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September 27, 1998

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Bottom 10 R H E
Cubs 3 7 0
Astros 3 11 2
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Cubs 3 7 0
Astros 3 11 2

Bill Spiers Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .274
OBP .000 .356
At Bats 0 383
Hits 0 105
• Singles 0 70
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 43

Rod Beck Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 50
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Astrodome - September 27, 1998
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Out
Rod Beck
Scott Servais
Mark Grace
Mickey Morandini
Gary Gaetti
Jeff Blauser
Matt Mieske
Lance Johnson
Sammy Sosa
Bill Spiers
Moises Alou
Jeff Bagwell
Derek Bell
Count: 1-1, 1 Out
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs

Bill Spiers pinch hits for Tim Bogar. Spiers hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 10 Alou is walked intentionally. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 10 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 10 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hidalgo for the out.
Top 10 Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Blauser strikes out.
Top 10 Scott Elarton now pitching. Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Biggio strikes out.
Bottom 9 Dave Clark pinch hits for Billy Wagner. Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Matt Mieske now playing left field. Rod Beck now pitching. Ausmus hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grace for the out.
Top 9 Hernandez strikes out. There goes Johnson. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 9 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Tim Bogar now playing third base. Brant Brown pinch hits for Terry Mulholland. Billy Wagner now pitching. Matt Mieske pinch hits for Brant Brown. Mieske hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gutierrez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Berry hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Bagwell goes all the way around to score. Berry moves to second.
Bottom 8 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hidalgo scores.
Bottom 8 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. Hidalgo moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jose Hernandez now playing left field. Jeff Blauser now playing shortstop. Hidalgo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hernandez. Hidalgo reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Morandini is walked intentionally.
Top 8 There goes Sosa. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. Sosa steals second.
Top 8 Gaetti hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Biggio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hill strikes out.
Top 8 Sean Bergman now pitching. Sosa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Pete Incaviglia pinch hits for Doug Henry. Incaviglia hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ausmus moves to third.
Bottom 7 Ausmus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hill. Ausmus reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grace for the out.
Top 7 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Doug Henry now pitching. Mulholland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Bagwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Morandini hits a popup into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hidalgo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Biggio hits a line drive into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hampton bunts towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Morandini covering, for the out. Ausmus moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ausmus hits a line drive beyond first. Grace can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 5 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grace hits a popup into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Hampton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hernandez for the out.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Berry hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bagwell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bagwell takes first base on ball four.
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 Mulholland hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hidalgo. Mulholland reaches second base with a double. Morandini scores. Servais goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 4 Servais hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Morandini moves to second.
Top 4 Morandini takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hill strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hidalgo hits a popup beyond first. Grace can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Gutierrez scores. Ausmus moves to third.
Bottom 3 Biggio strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hampton strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ausmus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gutierrez moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Sosa strikes out.
Top 3 Grace strikes out.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Berry strikes out.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bagwell hits a fly ball into left field. Hill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson strikes out.
Top 2 Mulholland takes first base on ball four. Gaetti moves to second.
Top 2 Servais hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Morandini hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hidalgo strikes out.
Bottom 1 Biggio strikes out.
Top 1 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Sosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Grace moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Grace hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Grace reaches second base with a double. Hernandez moves to third.
Top 1 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez misplays the ball. That's an error on Gutierrez.
Top 1 Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Berry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.