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August 26, 1998

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Braves 6 10 1
Astros 2 8 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 6 10 1
Astros 2 8 3

Richard Hidalgo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .000 .330
At Bats 0 168
Hits 0 48
• Singles 0 36
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 22

Kerry Ligtenberg Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 23
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Astrodome - August 26, 1998
Out
Kerry Ligtenberg
Javy Lopez
Andres Galarraga
Tony Graffanino
Ozzie Guillen
Walt Weiss
Gerald Williams
Andruw Jones
Michael Tucker
Richard Hidalgo
Dave Clark

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 6 10 1 7
Houston Astros 2 8 3 7
Winning Pitcher John Smoltz
Losing Pitcher Sean Bergman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Walt Weiss
Attendance 32,651
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Hidalgo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Richard Hidalgo pinch hits for Scott Elarton. There's a wild pitch. Alou scores. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dave Clark pinch hits for Tim Bogar. Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 9 Eusebio hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Everett hits a line drive into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kerry Ligtenberg now pitching. Alou hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Galarraga hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. That will be extra bases. Everett fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Everett. Weiss goes all the way around to score. Guillen moves to third.
Top 9 Tucker strikes out.
Top 9 Weiss takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bagwell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Rudy Seanez now pitching. Gerald Williams now playing left field. Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Graffanino hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jones hits a line drive off the glove of Spiers, and into shallow left field. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lopez hits a line drive towards the mound. Elarton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Scott Elarton now pitching. Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 J.R. Phillips pinch hits for Doug Henry. Phillips hits a popup towards third. Guillen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bogar strikes out.
Bottom 7 Eusebio strikes out.
Top 7 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Tucker. The throw from Eusebio and he is safe. Tucker steals second.
Top 7 Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tucker takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Weiss hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Everett hits a fly ball towards center. Jones catches it and throws to second to double up Bell.
Bottom 6 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bagwell hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga fields the ball and throws to Smoltz covering. Safe.
Top 6 Smoltz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Doug Henry now pitching. Graffanino hits a popup into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Jones reaches second base with a double. Galarraga scores. Lopez moves to third.
Top 6 Lopez hits a popup beyond third. Spiers can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Galarraga moves to second.
Top 6 Klesko strikes out.
Top 6 Galarraga hits a popup beyond short. Bogar can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Bottom 5 Spiers hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Biggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bergman strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bogar strikes out.
Top 5 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Bergman covering, for the out.
Top 5 Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Weiss takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Eusebio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Everett hits a line drive for a triple. Alou goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bagwell hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell strikes out.
Top 4 Smoltz hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jones scores.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Jones moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Jones. The throw from Eusebio and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Top 4 Jones hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lopez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Klesko hits a line drive beyond second. Biggio can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 4 Galarraga hits a popup into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bergman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Guillen hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Eusebio settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Eusebio.
Bottom 3 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Guillen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Eusebio moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bergman bunts towards first. Galarraga settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bogar hits a fly ball into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss misplays the ball. That's an error on Weiss.
Top 3 Tucker hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Weiss hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Graffanino scores. Weiss moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Smoltz strikes out.
Top 3 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar misplays the ball. That's an error on Bogar. Graffanino moves to second.
Top 3 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 2 Everett strikes out.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a popup towards first. Galarraga settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Spiers hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ozzie Guillen now playing third base. Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Guillen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tucker hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Weiss strikes out.