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September 16, 1998

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Cubs 2 10 0
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Cubs 6 11 0
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Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .312
OBP .500 .380
At Bats 4 602
Hits 2 188
• Singles 1 106
• Doubles 1 20
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 62
Walks 0 68
RBI’s 2 150

Brian Boehringer Season Stats

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5 2 0
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Qualcomm Stadium - September 16, 1998
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Home Run
Brian Boehringer
Carlos Hernandez
Wally Joyner
Quilvio Veras
Ken Caminiti
Chris Gomez
Greg Vaughn
Steve Finley
Tony Gwynn
Sammy Sosa
Mickey Morandini
Lance Johnson
Orlando Merced
Count: 1-0, 2 Outs
Count: 1-0, 2 Outs

Brian Boehringer now pitching. Wally Joyner now playing first base. Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields it and throws to home to get Houston. Merced moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 8 Mark Langston now pitching. Johnson takes first base on ball four. Houston moves to third. Merced moves to second.
Top 8 Orlando Merced pinch hits for Terry Mulholland. Merced hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Houston moves to second.
Top 8 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 8 Archi Cianfrocco now playing first base. Dan Miceli now pitching. Houston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Archi Cianfrocco pinch hits for Randy Myers. Cianfrocco strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Finley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Caminiti scores.
Bottom 7 Leyritz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Caminiti moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jose Hernandez now playing left field. Manny Alexander now playing shortstop. Caminiti hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Gaetti, and into shallow left field. Caminiti reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Manny Alexander pinch runs for Glenallen Hill. Gaetti strikes out.
Top 7 Glenallen Hill pinch hits for Henry Rodriguez. Hill takes first base on ball four. Sosa moves to third. Grace moves to second.
Top 7 Randy Myers now pitching. Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Myers fields it and throws to home to get Morandini. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Sosa hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Vaughn. Sosa reaches second base with a double. Mulholland scores. Johnson scores. Morandini moves to third.
Top 7 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mulholland moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leyritz fields the ball and throws to Hamilton covering. Safe. Mulholland moves to second.
Top 7 Mulholland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Veras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gwynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gwynn for the out.
Bottom 6 Veras hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Houston hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gaetti is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Veras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hamilton strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gomez hits a line drive towards third. Gaetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sosa strikes out.
Top 5 Morandini hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leyritz scoops it up and throws to first, with Hamilton covering, for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamilton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Finley 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 4 Leyritz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Caminiti strikes out.
Top 4 Mulholland strikes out.
Top 4 Hernandez is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Houston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leyritz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Houston for the out. Gaetti moves to second.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a line drive beyond first. Leyritz can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 4 Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Finley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gwynn hits a line drive off the glove of Gaetti, and into shallow left field. Gwynn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Veras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hamilton strikes out.
Top 3 Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morandini hits a line drive towards first. Leyritz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Leyritz moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mulholland fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Finley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Houston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Leyritz hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Leyritz reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Mulholland hits a popup towards short. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Gaetti moves to third.
Top 2 Houston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gaetti moves to second.
Top 2 Gaetti takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Caminiti strikes out.
Bottom 1 Vaughn hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gwynn hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Veras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leyritz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grace for the out. Johnson moves to third. Sosa moves to second.
Top 1 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson moves to second.
Top 1 Morandini hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Vaughn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive beyond short. Gomez can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.