1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game
Cubs 5, Giants 3: Game 163 sends Chicago to the 1998 playoffs.
The 1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game was a one-game extension of the 1998 regular season between the Chicago Cubs and the San Francisco Giants, played at Wrigley Field on September 28, 1998, to decide the National League wild card. The Cubs won 5–3, holding the Giants scoreless until they scored all three of their runs in the ninth inning.
Quick Facts
- Game
- National League Wild Card tie-breaker
- Date
- September 28, 1998
- Venue
- Wrigley Field
- City
- Chicago, Illinois
- Home
- Chicago Cubs
- Visitor
- San Francisco Giants
- Attendance
- 39,556
- Umpires
- HP: Bruce Froemming
- 1B: Steve Rippley
- 2B: Gary Darling
- 3B: Mike Winters
- LF: Larry Poncino
- RF: Larry Vanover
Facts from the source article.
Background
Both teams had finished 89–73, and the Cubs had won a coin flip for home field. Michael Jordan threw the ceremonial first pitch. The win sent the Cubs to the NLDS, where the Atlanta Braves swept them, and the game counted as the 163rd regular-season game for both teams.
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