clark, W (8-13) 7.2 5 2 2 1 10 1 4.87 28 122-82 40·16·26 7·10· 4· 0 70 - 1.16 0.32 T Mulholland, H (18) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.67 1 2-1 1· 0· 0 1· 0· 0· 0 1-0 2.83 0.08 R Beck, S (45) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.10 3 14-11 6· 2· 3 0· 1· 1· 0 0-0 1.04 0.08 Totals 9 5 2 2 1 12 1 32 138-94 47·18·29 8·11· 5· 0 1-0
Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs 1. Adrian Brown CF 1. Lance Johnson CF 2. Doug Strange 2B 2. Mickey Morandini 2B 3. Jason Kendall C 3. Sammy Sosa RF 4. Kevin Young 1B 4. Mark Grace 1B 5. Jose Guillen RF 5. Henry Rodriguez LF 6. Turner Ward LF 6. Gary Gaetti 3B 7. Freddy Garcia 3B 7. Tyler Houston C 8. Kevin Polcovich SS 8. Jose Hernandez SS 9. Jason Schmidt P 9. Mark Clark P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| b1 | 1 | 12- | RRR | 3,(2-0) | 23% | 71% | 0-1 | CHC | M. Grace | J. Schmidt | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Johnson Scores; Sosa Scores |
| t2 | 0 | --- | R | 6,(3-2) | -9% | 60% | 1-3 | PIT | T. Ward | M. Clark | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| t1 | 2 | --3 | R | 6,(1-2) | -8% | 43% | 0-0 | PIT | K. Young | M. Clark | Single to LF (Line Drive); Brown Scores |
| t8 | 2 | -2- | O | 2,(1-0) | 8% | 87% | 2-3 | PIT | D. Strange | T. Mulholland | Groundout: SS-1B |
| b8 | 2 | 12- | R | 5,(3-1) | 8% | 94% | 3-2 | CHC | O. Merced | T. Van Poppel | Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Johnson Scores; Grace to 3B |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Cubs' Mark Clark facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | 4,(1-2) | -6% | 44% | 0-0 | PIT | A. Brown | M. Clark | Double to RF (Ground Ball) | |
| t1 | 0 | -2- | O | 3,(0-2) | 4% | 48% | 0-0 | PIT | D. Strange | M. Clark | Strikeout Swinging |
| t1 | 1 | -2- | 6,(3-2) | -2% | 46% | 0-0 | PIT | J. Kendall | M. Clark | Walk | |
| t1 | 1 | 12- | O | 2,(0-2) | 5% | 51% | 0-0 | PIT | K. Young | M. Clark | Kendall Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS); Brown to 3B |
| t1 | 2 | --3 | R | 6,(1-2) | -8% | 43% | 0-0 | PIT | K. Young | M. Clark | Single to LF (Line Drive); Brown Scores |
| t1 | 2 | 1-- | O | 4,(1-2) | 2% | 45% | 1-0 | PIT | J. Guillen | M. Clark | Flyball: CF |
| 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cubs 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-1, Pirates' Jason Schmidt facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | 3,(1-1) | 4% | 49% | 0-1 | CHC | L. Johnson | J. Schmidt | Single to 2B (Bunt to Weak 2B) | |
| b1 | 0 | 1-- | O | 3,(0-2) | -3% | 45% | 0-1 | CHC | M. Morandini | J. Schmidt | Lineout: 2B |
| b1 | 1 | 1-- | 7,(3-2) | 4% | 49% | 0-1 | CHC | S. Sosa | J. Schmidt | Walk; Johnson to 2B | |
| b1 | 1 | 12- | RRR | 3,(2-0) | 23% | 71% | 0-1 | CHC | M. Grace | J. Schmidt | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Johnson Scores; Sosa Scores |
| b1 | 1 | --- | O | 2,(1-0) | -1% | 70% | 3-1 | CHC | H. Rodriguez | J. Schmidt | Groundout: 3B-1B |
| b1 | 2 | --- | 4,(2-1) | 1% | 71% | 3-1 | CHC | G. Gaetti | J. Schmidt | Reached on E6 (Ground Ball) | |
| b1 | 2 | 1-- | O | 1,(0-0) | -2% | 69% | 3-1 | CHC | T. Houston | J. Schmidt | Groundout: 1B unassisted |
| 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-3, Cubs' Mark Clark facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| Brant Brown replaces Henry Rodriguez playing LF batting 5th | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | R | 6,(3-2) | -9% | 60% | 1-3 | PIT | T. Ward | M. Clark | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) |
| t2 | 0 | --- | O | 6,(2-2) | 2% | 63% | 2-3 | PIT | F. Garcia | M. Clark | Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF) |
| t2 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 2% | 64% | 2-3 | PIT | K. Polcovich | M. Clark | Strikeout Swinging |
| t2 | 2 | --- | 5,(2-2) | -1% | 63% | 2-3 | PIT | J. Schmidt | M. Clark | Single to CF (Line Drive) | |
| t2 | 2 | 1-- | O | 2,(1-0) | 3% | 66% | 2-3 | PIT | A. Brown | M. Clark | Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B |
| 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-2, Pirates' Jason Schmidt facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -2% | 63% | 3-2 | CHC | J. Hernandez | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Swinging |
