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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1998-07-04 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 37780 · 69°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 15 mph from LF · 2:39

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–4. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 7th. Marc Pisciotta earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save. Mickey Morandini went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	7
CHN	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0		5	12

W: Marc Pisciotta L: Jason Schmidt SV: Rod Beck

Umpires — HP: Mark Hirschbeck · 1B: Paul Nauert · 2B: Bruce Froemming · 3B: Eric Gregg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	1	1	0	0	1
Manny Martinez	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jason Kendall	4	0	1	1	0	1
Kevin Young	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	2	0	0	1	1	0
Al Martin	4	1	2	2	0	0
Aramis Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Polcovich	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Schmidt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Bieser	1	0	0	0	0	0
Turner Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Hernandez	5	1	1	0	0	3
Mickey Morandini	3	1	3	3	1	0
Sammy Sosa	3	1	1	0	1	2
Mark Grace	4	1	1	0	0	1
Henry Rodriguez	4	0	2	2	0	0
Manny Alexander	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tyler Houston	4	0	2	0	0	1
Kevin Orie	4	1	1	0	0	0
Geremi Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pedro Valdes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Mieske	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	6.0	10	2	7
Jason Christiansen	1.0	2	0	0
Mike Williams	1.0	0	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Geremi Gonzalez	6.0	4	0	3
Marc Pisciotta	1.0	2	0	0
Terry Adams	0.1	1	2	1
Terry Mulholland	0.2	0	0	0
Rod Beck	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: K
Manny Martinez: 63/G6
Jason Kendall: 53/G56

Bot 1

Jose Hernandez: 63/G6
Mickey Morandini: S5/G56
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 8/F8LM

Top 2

Kevin Young: S8/G6M
Jose Guillen: HP.1-2
Al Martin: S9/L9LS.2-H;1-3
Aramis Ramirez: 7(B)2(3)/FDP/F7LM.1-2
Kevin Polcovich: 63/G6M

Bot 2

Henry Rodriguez: S3/L34D
Manny Alexander: CS2(263)
Manny Alexander: 8/F78M
Tyler Houston: K

Top 3

Jason Schmidt: 63/G6MS
Tony Womack: 7/F7S
Manny Martinez: K

Bot 3

Kevin Orie: D5/L5D
Geremi Gonzalez: 34/SH/BG15S.2-3
Jose Hernandez: K
Mickey Morandini: S7/L78S.3-H
Sammy Sosa: S5/G5L.1-2
Mark Grace: K

Top 4

Jason Kendall: 7/F7D
Kevin Young: 9/F89M
Jose Guillen: 63/G6

Bot 4

Henry Rodriguez: 7/F78M
Manny Alexander: 9/F9M
Tyler Houston: S6/G56
Kevin Orie: 53/G56

Top 5

Al Martin: 31/G34S
Aramis Ramirez: K
Kevin Polcovich: 43/G4M

Bot 5

Geremi Gonzalez: K
Jose Hernandez: K
Mickey Morandini: W
Sammy Sosa: K

Top 6

Jason Schmidt: 43/G4
Tony Womack: 8/F89M
Manny Martinez: D9/L9LS
Jason Kendall: T8/L78M.2-H
Kevin Young: 9/F9LM

Bot 6

Mark Grace: 9/F89D
Henry Rodriguez: E6/G6S
Manny Alexander: S9/G34.1-2
Tyler Houston: S9/L9LS.2-3;1-2
Kevin Orie: 3/P23F
Pedro Valdes: 43/G4

Top 7

Jose Guillen: 9/F9M
Al Martin: HR/F9D
Aramis Ramirez: 63/G6
Kevin Polcovich: D7/G5L
Jason Schmidt: 2/P2RF

Bot 7

Jose Hernandez: T9/L89XD
Mickey Morandini: HR/F9LD.3-H
Sammy Sosa: W
Mark Grace: S8/L89S.1-3;B-2(E4)
Henry Rodriguez: S9/L9LS.3-H;2-H
Manny Alexander: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Tyler Houston: 3/G3S

Top 8

Tony Womack: S9/L9S
Manny Martinez: W.1-2
Jason Kendall: K
Kevin Young: 3E6/G34S/R6.2-3;1-2
Jose Guillen: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Al Martin: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 8

Kevin Orie: 53/G56
Matt Mieske: K
Jose Hernandez: K

Top 9

Aramis Ramirez: K
Steve Bieser: 3/G3
Turner Ward: 7/F7S