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August 20, 1998

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Top 10 R H E
Astros 5 17 3
Brewers 5 11 0
Top 10 R H E
Astros 5 17 3
Brewers 5 11 0

Bill Spiers Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .273
OBP 1.000 .361
At Bats 1 330
Hits 1 90
• Singles 1 59
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 0 36

Bob Wickman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 20
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County Stadium - August 20, 1998
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Walk
Bob Wickman
Bobby Hughes
Mark Loretta
Fernando Vina
Jeff Cirillo
Jose Valentin
Geoff Jenkins
Marquis Grissom
Darrin Jackson
Bill Spiers
Brad Ausmus
Count: 3-0, 1 Out
Count: 3-0, 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Ausmus hits a line drive beyond third. Cirillo can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 10 Mark Loretta now playing first base. Jose Valentin now playing shortstop. Bob Wickman now pitching. Carl Everett pinch hits for Billy Wagner. Everett hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jose Valentin pinch runs for Marc Newfield. Nilsson strikes out.
Bottom 9 Marc Newfield pinch hits for Chad Fox. Newfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Newfield reaches second base with a double. Grissom scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Cirillo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ausmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Loretta bunts towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. Grissom moves to second.
Bottom 9 Billy Wagner now pitching. Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wagner juggles the ball. That's an error on Wagner.
Top 9 Hidalgo hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Doug Henry now pitching. Vina hits a line drive towards cemter. Hidalgo catches it and throws to home to double up Jenkins.
Bottom 8 Hughes takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jenkins moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jenkins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hidalgo. Jenkins reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Nilsson hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Darrin Jackson now playing right field. Chad Fox now pitching. Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 8 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Spiers moves to second.
Top 8 Spiers hits a line drive beyond first. Nilsson can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 8 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Burnitz strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cirillo hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Loretta hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hidalgo. Loretta reaches second base with a double. Hughes scores. Vina goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Bill Spiers now playing third base. Scott Elarton now pitching. Grissom strikes out.
Bottom 7 Vina hits a line drive beyond second. Biggio can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hughes moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hughes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Berry hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Vina settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alou scores.
Top 7 There goes Alou. The throw from Hughes and he is safe. Alou steals second.
Top 7 Bobby Hughes now catching. Eric Plunk now pitching. Alou hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bagwell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Burnitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Matheny hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jenkins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Burnitz scores.
Bottom 6 Nilsson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burnitz moves to third.
Bottom 6 Burnitz hits a line drive off the glove of Bagwell, and into shallow right field. Burnitz reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Loretta scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Hampton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Berry moves to second.
Top 6 Berry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cirillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Loretta takes first base on ball four. Vina moves to second.
Bottom 5 Grissom hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Karl tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Vina hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Karl moves to third.
Bottom 5 Karl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton juggles the ball. That's an error on Hampton. Karl moves to second.
Bottom 5 Matheny strikes out.
Top 5 Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bagwell moves to second.
Top 5 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jenkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jenkins for the out.
Bottom 4 Nilsson hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burnitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Cirillo takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field. Burnitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Biggio is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Hampton hits a line drive beyond first. Nilsson can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hampton moves to second.
Top 4 Ausmus hits a line drive into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cirillo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Loretta hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Vina hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Bagwell, and into shallow right field. Vina reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Karl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hidalgo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Vina reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bagwell moves to second.
Top 3 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Top 3 Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grissom. Bell reaches second base with a double. Hampton goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Gutierrez strikes out.
Top 3 Biggio strikes out.
Top 3 Hampton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Matheny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Jenkins hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nilsson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry juggles the ball. That's an error on Berry. Cirillo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Burnitz hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cirillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Ausmus hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Berry hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hidalgo strikes out.
Top 2 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Loretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Vina hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bagwell hits a line drive towards third. Cirillo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell strikes out.
Top 1 Gutierrez strikes out.
Top 1 Biggio hits a line drive beyond second. Vina can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.