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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

1998-05-05 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 21431 · 66°F, night, dry · Wind 6 mph to LF · 2:44

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 10–5. Houston Astros put up 5 in the 7th. Jose Lima earned the win and C.J. Nitkowski picked up the save. Brant Brown went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	2	0	10	11
CHN	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	6

W: Jose Lima L: Mark Clark SV: C.J. Nitkowski

Umpires — HP: Wally Bell · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Terry Tata · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	5	1	1	1	0	0
Derek Bell	5	1	1	1	0	2
Jeff Bagwell	4	1	1	0	1	1
Bill Spiers	5	1	1	1	0	1
Moises Alou	4	2	0	0	1	0
Carl Everett	4	2	3	3	1	0
Ricky Gutierrez	4	0	2	2	0	0
Brad Ausmus	3	2	2	1	1	1
Jose Lima	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Clark	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Bogar	1	0	0	0	0	0
C. J. Nitkowski	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brant Brown	4	1	1	3	0	2
Mickey Morandini	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sammy Sosa	3	0	1	0	1	1
Mark Grace	3	0	1	0	1	0
Henry Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jeff Blauser	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jose Hernandez	4	1	1	1	0	2
Scott Servais	4	2	1	1	0	0
Mark Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Mieske	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Orie	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Lima	6.0	4	2	7
C. J. Nitkowski	3.0	2	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Clark	6.2	7	3	6
Terry Adams	0.1	2	1	0
Amaury Telemaco	2.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Biggio: 3/P4S
Derek Bell: K
Jeff Bagwell: K

Bot 1

Brant Brown: 6/P6
Mickey Morandini: K
Sammy Sosa: W
Mark Grace: SB2
Mark Grace: W
Henry Rodriguez: K

Top 2

Bill Spiers: 43/G4
Moises Alou: 7/L7D
Carl Everett: W
Ricky Gutierrez: SB2
Ricky Gutierrez: S7/G56.2-H
Brad Ausmus: SB2
Brad Ausmus: K

Bot 2

Jeff Blauser: S9/L9LS
Jose Hernandez: 9/F9M
Scott Servais: FC1/G13.1-2
Mark Clark: 14/SH/BG13S.2-3;1-2
Brant Brown: HR/F78XD.3-H;2-H
Mickey Morandini: 43/G4

Top 3

Jose Lima: 63/G6
Craig Biggio: 3/P3DF
Derek Bell: K

Bot 3

Sammy Sosa: 53/G5
Mark Grace: S8/L8RS
Henry Rodriguez: 43/G34.1-2
Jeff Blauser: 8/F89D

Top 4

Jeff Bagwell: S8/G6M
Bill Spiers: K
Moises Alou: 54(1)/FO/G5
Carl Everett: D7/L7LS.1-H
Ricky Gutierrez: D7/L7S.2-H
Brad Ausmus: IW
Jose Lima: 13/G6MS

Bot 4

Jose Hernandez: HR/F7LD
Scott Servais: 7/F7M
Mark Clark: 63/G6M
Brant Brown: K

Top 5

Craig Biggio: 4/L4
Derek Bell: 53/G5
Jeff Bagwell: 7/F7D

Bot 5

Mickey Morandini: 6/P78S
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 23/G2R

Top 6

Bill Spiers: 7/L78D
Moises Alou: 8/P8RM
Carl Everett: S8/L8RS
Ricky Gutierrez: 53/G5

Bot 6

Henry Rodriguez: K
Jeff Blauser: K
Jose Hernandez: K

Top 7

Brad Ausmus: S8/G4M
Dave Clark: SB2
Dave Clark: K
Craig Biggio: 13/G15S.2-3
Derek Bell: S8/L89S.3-H
Jeff Bagwell: W.1-2
Bill Spiers: D7/L7LS.2-H;1-3
Moises Alou: W
Carl Everett: S9/L9LS.3-H;2-H;1-H(NR)(UR);BX3(93E6)
Ricky Gutierrez: 43/G4M

Bot 7

Scott Servais: 63/G6
Matt Mieske: 63/G56
Brant Brown: K

Top 8

Brad Ausmus: HR/F7D
Tim Bogar: 8/F8RM
Craig Biggio: HR/F7LD
Derek Bell: E4/G4S.B-2(E4)
Jeff Bagwell: 43/G4M.2-3
Bill Spiers: 9/F89M

Bot 8

Mickey Morandini: 9/F9D
Sammy Sosa: S8/L8LS
Mark Grace: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Kevin Orie: 53/G5

Top 9

Moises Alou: 5/P56D
Carl Everett: 8/L8RD
C. J. Nitkowski: 8/F8LD

Bot 9

Jeff Blauser: 53/G6S
Jose Hernandez: K
Scott Servais: HR/F78XD
Matt Mieske: 53/G5