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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 20, 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 August 20, 1998 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 20, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 20, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Russ Ortiz |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kevin Tapani |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 37,803 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Pat Connors 1B: Bruce Dreckman 2B: Ed Rapuano 3B: Frank Pulli |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Javier | Right Fielder |
| Bill Mueller | Third Baseman |
| Barry Bonds | Left Fielder |
| Jeff Kent | Second Baseman |
| Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
| J.T. Snow | First Baseman |
| Rey Sanchez | Shortstop |
| Brent Mayne | Catcher |
| Russ Ortiz | Pitcher |
| Dusty Baker | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lance Johnson | Center Fielder |
| Mickey Morandini | Second Baseman |
| Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
| Mark Grace | First Baseman |
| Henry Rodriguez | Left Fielder |
| Jose Hernandez | Third Baseman |
| Tyler Houston | Catcher |
| Jeff Blauser | Shortstop |
| Kevin Tapani | Pitcher |
| Jim Riggleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 20, 1998
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Tapani
Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Tapani
Mueller 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, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Tapani
Bonds strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ortiz
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morandini vs. Ortiz
Morandini takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Ortiz
Sosa hits a popup into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Ortiz
There goes Morandini. The throw from Mayne and he is safe. Morandini steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Grace vs. Ortiz
Grace strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kent vs. Tapani
Kent hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Tapani
Burks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Snow vs. Tapani
Snow hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burks moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Sanchez vs. Tapani
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Ortiz
Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Ortiz
Hernandez takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Houston vs. Ortiz
Houston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez fields it and throws to second for the out. Rodriguez moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Blauser vs. Ortiz
Blauser hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Kent settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Tapani vs. Ortiz
Tapani strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Tapani
Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Tapani
Ortiz strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Tapani
Javier strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ortiz
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Morandini vs. Ortiz
Morandini takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Ortiz
Sosa strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Ortiz
Grace hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Morandini moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Rodriguez vs. Ortiz
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Tapani
Mueller strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Tapani
Bonds hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Grace, and into shallow right field. Bonds reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Kent vs. Tapani
Kent takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Burks vs. Tapani
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Snow vs. Tapani
Snow takes first base on ball four. Bonds moves to third. Kent moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Sanchez vs. Tapani
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Ortiz
Hernandez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Houston vs. Ortiz
Houston hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Blauser vs. Ortiz
Blauser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Houston moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Tapani vs. Ortiz
Tapani hits a ball on the ground towards first. Snow fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Ortiz
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Houston scores. Tapani moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morandini vs. Ortiz
Morandini hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sosa vs. Ortiz
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mueller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mayne vs. Tapani
Mayne hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Mayne reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Ortiz vs. Tapani
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mayne moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Javier vs. Tapani
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mayne scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Tapani
Mueller hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Tapani
Bonds hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kent vs. Tapani
Kent hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Ortiz
Grace strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Ortiz
Rodriguez hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Ortiz
Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Houston vs. Ortiz
Houston hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Kent fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Rodriguez moves to third. Houston moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Blauser vs. Ortiz
Blauser is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Hill vs. Tavarez
Glenallen Hill pinch hits for Kevin Tapani. Julian Tavarez now pitching.
Hill hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Tavarez
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Morandini vs. Tavarez
Morandini hits a line drive into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Adams
Glenallen Hill now playing left field. Terry Adams now pitching.
Burks hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Snow vs. Adams
Snow takes first base on ball four. Burks moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanchez vs. Adams
Sanchez bunts in front of the plate. Houston settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Mayne vs. Adams
Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Tavarez
Sosa strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Tavarez
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Tavarez
Adams strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dunston vs. Adams
Shawon Dunston pinch hits for Julian Tavarez.
Dunston strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Adams
Javier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Heredia
Felix Heredia now pitching.
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Heredia
Bonds takes first base on ball four. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Kent vs. Karchner
Matt Karchner now pitching.
Kent hits a line drive into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Johnstone
John Johnstone now pitching.
Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bonds. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Houston vs. Johnstone
Houston hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hernandez moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Blauser vs. Johnstone
There go the runners. The throw from Mayne to Mueller. The throw back to home, and Hernandez is out at the plate. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Blauser vs. Johnstone
Blauser strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Karchner
Burks hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Snow vs. Karchner
Snow hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Benard vs. Karchner
Marvin Benard pinch hits for Rey Sanchez.
Benard hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Mayne vs. Karchner
Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Karchner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Brock
Rich Aurilia now playing shortstop. Chris Brock now pitching.
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aurilia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Brock
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Morandini vs. Brock
Morandini hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Sosa vs. Brock
Sosa strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Grace vs. Brock
Grace hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Morandini moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Gaetti vs. Brock
Gary Gaetti pinch hits for Matt Karchner.
Gaetti strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Aurilia vs. Beck
Brant Brown now playing left field. Rod Beck now pitching.
Aurilia hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Beck
Javier strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Beck
Mueller hits a popup into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Beck
Bonds hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/20/1998 -- San Francisco at Chicago (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Javier S, rf 4 0 0 1 Johnson L, cf 4 1 2 1
Mueller B, 3b 5 1 2 1 Morandini M, 2b 3 0 1 0
Bonds B, lf 4 1 2 1 Sosa S, rf 5 0 0 0
Kent J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Grace M, 1b 5 0 2 1
Burks E, cf 3 0 2 0 Rodriguez H, lf 3 1 2 0
Snow J, 1b 2 0 0 0 Adams T, p 1 0 0 0
Sanchez R, ss 3 0 0 0 Heredia F, p 0 0 0 0
Benard M, ph 1 0 0 0 Karchner M, p 0 0 0 0
Brock C, p 0 0 0 0 Gaetti G, ph 1 0 0 0
Mayne B, c 4 1 1 0 Beck R, p 0 0 0 0
Ortiz R, p 2 0 0 0 Hernandez J, 3b 2 1 2 0
Tavarez J, p 0 0 0 0 Houston T, c 4 2 1 0
Dunston S, ph 1 0 0 0 Blauser J, ss 3 1 1 1
Johnstone J, p 0 0 0 0 Tapani K, p 2 0 0 0
Aurilia R, ss 1 0 0 0 Hill G, ph-lf 2 1 1 4
Brown B, lf 0 0 0 0
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33 3 7 3 35 7 12 7
San Francisco 000 030 000 -- 3
Chicago 000 240 01x -- 7
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz R (L) 4.2 7 5 5 4 5
Tavarez J 1.1 2 1 1 0 2
Johnstone J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Brock C 1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani K (W) 5.0 4 3 3 3 5
Adams T 1.1 1 0 0 2 1
Heredia F 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Karchner M 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Beck R 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- San Francisco 9, Chicago 10
2B -- Bonds B, Mayne B, Hernandez J
HR -- Mueller B, Bonds B, Hill G
SB -- Morandini M
CS -- Hernandez J
HBP -- by Ortiz R (Blauser J)
T -- 3:12
A -- 37803
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