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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1998-09-04 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 36510 · 77°F, night, dry · Wind 10 mph to CF · 3:07

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 9th. Matt Karchner earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save. Sammy Sosa went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Matt Karchner L: Mike Williams SV: Rod Beck

Umpires — HP: Randy Marsh · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Bill Hohn · 3B: Greg Bonin · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	1	1	0	1	0
Mickey Morandini	4	1	0	0	1	0
Sammy Sosa	5	2	2	2	0	1
Mark Grace	4	0	3	2	1	0
Brant Brown	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Hernandez	5	0	0	1	0	0
Tyler Houston	4	0	1	0	0	3
Gary Gaetti	4	0	3	0	0	1
Mark Clark	2	0	0	0	0	1
Pedro Valdes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Alexander	1	1	1	0	0	0
Glenallen Hill	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	0	0	0	0	2
Adrian Brown	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Kendall	3	1	0	0	0	1
Kevin Young	2	1	0	0	2	1
Jose Guillen	3	0	1	0	0	0
Turner Ward	3	0	0	1	0	0
Freddy Garcia	3	0	2	1	1	0
Lou Collier	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Schmidt	3	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Martinez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Clark	6.0	3	3	4
Matt Karchner	2.0	0	0	3
Rod Beck	1.0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	8.0	9	1	6
Mike Williams	0.1	1	0	1
Jason Christiansen	0.0	1	2	0
Todd Van Poppel	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Johnson: 5/P5F
Mickey Morandini: 63/G6S
Sammy Sosa: HR/F89XD
Mark Grace: 43/G4

Bot 1

Tony Womack: K
Adrian Brown: 63/G56
Jason Kendall: E6/G56
Kevin Young: SB2
Kevin Young: 13/G13

Top 2

Brant Brown: K
Jose Hernandez: 63/G6
Tyler Houston: K

Bot 2

Jose Guillen: S8/F89S
Turner Ward: 43/G34.1-2
Freddy Garcia: W
Lou Collier: 8/F78XD
Jason Schmidt: 53/G56S

Top 3

Gary Gaetti: S8/G6
Mark Clark: K
Lance Johnson: 46(1)/FO/P89S
Mickey Morandini: 43/G4

Bot 3

Tony Womack: K23
Adrian Brown: S5/L56D
Jason Kendall: SB2
Jason Kendall: 63/G56S.2-3
Kevin Young: W
Jose Guillen: 13/G15

Top 4

Sammy Sosa: S5/G56
Mark Grace: S5/L5D.1-3
Brant Brown: 6/P56D
Jose Hernandez: WP.1-2
Jose Hernandez: 63/G6.3-H;2-3
Tyler Houston: K

Bot 4

Turner Ward: 3/G34S
Freddy Garcia: 8/F8RXD
Lou Collier: 53/G56

Top 5

Gary Gaetti: S8/G6
Mark Clark: 56(1)4/BG/GDP/BG15S
Lance Johnson: S8/G6
Mickey Morandini: 43/G4M

Bot 5

Jason Schmidt: K
Tony Womack: 63/G6
Adrian Brown: 3/G34S

Top 6

Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: S4/L34D
Brant Brown: 13/G13.1-2
Jose Hernandez: 43/G4

Bot 6

Jason Kendall: HP
Kevin Young: SB2
Kevin Young: W
Jose Guillen: FC2/SH/BG2L.2-3;1-2
Turner Ward: 7/SF/F7LD.3-H;2-3;1-2
Freddy Garcia: S6/G6M.3-H;2-3
Lou Collier: K
Jason Schmidt: 8/F8RD

Top 7

Tyler Houston: S8/L8RS
Gary Gaetti: S5/L56.1-2
Jason Maxwell: WP.2-3;1-2
Pedro Valdes: 3/P3SF
Lance Johnson: 13/G13
Mickey Morandini: 53/G15

Bot 7

Tony Womack: 43/G4MS
Adrian Brown: K
Jason Kendall: K

Top 8

Sammy Sosa: E6/G56.B-2
Mark Grace: IW
Brant Brown: 7/F7LM
Jose Hernandez: 9/F9D.2-3
Tyler Houston: K

Bot 8

Kevin Young: K
Jose Guillen: 53/G5S
Turner Ward: 8/F8LM

Top 9

Gary Gaetti: K
Manny Alexander: S6/G56
Lance Johnson: W.1-2
Mickey Morandini: W.2-3;1-2
Sammy Sosa: E5/G56.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mark Grace: S9/L4D.3-H(UR);2-H;1-2
Glenallen Hill: K
Jose Hernandez: 43/G4S

Bot 9

Freddy Garcia: S3/G34
Lou Collier: 9/F89M
Manny Martinez: 4/L4MS
Tony Womack: 31/G34S