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CHICAGO CUBS @ KANSAS CITY ROYALS
04/09/1998
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Kevin Brown
Pitching: RHP Kevin Brown
Batting: SHB Jose Vidro 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 5, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Don Mattingly 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
Passed Ball!
Trot Nixon to third
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34D, EV 45.0 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP LaTroy Hawkins
Pitching: RHP LaTroy Hawkins
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Armando Rios 0-0: Called Strike
Roberto Alomar steals 2nd base
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Kevin Brown
Batting: SHB Jose L Cruz 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Carmelo Martinez 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.3 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP LaTroy Hawkins
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rick Wilkins 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Kevin Brown
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jose Vidro 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 66.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP LaTroy Hawkins
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5F, EV 76.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Kevin Brown
Batting: LHB Don Mattingly 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Jose L Cruz 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Don Mattingly to second
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Carmelo Martinez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Don Mattingly to third
Jose L Cruz to second
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP LaTroy Hawkins
Batting: LHB Armando Rios 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9S, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Armando Rios to second
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Armando Rios to third
3-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5SF, EV 68.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 5TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Kevin Brown
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Jose Vidro 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Don Mattingly 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP LaTroy Hawkins
Batting: LHB Rick Wilkins 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
TOP OF THE 6TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Kevin Brown
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jose L Cruz 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 3S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 0
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP LaTroy Hawkins
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Ball
1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 93.8 MPH), Distance : 411 ft
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Armando Rios 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
Passed Ball!
Roberto Alomar to third
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 101.9 MPH), Distance : 367 ft
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 101.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 0 - Kansas City 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Kevin Brown
Batting: RHB Carmelo Martinez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 61.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: SHB Jose Vidro 0-0: Called Strike
Rich Becker steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Rich Becker to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by RF
Batting: LHB Trot Nixon 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Jose Vidro to second
Jose Vidro to third
Batting: LHB Don Mattingly 0-0: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 93.8 MPH), Distance : 336 ft
Batting: RHB Mike Piazza 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 7th over - 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 4 - Kansas City 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP LaTroy Hawkins
Pitching: RHP Russ Springer
Batting: LHB Rick Wilkins 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Phil Plantier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 93.1 MPH), Distance : 341 ft
Batting: SHB Quilvio Veras 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Andruw Jones 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 100.0 MPH), Distance : 372 ft
Batting: SHB Roberto Alomar 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 73.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 4 - Kansas City 5
TOP OF THE 8TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Kevin Brown
Batting: SHB Jose L Cruz 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Pitching: RHP Gregg Olson
Batting: RHB Jeff Cirillo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Carmelo Martinez 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 4 - Kansas City 5
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Kansas City Royals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : RHP Russ Springer
Batting: LHB Armando Rios 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Jim Thome 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Richard Hidalgo 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Barry Larkin 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 4 - Kansas City 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Kansas City Royals : RHP Gregg Olson
Pitching: RHP Armando Benitez
Batting: LHB Scott Cooper 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Rich Becker 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB Jose Vidro 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 4 - Kansas City 5
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