Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 26, 1998 - Box Score

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Cubs 3, Mets 2 1998 Regular Season Game 102
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National League Standings, July 26, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Brian
McRae 3b
Lenny
Harris 1b
John
Olerud c
Mike
Piazza lf
Todd
Hundley 2b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Butch
Huskey ss
Luis
Lopez p
Rick
Reed

July 26, 1998, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Brian McRae cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .254

Lenny Harris 3b-lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .195

- Bernard Gilkey ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .227

John Olerud 1b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .329

Mike Piazza c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .342

Todd Hundley lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .178

- Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267

Carlos Baerga 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .277

Butch Huskey rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258

Luis Lopez ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .269

Rick Reed p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .140

- Todd Pratt ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .312

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

- Greg McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dennis Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Matt Franco ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .283

- Bill Pulsipher pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Brant Brown cf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 1

Jose Hernandez 3b 3 2 1 0 1 1

Sammy Sosa rf 3 1 2 2 1 0

Mark Grace 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Henry Rodriguez lf 4 0 2 1 0 0

- Rod Beck p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jeff Blauser ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Tyler Houston c 2 0 0 0 1 0

Manny Alexander 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0

Kerry Wood p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Kevin Orie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Terry Mulholland p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Terry Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lance Johnson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0

Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 x 3 7 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Reed (L,11-7) 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 2.75

Mel Rojas 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.54

Greg McMichael 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 3.77

Dennis Cook 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1.83

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Kerry Wood (W) 7.0 4 1 1 3 6

Terry Mulholland 0.1 0 0 0 1 1

Terry Adams 0.2 0 0 0 1 0

Rod Beck (Save) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1

2B: Jose Hernandez, Henry Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Brant Brown.
HR: Brian McRae (15), Sammy Sosa.
Intentional Walks: Sammy Sosa.

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