| b2 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -1% | 62% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Clark | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Swinging |
| b2 | 2 | --- | 5,(1-2) | 1% | 63% | 3-2 | CHC | L. Johnson | J. Schmidt | Single to P (Ground Ball) | |
| b2 | 2 | 1-- | 1,(0-0) | 2% | 65% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Morandini | J. Schmidt | Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Johnson to 3B | |
| b2 | 2 | 1-3 | O | 2,(1-0) | -4% | 61% | 3-2 | CHC | S. Sosa | J. Schmidt | Groundout: 3B-1B |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-3, Cubs' Mark Clark facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | 3% | 64% | 2-3 | PIT | D. Strange | M. Clark | Lineout: RF |
| t3 | 1 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | 2% | 66% | 2-3 | PIT | J. Kendall | M. Clark | Flyball: RF |
| t3 | 2 | --- | O | 5,(1-2) | 1% | 67% | 2-3 | PIT | K. Young | M. Clark | Popfly: SS (Short LF) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-2, Pirates' Jason Schmidt facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | -2% | 65% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Grace | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Looking |
| b3 | 1 | --- | O | 7,(2-2) | -1% | 63% | 3-2 | CHC | B. Brown | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Swinging |
| b3 | 2 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -1% | 62% | 3-2 | CHC | G. Gaetti | J. Schmidt | Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-3, Cubs' Mark Clark facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | 7,(3-2) | 3% | 65% | 2-3 | PIT | J. Guillen | M. Clark | Strikeout Looking |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 2% | 67% | 2-3 | PIT | T. Ward | M. Clark | Strikeout Swinging |
| t4 | 2 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | 1% | 69% | 2-3 | PIT | F. Garcia | M. Clark | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-2, Pirates' Jason Schmidt facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | -2% | 66% | 3-2 | CHC | T. Houston | J. Schmidt | Flyball: CF |
| b4 | 1 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | -2% | 65% | 3-2 | CHC | J. Hernandez | J. Schmidt | Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line) |
| b4 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | -1% | 64% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Clark | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-3, Cubs' Mark Clark facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | 4,(1-2) | -5% | 58% | 2-3 | PIT | K. Polcovich | M. Clark | Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Polcovich to 1B | |
| t5 | 0 | 1-- | O | 5% | 63% | 2-3 | PIT | J. Schmidt | M. Clark | Strikeout Swinging | |
| t5 | 1 | 1-- | O | 6,(2-2) | 6% | 69% | 2-3 | PIT | A. Brown | M. Clark | Polcovich Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS) |
| t5 | 2 | --- | O | 8,(3-2) | 2% | 71% | 2-3 | PIT | A. Brown | M. Clark | Groundout: SS-1B |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-2, Pirates' Jason Schmidt facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | 8,(2-2) | -2% | 69% | 3-2 | CHC | L. Johnson | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Swinging |
| b5 | 1 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | -2% | 67% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Morandini | J. Schmidt | Groundout: SS-1B |
| b5 | 2 | --- | O | 4,(2-1) | -1% | 66% | 3-2 | CHC | S. Sosa | J. Schmidt | Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-3, Cubs' Mark Clark facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | 4% | 69% | 2-3 | PIT | D. Strange | M. Clark | Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B) |
| t6 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 3% | 72% | 2-3 | PIT | J. Kendall | M. Clark | Groundout: 3B-1B |
| t6 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | 2% | 74% | 2-3 | PIT | K. Young | M. Clark | Strikeout Looking |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-2, Pirates' Jason Schmidt facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | O | 2,(1-0) | -2% | 72% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Grace | J. Schmidt | Groundout: SS-1B |
