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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1998-09-09 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 34857 · 69°F, sunny, dry · Wind 6 mph to LF · 2:21

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–2. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 1st. Mark Clark earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save. Mark Grace went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mark Clark L: Jason Schmidt SV: Rod Beck

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adrian Brown	4	1	1	0	0	0
Doug Strange	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Kendall	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Young	4	0	1	1	0	2
Jose Guillen	4	0	0	0	0	2
Turner Ward	3	1	1	1	0	2
Freddy Garcia	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Polcovich	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Schmidt	2	0	1	0	0	1
Emil Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Laker	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	2	3	0	0	1
Mickey Morandini	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	3	1	0	0	1	1
Mark Grace	3	1	1	3	1	1
Henry Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Gaetti	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Houston	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Hernandez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Clark	3	0	0	0	0	3
Brant Brown	2	0	0	0	0	1
Orlando Merced	1	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	7.0	4	1	9
Jason Christiansen	0.2	1	1	1
Todd Van Poppel	0.1	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Clark	7.2	5	1	10
Terry Mulholland	0.1	0	0	0
Rod Beck	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Adrian Brown: D9/G3L
Doug Strange: K
Jason Kendall: W
Kevin Young: CS2(26).2-3
Kevin Young: S7/L7M.3-H
Jose Guillen: 8/F8LXD

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: S4/BG4S
Mickey Morandini: 4/L4
Sammy Sosa: W.1-2
Mark Grace: HR/F9D.2-H;1-H
Henry Rodriguez: 53/G5
Gary Gaetti: E6/G6
Tyler Houston: 3/G3

Top 2

Turner Ward: HR/F9D
Freddy Garcia: 8/F89D
Kevin Polcovich: K
Jason Schmidt: S8/L8RM
Adrian Brown: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 2

Jose Hernandez: K
Mark Clark: K
Lance Johnson: S1/G13S
Mickey Morandini: S9/L9S.1-3
Sammy Sosa: 53/G5L

Top 3

Doug Strange: 9/L89M
Jason Kendall: 9/F9LM
Kevin Young: 6/P7S

Bot 3

Mark Grace: K
Brant Brown: K
Gary Gaetti: 3/P3DF

Top 4

Jose Guillen: K
Turner Ward: K
Freddy Garcia: K

Bot 4

Tyler Houston: 8/F8LM
Jose Hernandez: 9/F9LD
Mark Clark: K

Top 5

Kevin Polcovich: K+WP.B-1
Jason Schmidt: K
Adrian Brown: CS2(26)
Adrian Brown: 63/G6

Bot 5

Lance Johnson: K
Mickey Morandini: 63/G6
Sammy Sosa: 43/G4MS

Top 6

Doug Strange: 31/G34
Jason Kendall: 53/G5
Kevin Young: K

Bot 6

Mark Grace: 63/G6
Brant Brown: 3/P34
Gary Gaetti: K

Top 7

Jose Guillen: 63/G6
Turner Ward: K
Freddy Garcia: 4/P4MD

Bot 7

Tyler Houston: K
Jose Hernandez: 63/G6
Mark Clark: K

Top 8

Emil Brown: K
Tim Laker: S7/L7LD
Adrian Brown: 43/G4M.1-2
Doug Strange: 63/G6

Bot 8

Lance Johnson: S7/L7M
Mickey Morandini: 8/F8LD
Sammy Sosa: K+SB2
Mark Grace: IW
Orlando Merced: S9/L9S.2-H;1-3
Gary Gaetti: 9/F9M

Top 9

Jason Kendall: 9/L9M
Kevin Young: K
Jose Guillen: K