Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
April 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 1996 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 9

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 1 0
Butler cf 4 1 1 0
Piazza c 3 1 2 0
Karros 1b 4 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 4 1 0 1
Blowers 3b 4 0 2 2
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 2 1
Astacio p 2 0 0 0
  Cummings p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Eischen p 0 0 0 0
  Fonville ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 1 2 0
Sandberg 2b 4 2 1 2
Grace 1b 4 1 2 2
Sosa rf 4 1 2 3
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Servais c 4 1 3 0
Hernandez 3b 4 0 2 1
Sanchez ss 4 0 0 0
Foster p 2 2 1 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Timmons lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 8
Los Angeles 003 001 000481
Chicago 002 700 00x9140
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio  L (0-1) 3.2 8 7 4 2 3
  Cummings   1.1 3 2 2 0 2
  Guthrie   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Eischen   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
6
3
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (1-0) 5.2 6 4 4 3 5
  Casian   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wendell   2.1 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
10

  E–DeShields (1).  DP–Los Angeles 4.  2B–Los Angeles Blowers (1,off Foster), Chicago Grace (1,off Astacio); Servais (1,off Astacio).  HR–Los Angeles Gagne (2,6th inning off Foster 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Sandberg (1,3rd inning off Astacio 1 on, 1 out); Sosa (2,4th inning off Cummings 2 on, 2 out).  SB–DeShields 2 (4,2nd base off Foster/Servais 2).  WP–Astacio (1).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:53.  A–12,626.
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