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1998 NL Championship Series (4-2): San Diego Padres (98-64) over Atlanta Braves (106-56)

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WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1998 at Turner Fld (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0    1     3  7  0
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1    0     2  8  3

    PITCHERS: SDP - Ashby, Myers (8), Miceli (8), Hoffman (8), Wall (10)
              ATL - Smoltz, Rocker (8), Martinez (8), Ligtenberg (9)

               WP - Trevor Hoffman
	       LP - Kerry Ligtenberg
             SAVE - Donne Wall

   HOME RUNS: SDP - Caminiti
              ATL - Jones

  ATTENDANCE: 42,117

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1998 at Turner Fld (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2     3 11  0
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  1

    PITCHERS: SDP - Brown
              ATL - Glavine, Rocker (7), Seanez (8), Perez (9), Ligtenberg (9)

               WP - Kevin Brown
	       LP - Tom Glavine
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SDP - none
              ATL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,083

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1998 at Qualcomm St (San Diego Padres)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  8  2
    San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  2  0    0  2  x     4  7  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Maddux, Martinez (6), Rocker (7), Seanez (8)
              SDP - Hitchcock, Wall (6), Miceli (8), Myers (8), Hoffman (8)

               WP - Sterling Hitchcock
	       LP - Greg Maddux
             SAVE - Trevor Hoffman

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              SDP - none

  ATTENDANCE: 62,799

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1998 at Qualcomm St (San Diego Padres)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    1  0  1    6  0  0     8 12  0
    San Diego Padres             0  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Neagle, Martinez (6), Rocker (7), Perez (8), Seanez (8), Ligtenberg (9)
              SDP - Hamilton, Myers (7), Miceli (7), Boehringer (8), Langston (9)

               WP - Dennis Martinez
	       LP - Joey Hamilton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Galarraga, Lopez
              SDP - Leyritz

  ATTENDANCE: 65,042

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1998 at Qualcomm St (San Diego Padres)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    1  0  1    0  5  0     7 14  1
    San Diego Padres             2  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  2     6 10  1

    PITCHERS: ATL - Smoltz, Rocker (7), Seanez (8), Ligtenberg (9), Maddux (9)
              SDP - Ashby, Langston (7), Brown (7), Wall (8), Boehringer (9), Myers (9)

               WP - John Rocker
	       LP - Kevin Brown
             SAVE - Greg Maddux

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Tucker
              SDP - Caminiti, Myers, Vander Wal

  ATTENDANCE: 58,988

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1998 at Turner Fld (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  0  5    0  0  0     5 10  0
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  1

    PITCHERS: SDP - Hitchcock, Boehringer (6), Langston (7), Hamilton (7), Hoffman (9)
              ATL - Glavine, Rocker (6), Martinez (6), Neagle (8)

               WP - Sterling Hitchcock
	       LP - Tom Glavine
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SDP - none
              ATL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,988

Series MVP - Sterling Hitchcock

Series Batting Stats

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San Diego Padres

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Andy Ashby          2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72   8  0  .111  .274   0
#Brian Boehringer    3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   0  0  .000  .125   0
 Kevin Brown         2   4  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  82  17  0  .207  .488   0
#Ken Caminiti        6  22  3  6  0  0  2   4  5  4  .273  .407  .545  0 | 452 114 29  .252  .862   6
*Steve Finley        6  21  3  7  1  0  0   2  6  2  .333  .481  .381  1 | 619 154 14  .249  .702  12
 Chris Gomez         6  20  2  3  1  0  0   0  2  5  .150  .227  .200  0 | 449 120  4  .267  .725   1
*Tony Gwynn          6  26  1  6  1  0  0   2  1  2  .231  .259  .269  0 | 461 148 16  .321  .865   3
 Joey Hamilton       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  71  10  1  .141  .364   0
 Carlos Hernandez    6  18  2  6  1  0  0   0  1  5  .333  .368  .389  0 | 390 102  9  .262  .674   2
*Sterling Hitchcock  2   5  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0 |  50   7  0  .140  .297   0
 Trevor Hoffman      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Wally Joyner        6  16  3  5  0  0  0   2  4  3  .313  .450  .313  0 | 439 131 12  .298  .823   1
 Mark Langston       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  24   2  0  .083  .279   0
 Jim Leyritz         5  12  1  2  0  0  1   4  0  2  .167  .231  .417  0 |+272  75 12  .276  .851   0
 Dan Miceli          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   1  0 1.000 2.000   0
*Greg Myers          2   1  1  1  0  0  1   2  1  0 1.000 1.000 4.000  0 | 171  42  4  .246  .686   0
*Randy Myers         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Ruben Rivera        6  13  1  3  2  0  0   0  0  7  .231  .231  .385  1 | 172  36  6  .209  .703   5
 Andy Sheets         3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 194  47  7  .242  .725   7
*Mark Sweeney        3   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .333  .000  0 | 192  45  2  .234  .663   1
*John Vander Wal     3   7  1  3  0  0  1   2  0  2  .429  .429  .857  0 |+129  36  5  .279  .894   0
 Greg Vaughn         3   8  1  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .250  .333  .250  0 | 573 156 50  .272  .960  11
#Quilvio Veras       6  24  2  6  1  0  0   2  5  7  .250  .379  .292  0 | 517 138  6  .267  .729  24
 Donne Wall          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   2  0  .286  .572   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 208 24 53  7  0  5  20 27 48  .255  .343  .361  2 |        167  .253  .736  79

