Brewers @ Cubs
September 12, 1998

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Bottom 9 R H E
Brewers 12 16 0
Cubs 12 17 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Brewers 12 16 0
Cubs 15 18 2

Orlando Merced Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .276
OBP .000 .335
At Bats 0 217
Hits 0 60
• Singles 0 43
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 36

Bob Wickman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 8 23
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Wrigley Field - September 12, 1998
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Home Run
Bob Wickman
Mike Matheny
Mark Loretta
Fernando Vina
Jeff Cirillo
Jose Valentin
Darrin Jackson
Marquis Grissom
Jeromy Burnitz
Orlando Merced
Tyler Houston
Mickey Morandini

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Brewers 12 16 0 5
Chicago Cubs 15 18 2 5
Winning Pitcher Rod Beck
Losing Pitcher Bob Wickman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Orlando Merced
Attendance 39,170
Time of Game 3 hours 16 minutes
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Count: 1-0, 1 Out
Count: 1-0, 1 Out

End of Game

Orlando Merced pinch hits for Manny Alexander. Merced hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Houston hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sosa scores. Hill scores. Morandini moves to third.
Bottom 9 Morandini takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Gaetti bunts towards first. Loretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Vina covering, for the out. Sosa moves to third. Hill moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sosa moves to second.
Bottom 9 Darrin Jackson now playing left field. Mike Matheny now catching. Bob Wickman now pitching. Sosa hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Darrin Jackson pinch runs for Marc Newfield. Hughes strikes out.
Top 9 Marc Newfield pinch hits for Geoff Jenkins. Rod Beck now pitching. Manny Alexander now playing shortstop. Newfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Grissom hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tyler Houston now catching. Terry Mulholland now pitching. Burnitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burnitz for the out.
Bottom 8 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brant Brown pinch hits for Felix Heredia. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valentin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mark Loretta now playing first base. Chad Fox now pitching. Jose Valentin now playing shortstop. Tyler Houston pinch hits for Scott Servais. Houston hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Cirillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Nilsson strikes out.
Top 8 Loretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hill hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Grace hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jenkins. Grace reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Valerio de los Santos now pitching. Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Felix Heredia now pitching. Ronnie Belliard pinch runs for Bob Hamelin. Vina hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sosa throws the ball in to Hernandez who tags Vina trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Belliard scores.
Top 7 Bob Hamelin pinch hits for Rafael Roque. Hamelin hits a ball on the ground into right field. That will be extra bases. Sosa fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Sosa. Jenkins goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Hughes strikes out.
Top 7 Jenkins takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Grissom strikes out.
Bottom 6 Stevens strikes out.
Bottom 6 Servais hits a popup into left field. Jenkins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gaetti hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Hill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Burnitz hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cirillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Nilsson hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a line drive into left field. Jenkins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nilsson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Roque covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 5 Stevens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Loretta strikes out.
Top 5 Vina hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jenkins scores. Hughes scores. Vina moves to second.
Top 5 Roque bunts towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Jenkins moves to third. Hughes moves to second.
Top 5 Hughes takes first base on ball four. Jenkins moves to second.
Top 5 Jenkins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Grissom hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Servais hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Vina settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Gaetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Burnitz hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cirillo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Loretta moves to second.
Top 4 Nilsson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Loretta hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Dave Stevens now pitching. Vina hits a line drive into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Burnitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a line drive into right field. Burnitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Roque hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roque for the out.
Top 3 Hughes hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Jenkins hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Burnitz hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Cirillo hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Hill. Cirillo reaches second base with a double. Nilsson scores.
Top 3 Nilsson hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Johnson who is chasing the ball. Nilsson reaches third base with a triple. Hughes scores. Vina scores. Loretta goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Loretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hughes moves to third. Vina moves to second.
Top 3 Vina hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez misplays the ball. That's an error on Hernandez.
Top 3 Roque bunts towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Hughes moves to second.
Top 3 Hughes hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Morgan hits a popup into left field for a base hit. Morandini moves to third.
Bottom 2 Servais hits a fly ball into left field. Jenkins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Morandini hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sosa scores. Hill scores.
Bottom 2 Gaetti hits a popup towards short. Loretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Hill moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hill hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sosa moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sosa takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Jenkins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Grissom takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Burnitz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Burnitz reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Cirillo strikes out.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nilsson 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 1 Loretta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Vina hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vina for the out.