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August 16, 1998

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Bottom 11 R H E
Cubs 2 7 1
Astros 1 3 0
Bottom 11 R H E
Cubs 2 7 1
Astros 1 3 0

Derek Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .311
OBP .000 .356
At Bats 4 488
Hits 0 152
• Singles 0 101
• Doubles 0 32
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 87

Rod Beck Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 35
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Astrodome - August 16, 1998
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Walk
Rod Beck
Tyler Houston
Mark Grace
Mickey Morandini
Manny Alexander
Jeff Blauser
Brant Brown
Jose Hernandez
Sammy Sosa
Derek Bell
Bill Spiers
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 1 Out

Bell takes first base on ball four. Spiers moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Spiers is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 11 Jose Hernandez now playing center field. Brant Brown now playing left field. Manny Alexander now playing third base. Rod Beck now pitching. Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Manny Alexander pinch hits for Lance Johnson. Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Morandini scores. There goes Grace trying to get to home. Bell throws the ball in to Eusebio who tags Grace who's trying to score from second, for the out. Hill moves to second.
Top 11 Trever Miller now pitching. Glenallen Hill pinch hits for Henry Rodriguez. Hill is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morandini moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Top 11 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Morandini hits a ball on the ground for an out. Morandini moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 11 Jay Powell now pitching. Brant Brown pinch hits for Matt Karchner. Brown hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Biggio, and into shallow right field. Brown reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 10 Pete Incaviglia pinch hits for Doug Henry. Incaviglia strikes out.
Bottom 10 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Karchner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Blauser strikes out.
Top 10 Houston hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 10 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Everett hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Alou hits a line drive towards third. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Matt Karchner now pitching. Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 9 Doug Henry now pitching. Sosa hits a popup, foul, towards third. Spiers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Grace takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Mike Magnante now pitching. Morandini strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Biggio. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Biggio steals third.
Bottom 8 Spiers strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Biggio. The throw from Houston and he is safe. Biggio steals second.
Bottom 8 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser misplays the ball. That's an error on Blauser.
Bottom 8 Dave Clark pinch hits for Sean Bergman. Clark strikes out.
Top 8 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bergman, and towards Spiers, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Blauser hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Houston strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Wood covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Everett moves to second.
Bottom 7 Everett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bagwell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Spiers hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sosa strikes out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Morandini moves to third.
Top 6 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grace for the out. Morandini moves to second.
Top 6 Morandini hits a line drive beyond second. Biggio can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 6 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Biggio strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bergman bunts towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out. Eusebio moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Everett tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Eusebio takes first base on ball four. Everett moves to third.
Bottom 5 Everett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Everett reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Blauser strikes out.
Top 5 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bagwell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Top 4 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 4 Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Bergman covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Spiers strikes out.
Bottom 3 Biggio hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bergman strikes out.
Top 3 Morandini hits a line drive into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wood strikes out.
Top 3 Blauser hits a popup towards third. Spiers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 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 2 Eusebio hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Everett moves to third.
Bottom 2 The umpire calls a balk on Wood Everett moves to second.
Bottom 2 Everett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Alou strikes out.
Top 2 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Bagwell hits a popup towards short. Blauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Biggio moves to third.
Bottom 1 Spiers strikes out.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnson. Biggio reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Bergman covering, for the out.
Top 1 Sosa strikes out.
Top 1 Grace hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Grace reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Morandini hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.