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Atlanta Braves

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Danny Bautista      5   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 144  36  3  .250  .670   1
 Greg Colbrunn       6   6  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  .333  .333  .333  0 |+166  51  3  .307  .813   4
 Andres Galarraga    6  21  1  2  0  0  1   4  6  6  .095  .296  .238  0 | 555 169 44  .305  .992   7
*Tom Glavine         3   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .250  .400  .250  0 |  71  17  0  .239  .532   0
 Tony Graffanino     4   3  2  1  1  0  0   1  2  1  .333  .600  .667  0 | 289  61  5  .211  .593   1
*Ozzie Guillen       4  12  1  5  0  0  0   1  0  1  .417  .417  .417  0 |+280  74  1  .264  .661   1
 Andruw Jones        6  22  3  6  0  0  1   2  1  4  .273  .292  .409  1 | 582 158 31  .271  .836  27
#Chipper Jones       6  24  2  5  1  0  0   1  4  5  .208  .321  .250  0 | 601 188 34  .313  .951  16
*Ryan Klesko         5  12  2  1  0  0  0   1  6  3  .083  .389  .083  0 | 427 117 18  .274  .832   5
 Kerry Ligtenberg    4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Keith Lockhart      6  17  2  4  1  1  0   0  0  4  .235  .235  .412  0 | 366  94  9  .257  .699   2
 Javy Lopez          6  20  2  6  0  0  1   1  0  7  .300  .300  .450  0 | 489 139 34  .284  .868   5
 Greg Maddux         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  75  18  0  .240  .558   0
*Marty Malloy        4   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  28   5  1  .179  .554   0
 Dennis Martinez     4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  11   1  0  .091  .349   0
*Denny Neagle        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  63  11  0  .175  .414   0
 Eddie Perez         3   4  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  .750  .750  .750  0 | 149  50  6  .336  .941   1
*Odalis Perez        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 John Rocker         6   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 |   0   0  0               0
 Rudy Seanez         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 John Smoltz         2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0 |  51  10  0  .196  .533   0
*Michael Tucker      6  13  1  5  1  0  1   5  2  5  .385  .467  .692  0 | 414 101 13  .244  .745   8
#Walt Weiss          4  15  0  3  0  0  0   1  2  5  .200  .294  .200  1 | 347  97  0  .280  .729   7
 Gerald Williams     5  13  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  6  .154  .214  .154  1 | 266  81 10  .305  .856  11
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 200 18 47  4  1  4  17 26 54  .235  .322  .325  3 |        215  .272  .790  98

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

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Series Pitching Stats

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San Diego Padres

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Andy Ashby          2   2.08 0-0  0  0 13.0 14  3  2  5 | 17-9  227  3.34  1.24 151   
 Kevin Brown         2   2.61 1-1  0  1 10.3  5  3  4 12 | 18-7  257  2.38  1.07 257   
*Sterling Hitchcock  2   0.90 2-0  0  0 10.0  5  1  8 14 |  9-7  176  3.93  1.23 158  1
 Joey Hamilton       2   4.91 0-1  0  0  7.3  7  4  3  6 | 13-13 217  4.27  1.50 147   
 Trevor Hoffman      3   2.08 1-0  1  0  4.3  2  1  2  7 |  4-2   73  1.48  0.85  86 53
 Brian Boehringer    3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  0  1  1 |  5-2   76  4.36  1.57  67   
 Donne Wall          3   3.00 0-0  1  0  3.0  3  1  4  4 |  5-4   70  2.43  1.17  56  1
*Randy Myers         4  13.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  3  3  2  3 |+ 4-7   57  4.92  1.50  41 28
*Mark Langston       3   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  1  0  0  1 |  4-6   81  5.86  1.82  56   
 Dan Miceli          3  13.50 0-0  0  0  0.7  4  1  0  1 | 10-5   73  3.22  1.25  70  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.78 4-2  2  1 55.0 47 17 26 54 |            3.63 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Atlanta Braves

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 John Smoltz         2   3.95 0-0  0  0 13.7 13  6  6 13 | 17-3  168  2.90  1.13 173   
*Tom Glavine         2   2.31 0-2  0  0 11.7 13  3  9  8 | 20-6  229  2.47  1.20 157   
*Denny Neagle        2   3.52 0-0  0  0  7.7  8  3  2  9 | 16-11 210  3.55  1.22 165   
 Greg Maddux         2   3.00 0-1  1  0  6.0  5  2  3  4 | 18-9  251  2.22  0.98 204   
*John Rocker         6   0.00 1-0  0  0  4.7  3  0  1  5 |  1-3   38  2.13  1.16  42  2
 Kerry Ligtenberg    4   7.36 0-1  0  0  3.7  3  3  2  5 |  3-2   73  2.71  1.03  79 30
 Dennis Martinez     4   0.00 1-0  0  0  3.3  1  0  1  0 |  4-6   91  4.45  1.41  62  2
 Rudy Seanez         4   6.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  2  2  1  4 |  4-1   36  2.75  1.14  50  2
*Odalis Perez        2  54.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  5  2  2  0 |  0-1   11  4.22  1.31   5   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.50 2-4  1  0 54.0 53 21 27 48 |            3.25 1.220   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU

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