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New York Mets @ Chicago Cubs

1998-07-25 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 40436 · 73°F, sunny, dry · Wind 11 mph R to L · 2:31

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Mets 3–2. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 8th. Kevin Tapani earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save. Glenallen Hill went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Kevin Tapani L: John Franco SV: Rod Beck

Umpires — HP: Tom Hallion · 1B: Jerry Crawford · 2B: CB Bucknor · 3B: Bob Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian McRae	3	1	1	0	1	1
Edgardo Alfonzo	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Olerud	3	1	2	1	1	0
Mike Piazza	4	0	1	1	0	1
Todd Hundley	3	0	0	0	0	2
Butch Huskey	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Baerga	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Lopez	4	0	2	0	0	0
Masato Yoshii	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bernard Gilkey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Hernandez	4	1	3	1	0	0
Sammy Sosa	2	0	0	0	1	2
Mark Grace	3	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Blauser	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Houston	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Orie	2	0	0	0	1	1
Kevin Tapani	2	0	0	0	0	1
Glenallen Hill	1	1	1	2	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Masato Yoshii	7.1	3	2	4
John Franco	0.2	1	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Tapani	8.0	7	2	7
Rod Beck	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian McRae: K
Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F9M
John Olerud: D8/F8RXD
Mike Piazza: 4/P4

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: 7/F7LM
Jose Hernandez: D8/L8LS
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 5/P25

Top 2

Todd Hundley: K
Butch Huskey: 8/L8LM
Carlos Baerga: S6/P6MS
Luis Lopez: S4/G34.1-2
Masato Yoshii: K

Bot 2

Henry Rodriguez: 13/G25
Jeff Blauser: 9/F89M
Tyler Houston: 43/G4S

Top 3

Brian McRae: W
Edgardo Alfonzo: 4/P3D
John Olerud: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 3

Kevin Orie: 8/F8LD
Kevin Tapani: 13/G15S
Lance Johnson: 8/F8RM

Top 4

Mike Piazza: K
Todd Hundley: K
Butch Huskey: K

Bot 4

Jose Hernandez: S4/G34
Sammy Sosa: W.1-2
Mark Grace: 64(1)3/GDP/G6.2-3
Henry Rodriguez: 3/G34S

Top 5

Carlos Baerga: 9/F9LD
Luis Lopez: S3/L34D
Masato Yoshii: 2/SH/BG2L.1-2
Brian McRae: 9/F89D

Bot 5

Jeff Blauser: 3/P34
Tyler Houston: 43/G4
Kevin Orie: K

Top 6

Edgardo Alfonzo: 8/F8LM
John Olerud: HR/L9D
Mike Piazza: S8/L8LM
Todd Hundley: 2/P2RF
Butch Huskey: K

Bot 6

Kevin Tapani: K
Lance Johnson: 31/G3
Jose Hernandez: HR/L7LD
Sammy Sosa: K

Top 7

Carlos Baerga: 43/G34
Luis Lopez: 7/F7LD
Masato Yoshii: 53/G6S

Bot 7

Mark Grace: 6/L6M
Henry Rodriguez: 3/G34
Jeff Blauser: 63/G6

Top 8

Brian McRae: T8/F89XD
Edgardo Alfonzo: 6/L6
John Olerud: W
Mike Piazza: 43/G4MS.3-H;1-2
Bernard Gilkey: 9/L9M

Bot 8

Tyler Houston: 9/F89S
Kevin Orie: W
Glenallen Hill: HR/F8LXD.1-H
Lance Johnson: K
Jose Hernandez: 43/G34

Top 9

Butch Huskey: 8/F89D
Carlos Baerga: 7/F7D
Luis Lopez: 43/G4