| b6 | 1 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | -2% | 70% | 3-2 | CHC | B. Brown | J. Schmidt | Popfly: 1B (2B-1B) |
| b6 | 2 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -1% | 69% | 3-2 | CHC | G. Gaetti | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-3, Cubs' Mark Clark facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | 4% | 73% | 2-3 | PIT | J. Guillen | M. Clark | Groundout: SS-1B |
| t7 | 1 | --- | O | 9,(3-2) | 3% | 76% | 2-3 | PIT | T. Ward | M. Clark | Strikeout Swinging |
| t7 | 2 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | 2% | 79% | 2-3 | PIT | F. Garcia | M. Clark | Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-2, Pirates' Jason Schmidt facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | 6,(3-2) | -2% | 77% | 3-2 | CHC | T. Houston | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Swinging |
| b7 | 1 | --- | O | 2,(1-0) | -2% | 75% | 3-2 | CHC | J. Hernandez | J. Schmidt | Groundout: SS-1B |
| b7 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | -1% | 74% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Clark | J. Schmidt | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-3, Cubs' Mark Clark facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| Emil Brown pinch hits for Kevin Polcovich (SS) batting 8th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | 6% | 80% | 2-3 | PIT | E. Brown | M. Clark | Strikeout Swinging |
| Tim Laker pinch hits for Jason Schmidt (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 1 | --- | 2,(1-0) | -6% | 74% | 2-3 | PIT | T. Laker | M. Clark | Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line) | |
| Abraham Nunez pinch runs for Tim Laker (PH) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 1 | 1-- | O | 7,(3-2) | 5% | 78% | 2-3 | PIT | A. Brown | M. Clark | Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Nunez to 2B |
| Terry Mulholland replaces Mark Clark pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 2 | -2- | O | 2,(1-0) | 8% | 87% | 2-3 | PIT | D. Strange | T. Mulholland | Groundout: SS-1B |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 3-2, Pirates' Jason Christiansen facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| Jason Christiansen replaces Emil Brown (PH) pitching and batting 8th; Abraham Nunez moves from PR to SS | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | 1,(0-0) | 2% | 88% | 3-2 | CHC | L. Johnson | J. Christiansen | Single to LF (Line Drive) | |
| b8 | 0 | 1-- | O | 4,(2-1) | -2% | 87% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Morandini | J. Christiansen | Flyball: CF |
| b8 | 1 | 1-- | O | 6,(3-2) | -1% | 86% | 3-2 | CHC | S. Sosa | J. Christiansen | Strikeout Swinging, Johnson Steals 2B |
| b8 | 2 | -2- | 4,(3-0) | 0% | 86% | 3-2 | CHC | M. Grace | J. Christiansen | Intentional Walk | |
| Todd Van Poppel replaces Jason Christiansen pitching and batting 8th; Matt Mieske pinch hits for Brant Brown (LF) batting 5th; Orlando Merced pinch hits for Matt Mieske batting 5th | |||||||||||
| b8 | 2 | 12- | R | 5,(3-1) | 8% | 94% | 3-2 | CHC | O. Merced | T. Van Poppel | Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Johnson Scores; Grace to 3B |
| b8 | 2 | 1-3 | O | 1,(0-0) | -2% | 92% | 4-2 | CHC | G. Gaetti | T. Van Poppel | Flyball: RF |
| 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 4. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-4, Cubs' Rod Beck facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| Rod Beck replaces Orlando Merced (PH) pitching and batting 5th; Manny Alexander replaces Terry Mulholland (P) playing SS batting 9th; Jose Hernandez moves from SS to LF | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | 2,(0-1) | 4% | 96% | 2-4 | PIT | J. Kendall | R. Beck | Lineout: RF |
| t9 | 1 | --- | O | 8,(2-2) | 2% | 99% | 2-4 | PIT | K. Young | R. Beck | Strikeout Looking |
| t9 | 2 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 1% | 100% | 2-4 | PIT | J. Guillen | R. Beck | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 4. | |||||||||||
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