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August 15, 1998

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Mark Grace Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .319
OBP .500 .414
At Bats 3 432
Hits 1 138
• Singles 1 95
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 1 73
RBI’s 0 63

Billy Wagner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 23
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Astrodome - August 15, 1998
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Strikeout
Billy Wagner
Brad Ausmus
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Sean Berry
Ricky Gutierrez
Moises Alou
Carl Everett
Derek Bell
Mark Grace
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs
Count: 3-2, 1 Out

Billy Wagner now pitching. Grace strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bill Spiers pinch hits for Scott Elarton. Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Berry hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Everett hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Rod Beck now pitching. Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Elarton covering, for the out.
Top 9 Mickey Morandini pinch hits for Matt Karchner. Morandini hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bagwell hits a line drive towards short. Blauser reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Biggio moves to third.
Bottom 8 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace fields the ball and throws to Karchner covering. Safe. Biggio moves to second.
Bottom 8 Matt Karchner now pitching. Biggio takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Servais hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Biggio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Alexander strikes out.
Top 8 Scott Elarton now pitching. Hernandez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Clark pinch hits for Mike Hampton. Felix Heredia now pitching. Pete Incaviglia pinch hits for Dave Clark. Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alexander fields it and throws to home to get Everett. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Berry hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Alou tags and scores. Everett tags and moves to third.
Bottom 7 Everett hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Everett reaches second base with a double. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 7 Brant Brown now playing left field. Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sosa hits a line drive beyond short. Gutierrez can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 7 Grace strikes out.
Top 7 Blauser strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bagwell hits a line drive towards right. Sosa catches it and throws to first to double up Gutierrez.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Biggio tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Biggio moves to third.
Bottom 6 Biggio hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tapani strikes out.
Top 6 Servais hits a line drive towards short. Gutierrez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hampton strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ausmus hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berry hits a line drive into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Alexander strikes out.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hill hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Everett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tapani fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Bagwell hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Top 4 Blauser hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Johnson. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gutierrez for the out.
Bottom 3 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hampton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Tapani strikes out.
Top 3 Servais is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Alexander hits a line drive into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Everett. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Sosa scores. Hill moves to third.
Top 3 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell fields the ball and throws to Hampton covering. Safe. Blauser scores. Grace scores. Sosa moves to third.
Top 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson scores. Blauser moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Top 3 Grace hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. Blauser moves to second.
Top 3 Blauser takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Tapani strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ausmus hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Berry hits a line drive beyond first. Grace can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Everett moves to second.
Bottom 2 Everett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bagwell strikes out.
Top 2 Servais hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alexander is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Hill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Biggio strikes out.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out.
Top 1 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.