Pittsburgh Pirates 9 – 12 Chicago Cubs
3 July 1998 · CHI11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 12-12-4 runs-hits-errors line | Chicago Cubs | 1 in 31,643 games |
| 43 | final score 12–9 | 1 in 981 games | |
| 24 | 5 RBI | Tyler Houston | 1 in 492 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | – | 12 | 12 | 4 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Womack | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Turner Ward | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jason Kendall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Keith Osik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Young | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Guillen | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Al Martin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Aramis Ramirez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lou Collier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Francisco Cordova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Manny Martinez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Polcovich | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Cordova | 3.0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Javier Martinez | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeff Tabaka | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Elmer Dessens | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Hernandez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | HR |
| Mickey Morandini | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Sosa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Mark Grace | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Rodriguez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Manny Alexander | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Tyler Houston | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Kevin Orie | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kevin Tapani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 37 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Tapani | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Bob Patterson | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Adams | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Mulholland | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Beck | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |