Atlanta Braves 7, Chicago Cubs 1

Wednesday, September 30, 1998 (D) at Turner Field

Chic Cubs     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  5  1
Atl Braves    0  2  0    0  0  1    4  0  x  -   7  8  0

BATTING

Chicago Cubs          AB   R   H RBI      BB   K      PO   A
Johnson cf             4   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Morandini 2b           3   0   0   0       1   1       0   2
Sosa rf                4   0   2   0       0   1       2   0
Grace 1b               4   0   0   0       0   1       7   1
Rodriguez lf           3   0   0   0       1   2       1   0
Gaetti 3b              4   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
Houston c              3   1   1   1       0   1       6   0
Hernandez ss           3   0   0   0       0   1       5   0
Clark p                2   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
  Heredia p            0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Karchner p           0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Blauser ph           1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Morgan p             0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                31   1   5   1       2   8      24   5

FIELDING - 
E: Hernandez (1).

BATTING - 
2B: Sosa (1,off Smoltz).
HR: Houston (1,8th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 0 out).

BASERUNNING - 
CS: Sosa (1,2nd base by Smoltz/Lopez).

Atlanta Braves        AB   R   H RBI      BB   K      PO   A
Weiss ss               4   1   1   0       0   0       0   1
Lockhart 2b            3   1   1   0       1   0       2   3
C. Jones 3b            3   1   0   0       1   0       1   2
Galarraga 1b           4   1   1   0       0   2       6   0
Klesko lf              4   1   2   4       0   0       2   0
  Bautista lf          0   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
Lopez c                4   0   1   0       0   1       8   1
A. Jones cf            3   1   0   1       0   2       3   0
Tucker rf              4   1   1   2       0   0       3   0
  Ligtenberg p         0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Smoltz p               2   0   1   0       1   1       0   0
  Rocker p             0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Colbrunn ph          1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Williams rf          0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                32   7   8   7       3   6      27   7

BATTING - 
HR: Tucker (1,2nd inning off Clark 1 on, 2 out); Klesko (1,7th inning off Karchner
3 on, 2 out).
SF: A. Jones (1,off Clark).

BASERUNNING - 
SB: A. Jones (1,2nd base off Clark/Houston).

PITCHING

Chicago Cubs          IP     H  HR   R  ER  BB   K
Clark L(0-1)           6     7   1   4   2   1   4
Heredia                0.1   0   0   2   2   2   0
Karchner               0.2   1   1   1   1   0   1
Morgan                 1     0   0   0   0   0   1
Totals                 8     8   2   7   5   3   6

Atlanta Braves        IP     H  HR   R  ER  BB   K
Smoltz W(1-0)          7.2   5   1   1   1   0   6
Rocker                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ligtenberg             1     0   0   0   0   2   2
Totals                 9     5   1   1   1   2   8

Umpires: Mike Winters, Bill Hohn, Jerry Layne, Randy Marsh
Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 45598

CUBS 1ST: Johnson flied to left; Morandini flied to right; Sosa
singled to left; Sosa was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Weiss lined to first; Lockhart singled to center; C.
Jones flied to left; Galarraga struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Braves 0.

CUBS 2ND: Grace flied to left; Rodriguez popped to center;
Gaetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Klesko popped to shortstop; Lopez popped to first;
A. Jones reached on an error by Hernandez; A. Jones stole
second; Tucker homered (unearned) [A. Jones scored (unearned)];
Smoltz singled to center; Weiss popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 2.

CUBS 3RD: Houston flied to right; Hernandez struck out; Clark
singled to left; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Lockhart popped to shortstop; C. Jones grounded out
(first to pitcher); Galarraga struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubs 0, Braves 2.

CUBS 4TH: Morandini was called out on strikes; Sosa grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grace lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Klesko grounded out (first unassisted); Lopez
singled to shortstop; A. Jones struck out; Tucker flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 2.

CUBS 5TH: Rodriguez struck out; Gaetti grounded out (third to
first); Houston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Smoltz struck out; Weiss singled to second; Lockhart
lined to center; C. Jones flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Cubs 0, Braves 2.

CUBS 6TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Clark flied
to center; Johnson singled to left; Morandini lined to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Galarraga singled to left; Klesko singled to center
[Galarraga to third]; Lopez lined to shortstop; A. Jones out on
a sacrifice fly to right [Galarraga scored]; Tucker grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 3.

CUBS 7TH: Sosa doubled to third; Grace popped to center;
Rodriguez struck out; Gaetti grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Smoltz walked; HEREDIA REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING);
Weiss forced Smoltz (pitcher to shortstop); Lockhart walked
[Weiss to second]; C. Jones walked [Weiss to third, Lockhart to
second]; KARCHNER REPLACED HEREDIA (PITCHING); Galarraga popped
to first; Klesko homered [Weiss scored, Lockhart scored, C.
Jones scored]; Lopez struck out; 4 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Braves 7.

CUBS 8TH: BAUTISTA REPLACED KLESKO (PLAYING LF); Houston
homered; Hernandez popped to right; BLAUSER BATTED FOR KARCHNER;
Blauser popped to left; ROCKER REPLACED SMOLTZ (PITCHING);
Johnson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubs 1, Braves 7.

BRAVES 8TH: MORGAN REPLACED BLAUSER (PITCHING); A. Jones struck
out; Tucker grounded out (second to first); COLBRUNN BATTED FOR
ROCKER; Colbrunn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 7.

CUBS 9TH: LIGTENBERG REPLACED TUCKER (PITCHING); WILLIAMS
REPLACED COLBRUNN (PLAYING RF); Morandini walked; Sosa struck
out; Grace struck out; Rodriguez walked [Morandini to second];
Gaetti lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubs             1   5   1    5
 Braves           7   8   0    5