Cubs @ Cardinals
August 7, 1998

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Cubs 3 5 2
Cardinals 16 17 2
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Cubs 3 5 2
Cardinals 16 17 2

Sandy Martinez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .263
OBP 1.000 .360
At Bats 0 76
Hits 0 20
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 11
RBI’s 0 7

Rich Croushore Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 8
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Busch Stadium - August 7, 1998
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Out
Rich Croushore
Tom Lampkin
Gary Gaetti
Placido Polanco
Fernando Tatis
Luis Ordaz
Ron Gant
Willie McGee
John Mabry
Sandy Martinez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 5 2 6
St. Louis Cardinals 16 17 2 7
Winning Pitcher Kent Bottenfield
Losing Pitcher Steve Trachsel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Kent Bottenfield
Attendance 47,911
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count: 2-1, 2 Outs
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Martinez hits a popup towards short. Ordaz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Croushore fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rich Croushore now pitching. Houston hits a fly ball into center field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mabry 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 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Terry Mulholland now pitching. Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hernandez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Polanco reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tom Lampkin now catching. Gary Gaetti now playing first base. John Mabry now playing right field. Curtis King now pitching. Sosa hits a popup towards first. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Lampkin pinch hits for Kent Bottenfield. Lampkin 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 7 Marrero hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tatis moves to third.
Bottom 7 Tatis hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Tatis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Tyler Houston now playing first base. Manny Alexander now playing second base. Sandy Martinez now catching. Matt Karchner now pitching. Jose NievGant strikes out.
Top 7 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second.
Top 7 Sandy Martinez pinch hits for Felix Heredia. Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Willie McGee now playing center field. Placido Polanco now playing second base. Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Willie McGee pinch hits for Ray Lankford. McGee hits a line drive towards short. Alexander catches it and throws to second to double up Jordan.
Bottom 6 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Jordan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Jordan reaches second base with a double. Bottenfield scores. Ordaz scores. Kelly moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to home to get Marrero. Bottenfield moves to third. Ordaz moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ordaz hits a line drive beyond second. Morandini can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Marrero moves to third. Bottenfield moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bottenfield hits a line drive beyond second. Morandini can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Marrero moves to second.
Bottom 6 Felix Heredia now pitching. Marrero hits a line drive beyond short. Alexander can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grace moves to third.
Top 6 Grace hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lankford. Grace reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Sosa hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tatis hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gant hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Terry Adams now pitching. Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lankford for the out.
Top 5 Morandini hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jeff Blauser pinch hits for Dave Stevens. Blauser hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jordan hits a line drive into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stevens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Houston for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ordaz for the out.
Bottom 3 Bottenfield strikes out.
Bottom 3 Marrero hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Brown. Marrero reaches second base with a double. Tatis moves to third.
Bottom 3 Tatis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gant hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Lankford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jordan scores.
Bottom 3 McGwire hits a popup into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jordan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Jordan reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Grace strikes out.
Top 3 Sosa strikes out.
Top 3 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ordaz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morandini settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bottenfield bunts towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. Marrero moves to third.
Bottom 2 Marrero hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Hernandez, and into shallow left field. Marrero reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Stevens strikes out.
Top 2 Alexander hits a line drive into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordaz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Tatis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez juggles the ball. That's an error on Hernandez. Gant moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lankford hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 McGwire strikes out.
Bottom 1 Dave Stevens now pitching. Jordan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Kelly reaches second base with a double. Bottenfield scores. Ordaz goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Ordaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marrero scores. Bottenfield moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bottenfield bunts towards the mound. Trachsel juggles the ball. That's an error on Trachsel. Lankford scores. Tatis scores. Marrero moves to third.
Bottom 1 Marrero is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Tatis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Tatis reaches second base with a double. McGwire scores. Lankford moves to third.
Bottom 1 Gant hits a line drive into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lankford takes first base on ball four. McGwire moves to second.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Jordan scores.
Bottom 1 Jordan hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Hernandez, and into shallow left field. Jordan reaches second base with a double. Kelly moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kelly takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hernandez hits a line drive towards first. McGwire catches it and steps on first to double up Rodriguez.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire juggles the ball. That's an error on McGwire. Sosa scores. Grace scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground for a single. There's an error on the play. Morandini scores. Sosa moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Top 1 Sosa takes first base on ball four. Morandini moves to second.
Top 1 Morandini hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Brown strikes out.