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Mets 3, Cubs 2 1998 Regular Season Game 8
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Brewers 5, Mets 3

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National League Standings, April 9, 1998

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo rf
Rich
Becker lf
Bernard
Gilkey 1b
Matt
Franco 2b
Carlos
Baerga cf
Brian
McRae c
Jim
Tatum ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Rick
Reed

April 9, 1998, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 8, New York Mets 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .235

Rich Becker rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .227

- Mel Rojas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bernard Gilkey lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .308

Matt Franco 1b-rf 4 2 2 0 1 1 .333

Carlos Baerga 2b 3 1 0 1 1 1 .172

Brian McRae cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .286

Jim Tatum c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .286

- Alberto Castillo pr-c 1 1 0 0 0 0 .091

- Butch Huskey ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .130

Rey Ordonez ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 .258

Rick Reed p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Brian Bohanon p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000

- Luis Lopez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .364

- John Hudek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Olerud ph-1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .321

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Brant Brown cf 5 2 2 1 0 1

Mickey Morandini 2b 5 1 3 2 0 0

Sammy Sosa rf 5 1 2 2 0 1

Mark Grace 1b 4 0 3 1 1 1

Henry Rodriguez lf 2 1 1 1 3 0

- Rod Beck p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jeff Blauser ss 4 0 1 0 0 1

Kevin Orie 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0

Tyler Houston c 4 0 0 0 0 1

- Scott Servais c 0 0 0 0 0 0

Steve Trachsel p 2 2 1 0 1 0

- Marc Pisciotta p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Terry Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Matt Mieske lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 7 10 0

Chicago Cubs 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 x 8 14 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Reed (L,0-1) 3.2 10 7 7 1 4 6.75

Brian Bohanon 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00

John Hudek 2.0 1 1 1 3 1 6.75

Mel Rojas 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0.00

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Steve Trachsel (W) 5.2 6 4 3 3 5

Marc Pisciotta 1.2 1 1 1 2 1

Bob Patterson 0.0 1 0 0 0 0

Terry Adams 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Rod Beck (Save) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0

Errors: Henry Rodriguez.
PB: Scott Servais.
2B: Brian McRae (3), Jim Tatum (1), Sammy Sosa.
3B: Mickey Morandini.
HR: Henry Rodriguez.
HBP: Jeff Blauser.
SH: Bernard Gilkey.
SF: Edgardo Alfonzo, Carlos Baerga.
SB: Brian McRae (3).
CS: Mark Grace.

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