The Chicago Cubs managed to stay ahead of the New York Mets, 8 to 7, on April 9, 1998.

Final

Mets

5-3

7

Cubs

7-2

8

NYM

CHC

1

0

2

0

4

3

0

4

0

3

5

1

0

6

3

1

7

0

8

1

0

9

2

R

7

8

H

10

14

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

NYM

CHC

Home run by Henry Rodriguez.

0

1

Single by Brant Brown; Kevin Orie scored.

0

2

Triple by Mickey Morandini; Steve Trachsel and Brant Brown scored.

0

4

Bottom 4th

NYM

CHC

Double by Sammy Sosa; Steve Trachsel and Brant Brown scored.

0

6

Single by Mark Grace; Sammy Sosa scored.

0

7

Top 5th

NYM

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Edgardo Alfonzo; Rey Ordonez scored.

1

7

Top 6th

NYM

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Carlos Baerga; Bernard Gilkey scored.

2

7

Double by Jim Tatum; Matt Franco scored.

3

7

Rey Ordonez fly ball; Error by Henry Rodriguez; Alberto Castillo scored.

4

7

Bottom 6th

NYM

CHC

Kevin Orie walked; Mickey Morandini scored.

4

8

Top 8th

NYM

CHC

Single by Rey Ordonez; Brian McRae scored.

5

8

Top 9th

NYM

CHC

Double by Brian McRae; Matt Franco scored.

6

8

Butch Huskey grounded out; Carlos Baerga scored.

7

8

Mets

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Edgardo Alfonzo 3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Rich Becker RF	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Mel Rojas P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernard Gilkey LF	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Matt Franco 1B,RF	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	2
Carlos Baerga 2B	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Brian McRae CF	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	2
Jim Tatum C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Alberto Castillo PR,C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Huskey PH	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez SS	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Rick Reed P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brian Bohanon P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Lopez PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Hudek P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Olerud PH,1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	35	7	10	6	6	6	1	12

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rick Reed (L)	3.2	10	7	7	1	4	1
Brian Bohanon	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0
John Hudek	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	0
Mel Rojas	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	8.0	14	8	8	6	5	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Brant Brown CF	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2
Mickey Morandini 2B	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	5
Sammy Sosa RF	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	3
Mark Grace 1B	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	3
Henry Rodriguez LF	2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	4
Rod Beck P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Blauser SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Kevin Orie 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Tyler Houston C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Scott Servais C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Trachsel P	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Marc Pisciotta P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Patterson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Adams P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Mieske LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	8	14	8	1	6	5	1	20

Pitchers

Player	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 (S)	1.0	2	2	2	1	0
Totals	9.0	10	7	6	6	6

Explore

More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Bellinger

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Imanaga

K

28

Wicks

ERA

0.84

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

28

6th

R

133

7th

SO

217

17th

ERA

3.82

12th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	16	8	.667
Cubs	16	9	.640	0.5
Reds	14	11	.560	2.5
Pirates	13	13	.500	4.0
Cardinals	11	14	.440	5.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 4/27	CHC	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Mon 4/29	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Tue 4/30	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM

Last Game

Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

Astros

7-19

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

Cruz

319

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0