Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
May 31, 1995 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1995 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 1, Chicago Cubs 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 4 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 1 1 1
Jones 3b 3 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 2 0
Justice rf 3 0 0 0
Klesko lf 3 0 0 0
  Kelly lf 1 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 0 1 0
  Mordecai pr 0 0 0 0
  Lopez c 1 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 3 0 0 0
Avery p 2 0 1 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 1 2 2
Sanchez 2b 4 0 1 1
Grace 1b 4 0 2 0
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Dunston ss 4 0 2 0
Hernandez 3b 4 0 1 0
Wilkins c 2 1 0 0
Timmons lf 4 2 2 1
Morgan p 2 0 0 0
  Perez p 1 0 0 0
  Hickerson p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Atlanta 000 000 010161
Chicago 000 010 30x4110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Avery  L (1-3) 6.1 10 4 4 1 10
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Clontz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McMichael   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
2
13
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  W (1-1) 6.2 5 0 0 3 3
  Perez   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Hickerson   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Myers  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
5

  E–Avery (1).  DP–Atlanta 1, Chicago 2.  PB–Lopez (1).  2B–Atlanta McGriff (6,off Morgan); Jones (7,off Morgan), Chicago Timmons (1,off Avery); McRae (13,off Avery); Sanchez (9,off Avery).  HR–Atlanta Blauser (4,8th inning off Perez 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Avery (3,off Morgan).  IBB–Justice (3,by Morgan); Wilkins (1,by McMichael).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  CS–Jones (2,2nd base by Hickerson/Wilkins).  SB–Timmons (1,2nd base off Avery/O'Brien); Hernandez (1,2nd base off McMichael/Lopez).  IBB–McMichael (2,Wilkins); Morgan (1,Justice).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Scott Potter.  T–2:28.  A–27,372.
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