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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1998-09-10 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 38722 · 74°F, night, dry · Wind 15 mph to CF · 2:28

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 3rd. Kevin Tapani earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Kevin Tapani L: Jose Silva SV: Rod Beck

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	0	0	0	0	1
Adrian Brown	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Kendall	2	1	2	0	1	0
Kevin Young	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jose Guillen	4	0	2	1	0	0
Turner Ward	3	0	0	0	0	2
Freddy Garcia	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lou Collier	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Silva	1	0	1	0	0	0
Emil Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Strange	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Laker	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	1	2	1	0	1
Mickey Morandini	4	1	2	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	2	1	0	0	2	1
Mark Grace	4	1	1	2	0	1
Brant Brown	2	0	1	2	0	0
Gary Gaetti	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Houston	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Hernandez	2	1	0	0	1	0
Kevin Tapani	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Mieske	0	0	0	0	1	0
Scott Servais	2	0	0	0	0	1
Orlando Merced	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Silva	4.0	5	2	0
Jeff Tabaka	2.0	1	2	2
Ricardo Rincon	1.0	0	0	2
Mike Williams	1.0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Tapani	8.0	8	1	4
Rod Beck	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: K
Adrian Brown: 6/L6
Jason Kendall: S8/L8RS
Kevin Young: 7/F78D

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: S7/L7LS
Mickey Morandini: 43/G34.1-2
Sammy Sosa: 8/F78D
Mark Grace: 7/F7LM

Top 2

Jose Guillen: 9/F9LD
Turner Ward: K
Freddy Garcia: 53/G56

Bot 2

Brant Brown: 7/L7D
Gary Gaetti: 5/P5F
Tyler Houston: 7/F7LS

Top 3

Lou Collier: 13/G15S
Jose Silva: D8/F8RXD
Tony Womack: 1/BP15
Adrian Brown: S7/L7S.2-3
Jason Kendall: W.1-2
Kevin Young: K

Bot 3

Jose Hernandez: W
Kevin Tapani: 34/SH/BG13S.1-2
Lance Johnson: S9/G34.2-H
Mickey Morandini: S7/L7S.1-2
Sammy Sosa: W.2-3;1-2
Mark Grace: S8/G4M.3-H;2-H;1-3
Brant Brown: D7/L78M.3-H;1-H
Gary Gaetti: 6/P6D
Tyler Houston: 7/F78D

Top 4

Jose Guillen: S8/L8RM
Turner Ward: 64(1)3/GDP/G56
Freddy Garcia: 63/G6S

Bot 4

Jose Hernandez: 31/G34S
Kevin Tapani: 53/G5
Lance Johnson: 31/G4S

Top 5

Lou Collier: 9/F3DF
Emil Brown: 13/G13
Tony Womack: 5/P56

Bot 5

Mickey Morandini: D9/F9LD
Sammy Sosa: W
Mark Grace: 6/P6
Matt Mieske: W.2-3;1-2
Gary Gaetti: K
Scott Servais: 9/F89M

Top 6

Adrian Brown: 31/G34
Jason Kendall: S7/L7S
Kevin Young: S7/G56.1-2
Jose Guillen: S7/L7M.2-H;1-2
Turner Ward: K
Freddy Garcia: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Lou Collier: 9/L89M

Bot 6

Jose Hernandez: 63/G56
Kevin Tapani: 3/G3
Lance Johnson: K

Top 7

Doug Strange: 31/G34S
Tony Womack: 43/G34
Adrian Brown: 7/F78M

Bot 7

Mickey Morandini: 63/G56
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: K

Top 8

Jason Kendall: HP
Kevin Young: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Jose Guillen: 43/G4

Bot 8

Orlando Merced: 43/G4
Gary Gaetti: 9/P9S
Scott Servais: K

Top 9

Turner Ward: HP
Freddy Garcia: K
Lou Collier: 8/F78D
Tim Laker: E4/P34D.1-3
Tony Womack: 5/L5