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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
May 9, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the San Francisco Giants, played on May 9, 1998 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 9, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 9, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Danny Darwin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kevin Tapani |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brian Gorman 1B: Jeff Nelson 2B: Bob Davidson 3B: Jerry Crawford |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Darryl Hamilton | Center Fielder |
| Rey Sanchez | Shortstop |
| Barry Bonds | Left Fielder |
| Jeff Kent | Second Baseman |
| Charlie Hayes | First Baseman |
| Bill Mueller | Third Baseman |
| Chris Jones | Right Fielder |
| Doug Mirabelli | Catcher |
| Danny Darwin | Pitcher |
| Dusty Baker | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brant Brown | Center Fielder |
| Mickey Morandini | Second Baseman |
| Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
| Mark Grace | First Baseman |
| Henry Rodriguez | Left Fielder |
| Tyler Houston | Third Baseman |
| Manny Alexander | Shortstop |
| Sandy Martinez | Catcher |
| Kevin Tapani | Pitcher |
| Jim Riggleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
May 9, 1998
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Tapani
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Tapani
Sanchez hits a line drive beyond first. Grace can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hamilton moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Bonds vs. Tapani
Bonds hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Hamilton scores. Sanchez moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Kent vs. Tapani
Kent strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hayes vs. Tapani
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sanchez scores. Bonds moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Mueller vs. Tapani
Mueller strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Darwin
Brown bunts towards the mound. Darwin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Morandini vs. Darwin
Morandini hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Darwin
Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Darwin
There goes Brown. The throw from Mirabelli and he is out, Sanchez applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Tapani
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mirabelli vs. Tapani
Mirabelli strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Tapani
Darwin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Darwin
Grace hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kent settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Darwin
Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hamilton. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Houston vs. Darwin
Houston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hayes scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Houston for the out. Rodriguez moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Alexander vs. Darwin
Alexander strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Tapani
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Tapani
Sanchez hits a line drive beyond first. Grace can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Tapani
Bonds hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Martinez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Martinez. Sanchez moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Kent vs. Tapani
Kent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Darwin
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tapani vs. Darwin
Tapani takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Darwin
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morandini vs. Darwin
Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kent fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Tapani
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Tapani
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Tapani
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Darwin
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Darwin
Grace strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Darwin
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mirabelli vs. Tapani
Mirabelli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Tapani
Darwin bunts towards the mound. Tapani fields it and throws to first for the out. Mirabelli moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hamilton vs. Tapani
Hamilton hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Sanchez vs. Tapani
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Houston vs. Darwin
Houston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hayes scoops it up and throws to first, with Darwin covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Darwin
Alexander hits a line drive into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Darwin
Martinez hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Jones. Martinez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tapani vs. Darwin
Tapani hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Martinez trying to get to home. Hamilton throws the ball in to Mirabelli who tags Martinez who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Tapani
Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kent vs. Tapani
Kent hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Tapani
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out. Bonds moves to third. Kent moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Mueller vs. Tapani
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bonds tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Tapani
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Houston fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Darwin
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morandini vs. Darwin
Morandini hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Darwin
There's a wild pitch. Morandini moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Sosa vs. Darwin
Sosa takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Grace vs. Darwin
Grace hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morandini moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Rodriguez vs. Darwin
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mirabelli vs. Tapani
Mirabelli hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Tapani
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tapani fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Tapani
Hamilton hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Houston vs. Darwin
Houston hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Darwin
Alexander strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Darwin
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Hamilton. Martinez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Mieske vs. Darwin
Matt Mieske pinch hits for Kevin Tapani.
Mieske hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martinez moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Blauser vs. Rodriguez
Jeff Blauser pinch hits for Brant Brown. Rich Rodriguez now pitching.
Blauser hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Wengert
Don Wengert now pitching. Matt Mieske now playing center field.
Sanchez strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Wengert
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kent vs. Wengert
Kent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Morandini vs. Rodriguez
Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Rodriguez
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mueller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Rodriguez
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Wengert
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Wengert
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Mueller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Wengert
Jones takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Javier vs. Wengert
Stan Javier pinch hits for Doug Mirabelli.
Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Mayne vs. Wengert
Brent Mayne pinch hits for Rich Rodriguez.
Mayne hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sosa throws the ball in to Grace who tags Mayne trying to return to first, for the out. Mueller scores. Jones scores. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Reed
Steve Reed now pitching. Brent Mayne now catching. Stan Javier now playing right field.
Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Houston vs. Reed
Houston hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Alexander vs. Reed
Alexander hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to third. Houston moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Martinez vs. Reed
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Rodriguez scores. Houston moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Mieske vs. Reed
Mieske is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Hernandez vs. Reed
Jose Hernandez pinch hits for Don Wengert.
Hernandez strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/9/1998, game 1 -- San Francisco at Chicago (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Hamilton D, cf 4 1 1 0 Brown B, cf 3 0 1 0
Sanchez R, ss 4 1 2 0 Blauser J, ph 1 0 0 0
Bonds B, lf 3 1 3 1 Wengert D, p 0 0 0 0
Kent J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Hernandez J, ph 1 0 0 0
Hayes C, 1b 4 0 0 1 Morandini M, 2b 4 0 1 0
Mueller B, 3b 3 1 1 1 Sosa S, rf 3 0 0 0
Jones C, rf 3 1 0 0 Grace M, 1b 4 0 0 0
Reed S, p 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez H, lf 3 1 1 0
Mirabelli D, c 2 0 0 0 Houston T, 3b 4 0 1 0
Javier S, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Alexander M, ss 4 0 1 0
Darwin D, p 2 0 0 0 Martinez S, c 4 0 2 0
Rodriguez R, p 0 0 0 0 Tapani K, p 1 0 1 0
Mayne B, ph-c 1 0 1 2 Mieske M, ph-cf 1 0 1 0
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31 5 9 5 33 1 9 0
San Francisco 200 001 002 -- 5
Chicago 000 000 001 -- 1
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin D (W) 6.2 7 0 0 2 4
Rodriguez R 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Reed S 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani K (L) 7.0 7 3 3 1 6
Wengert D 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
E -- Martinez S
DP -- San Francisco 1, Chicago 2
LOB -- San Francisco 4, Chicago 9
2B -- Bonds B, Rodriguez H, Martinez S 2, Mueller B
CS -- Brown B
SH -- Darwin D
SF -- Mueller B
HBP -- by Reed S (Mieske M)
WP -- Darwin D, Wengert D
T -- 2:35
A -- 0
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