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July 24, 1998

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Mets 5 13 0
Cubs 0 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 5 13 0
Cubs 0 5 1

Jeff Blauser Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .239
OBP .333 .363
At Bats 2 289
Hits 0 69
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 53
RBI’s 0 22

Dennis Cook Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 1
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Wrigley Field - July 24, 1998
Dennis Cook
Todd Pratt
John Olerud
Carlos Baerga
Edgardo Alfonzo
Luis Lopez
Lenny Harris
Brian McRae
Butch Huskey
Jeff Blauser
Mark Grace

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 5 13 0 13
Chicago Cubs 0 5 1 6
Winning Pitcher Armando Reynoso
Losing Pitcher Geremi Gonzalez
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI John Olerud
Attendance
Time of Game 3 hours 2 minutes
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Blauser strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kevin Orie pinch hits for Terry Adams. Orie strikes out.
Bottom 9 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Dennis Cook now pitching. Sosa strikes out.
Top 9 Matt Franco pinch hits for Armando Reynoso. Franco strikes out.
Top 9 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Glenallen Hill now playing left field. Terry Adams now pitching. Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Glenallen Hill pinch hits for Rodney Myers. Hill strikes out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Alexander strikes out.
Bottom 8 Servais strikes out.
Top 8 Huskey strikes out.
Top 8 Pratt hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Alfonzo moves to second.
Top 8 Alfonzo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Olerud scores.
Top 8 Olerud hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Olerud reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McRae hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Servais settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a popup into left field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Blauser hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Luis Lopez now playing shortstop. Carlos Baerga now playing second base. Rodriguez hits a popup towards third. Alfonzo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Reynoso strikes out.
Top 7 Carlos Baerga pinch hits for Rey Ordonez. Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alexander fields it and throws to second for the out. Huskey moves to third.
Top 7 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Huskey moves to second.
Top 7 Huskey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rodney Myers now pitching. Manny Alexander now playing second base. Pratt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops it up and throws to first, with Reynoso covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Sosa hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pratt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lenny Harris now playing left field. Edgardo Alfonzo now playing third base. Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hundley strikes out.
Top 6 Olerud strikes out.
Top 6 There goes McRae. The throw from Servais and he is safe. McRae steals third.
Top 6 Harris bunts towards the mound. Fossas fields it and throws to first for the out. McRae moves to second.
Top 6 Tony Fossas now pitching. McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Johnson bunts towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Bottom 5 Sandy Martinez pinch hits for Dave Stevens. Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Servais hits a line drive into right field. Huskey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reynoso strikes out.
Top 5 Ordonez is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Lopez strikes out. There goes Huskey. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 5 Huskey takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Pratt hits a line drive into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reynoso fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Blauser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Reynoso covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 4 Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hundley strikes out.
Top 4 Olerud hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dave Stevens now pitching. Harris takes first base on ball four. Reynoso moves to second.
Top 4 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reynoso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Morandini hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Servais moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez bunts towards the mound. Reynoso fields it and throws to first for the out. Servais moves to second.
Bottom 3 Servais hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Huskey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ordonez strikes out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hundley scores. Huskey moves to second.
Top 3 Huskey takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Pratt hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hundley moves to third.
Top 3 Hundley hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Hundley reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Blauser hits a fly ball into left field. Hundley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a popup towards short. Ordonez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grace for the out.
Top 2 Olerud hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopez tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Huskey scores. Lopez moves to third. Ordonez moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Reynoso hits a popup into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ordonez bunts towards the mound. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lopez moves to second.
Top 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hernandez. Huskey moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Huskey hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 There goes Sosa. The throw from Pratt and he is out, Ordonez applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Top 1 Pratt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hundley hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Harris moves to third.
Top 1 Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McRae scores. Harris moves to second.
Top 1 Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McRae moves to third.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. McRae reaches second base with a double.