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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1998-09-05 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 37711 · 78°F, night, dry · Wind 2 mph R to L · 2:51

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–4. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 8th. Kevin Tapani earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save. Turner Ward went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Kevin Tapani L: Sean Lawrence SV: Rod Beck

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	5	1	2	1	0	2
Jose Hernandez	4	0	0	1	0	1
Mark Grace	4	0	0	0	1	1
Sammy Sosa	5	2	2	1	0	2
Glenallen Hill	4	2	2	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti	5	0	2	2	0	0
Mickey Morandini	2	0	0	0	2	2
Scott Servais	4	1	0	0	0	1
Kevin Tapani	2	2	0	1	2	1
Manny Alexander	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	5	0	2	0	0	0
Adrian Brown	3	1	0	0	2	1
Jason Kendall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Young	3	2	0	0	1	0
Jose Guillen	4	0	1	1	0	1
Turner Ward	4	1	1	2	0	1
Freddy Garcia	4	0	2	0	0	0
Abraham Nunez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Sean Lawrence	2	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Strange	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aramis Ramirez	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Tapani	7.1	6	3	1
Terry Adams	1.1	2	1	2
Rod Beck	0.1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sean Lawrence	5.0	7	3	6
Javier Martinez	0.1	0	1	1
Jeff Tabaka	1.2	0	0	2
Todd Van Poppel	1.0	1	1	1
Ricardo Rincon	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Johnson: K
Jose Hernandez: K
Mark Grace: 13/G13S

Bot 1

Tony Womack: 8/L8LM
Adrian Brown: 43/G34
Jason Kendall: 63/G6

Top 2

Sammy Sosa: S8/L78M
Glenallen Hill: D8/F89D.1-3
Gary Gaetti: D9/F9LM.3-H;2-H
Mickey Morandini: K
Scott Servais: 4/P34
Kevin Tapani: K

Bot 2

Kevin Young: 9/F9D
Jose Guillen: K
Turner Ward: 8/F78D

Top 3

Lance Johnson: K
Jose Hernandez: 63/G6
Mark Grace: W
Sammy Sosa: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 3

Freddy Garcia: S9/F9S
Abraham Nunez: 36(1)/FO/G4S
Sean Lawrence: 16(1)/FO/BG15S
Tony Womack: S4/F4MD.1-2
Adrian Brown: 9/F9D

Top 4

Glenallen Hill: 43/G34
Gary Gaetti: 9/F89S
Mickey Morandini: K

Bot 4

Jason Kendall: 63/G56
Kevin Young: W
Jose Guillen: 43/G34.1-2
Turner Ward: HR/F9LD.2-H
Freddy Garcia: 8/F8LXD

Top 5

Scott Servais: 3/P34
Kevin Tapani: W
Lance Johnson: D5/G5L.1-3
Jose Hernandez: 9/SF/F89D.3-H;2-3
Mark Grace: 9/F89M

Bot 5

Abraham Nunez: 7/F7M
Sean Lawrence: 63/G6
Tony Womack: 63/G6

Top 6

Sammy Sosa: HR/F9D
Glenallen Hill: S15/G56S
Gary Gaetti: S4/L4D.1-2
Mickey Morandini: W.2-3;1-2
Scott Servais: K
Kevin Tapani: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lance Johnson: 7/F7S
Jose Hernandez: 6(1)/FO/G6MS

Bot 6

Adrian Brown: W
Jason Kendall: 4(B)3(1)/DP/P4
Kevin Young: 43/G4

Top 7

Mark Grace: 63/G6M
Sammy Sosa: K
Glenallen Hill: K

Bot 7

Jose Guillen: 63/G6
Turner Ward: 5/P56S
Freddy Garcia: S6/G56
Abraham Nunez: S4/G34.1-2
Doug Strange: 31/G3

Top 8

Gary Gaetti: 8/F8RD
Mickey Morandini: W
Scott Servais: E6/G6S.1-3;B-2(E6)
Kevin Tapani: FC6/G6S.2-3;3XH(62)
Lance Johnson: D8/F89XD.3-H(UR);1-3
Jose Hernandez: E6/G6.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR)
Mark Grace: K

Bot 8

Tony Womack: 5/P5
Adrian Brown: W
Jason Kendall: S8/L8RS.1-2
Kevin Young: 4(1)/FO/G4M.2-3
Jose Guillen: S6/G56S.3-H;1-3
Turner Ward: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Turner Ward: K23

Top 9

Sammy Sosa: K
Manny Alexander: K
Gary Gaetti: 7/F7LM

Bot 9

Freddy Garcia: 63/G56
Abraham Nunez: W
Aramis Ramirez: K+SB2
Tony Womack: S6/G6S.2-3
Adrian Brown: DI.1-2
Adrian Brown: K