NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR Big Mac/Sosa National League

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN

1998 ATN 91 71 L.Walker CON .381 M.McGwire PIN 83 S.Sosa CHN 193

1998 NYN 83 79 V.Guerrer MON .367 M.McGwire CON 76 M.McGwire PIN 193

1998 PHN 78 84 M.McGwire PIN .361 M.McGwire SDN 76 M.McGwire CON 184

1998 MON 76 86 D.Bichett CON .357 M.McGwire SFN 74 M.McGwire SFN 173

1998 FLN 65 97 M.McGwire CON .352 OTHERS TIED W 73 S.Sosa CON 168

1998 HON 96 66 WINS SAVES ERA

1998 CHN 85 77 K.Brown SDN 20 T.Hoffman SDN 46 A.Leiter NYN 2.19

1998 CIN 82 80 M.Gardner SFN 19 U.Urbina MON 39 G.Maddux ATN 3.16

1998 MLN 79 83 S.Reynold HON 18 J.Franco NYN 36 K.Brown SDN 3.25

1998 PIN 77 85 OTHERS TIED W 17 OTHERS TIED W 31 M.Hampton HON 3.27

1998 SLN 66 96 B.Anderso ARN 3.49

1998 SDN 97 65 CUR HIT STREAK MVP POINT CY YOUNG POINT

1998 SFN 95 67 V.Guerrer MON 11 M.McGwire PIN 747 A.Leiter NYN 645

1998 LAN 82 80 M.Grace CHN 10 M.McGwire CON 700 G.Maddux ATN 630

1998 ARN 76 86 S.Sosa NYN 10 S.Sosa CHN 676 M.Gardner SFN 629

1998 CON 74 88 D.White ARN 8 M.McGwire SFN 657 K.Brown SDN 614

G.Colbrun ATN 8 S.Sosa PHN 646 T.Hoffman SDN 574

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS

CHN 4 at HON 6

MLN 5 at LAN 12

MON 8 at SLN 3

NYN 7 at ATN 4

PHN 3 at FLN 8

PIN 1 at CIN 10

SFN 7 at CON 12

SDN 1 at ARN 8

YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES

BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB

J.Valentin MLN LAN 4 2 2 3 0 0 2 0

K.Stinnett ARN SDN 3 1 2 5 0 0 1 0

M.Kotsay FLN PHN 4 2 3 3 0 1 1 0

M.GrudzielanekLAN MLN 4 1 3 4 0 0 1 0

R.Mondesi LAN MLN 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 2

PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS

P.Harnisch CIN PIN 9.0 5 1 1 0 9 1 W

P.Astacio CON SFN 6.0 2 2 0 7 5 0 W

J.Lima HON CHN 8.0 7 2 2 1 8 1 W

B.Clontz NYN ATN 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 W

B.Anderson ARN SDN 9.0 7 1 1 3 4 1 W

ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION

C M.Piazza(NYN) 1,792,610 J.Kendall(PIN) 1,246,546

1B M.McGwire(PIN) 4,453,403 M.McGwire(CON) 3,707,220

2B C.Biggio(HON) 1,825,751 F.Vina(MLN) 1,493,909

3B V.Castilla(CON) 2,073,472 S.Rolen(PHN) 1,634,207

SS B.Larkin(CIN) 1,282,468 J.Bell(ARN) 1,258,975

LF G.Vaughn(SDN) 2,447,198 B.Bonds(SFN) 2,269,301

CF R.Lankford(SLN) 1,720,851 D.White(ARN) 1,597,067

RF S.Sosa(CHN) 3,392,118 S.Sosa(PHN) 3,040,778

Pi A.Leiter(NYN) 4,275,267 G.Maddux(ATN) 4,075,915

M.Gardner(SFN) 4,065,405 K.Brown(SDN) 3,875,612

T.Hoffman(SDN) 3,423,441 R.Johnson(HON) 2,789,406

S.Hitchcock(SDN) 2,398,111 M.Hampton(HON) 2,305,332

P.Harnisch(CIN) 2,277,675 A.Benes(ARN) 2,181,896

U.Urbina(MON) 2,147,474 M.Mantei(FLN) 2,138,150