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September 13, 1998

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Brewers 10 13 0
Cubs 8 13 0
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Brewers 10 13 0
Cubs 9 14 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .313
OBP .500 .382
At Bats 3 588
Hits 1 184
• Singles 0 104
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 61
Walks 1 68
RBI’s 2 147

Eric Plunk Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 1
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Wrigley Field - September 13, 1998
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Home Run
Eric Plunk
Mike Matheny
Dave Nilsson
Fernando Vina
Jeff Cirillo
Mark Loretta
Greg Martinez
Marquis Grissom
Jeromy Burnitz
Sammy Sosa
Count: 2-1, 1 Out
Count: 2-1, 1 Out

Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Grissom hits a fly ball into left field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Burnitz strikes out.
Top 9 Cirillo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Chris Haney now pitching. Tyler Houston now catching. Nilsson hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nilsson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out. Houston moves to second.
Bottom 8 Merced strikes out.
Bottom 8 Greg Martinez now playing left field. Mike Matheny now catching. Eric Plunk now pitching. Tyler Houston pinch hits for Scott Servais. Houston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Don Wengert now pitching. Loretta hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Servais settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ronnie Belliard pinch runs for Bob Hamelin. Vina hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Belliard trying to get to home. Johnson throws the ball in to Servais who tags Belliard who's trying to score from second, for the out. Jackson moves to second.
Top 8 Jose Valentin pinch hits for David Weathers. Felix Heredia now pitching. Darrin Jackson pinch hits for Jose Valentin. Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grissom scores. Martinez scores. Hamelin moves to second.
Top 8 Greg Martinez pinch runs for Marc Newfield. Matt Karchner now pitching. Orlando Merced now playing left field. Bob Hamelin pinch hits for Bobby HuHamelin takes first base on ball four. Grissom moves to third. Martinez moves to second.
Top 8 Marc Newfield pinch hits for Geoff Jenkins. Newfield takes first base on ball four. Grissom moves to second.
Top 8 Grissom hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Burnitz scores.
Top 8 Burnitz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Burnitz reaches second base with a double. Cirillo goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Cirillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Brant Brown now playing left field. Nilsson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Morandini hits a fly ball into left field. Jenkins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brant Brown pinch runs for Glenallen Hill. Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Burnitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 David Weathers now pitching. Sosa strikes out.
Top 7 Loretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Vina strikes out.
Top 7 Brian Banks pinch hits for Valerio de los Santos. Terry Mulholland now pitching. Banks strikes out.
Top 7 Hughes hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Valerio de los Santos now pitching. Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nilsson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grace for the out.
Bottom 6 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Burnitz who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Trachsel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jenkins strikes out.
Top 6 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Burnitz is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Cirillo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Nilsson hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Servais strikes out.
Bottom 5 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hill hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Loretta hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vina bunts towards the mound. Trachsel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Patrick hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morandini reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nilsson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Bottom 4 Trachsel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nilsson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Trachsel for the out.
Top 4 Hughes strikes out.
Top 4 Jenkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jenkins for the out. Grissom moves to second.
Top 4 Grissom hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Burnitz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Cirillo hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Servais hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Morandini hits a line drive into left field. Jenkins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grace scores. Sosa scores. Hill moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bronswell Patrick now pitching. Hill hits a line drive beyond third. Cirillo can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hernandez scores. Grace moves to third. Sosa moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sosa is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Grace hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grissom. Grace reaches second base with a double. Trachsel scores. Hernandez moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Servais scores. Trachsel moves to third.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Burnitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Trachsel hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jenkins. Trachsel reaches second base with a double. Morandini scores. Servais moves to third.
Bottom 3 Servais hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morandini moves to third.
Bottom 3 Morandini hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Nilsson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Loretta hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hughes tags and scores. Vina tags and moves to third.
Top 3 Vina hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Vina reaches second base with a double. Hughes moves to third.
Top 3 Woodall bunts towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Morandini covering, for the out. Hughes moves to second.
Top 3 Hughes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Burnitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Burnitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jenkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Trachsel covering, for the out.
Top 2 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Burnitz hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cirillo hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nilsson hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Loretta hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Vina hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.