Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies
April 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1996 at Coors Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado Rockies 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 0 0
Grace 1b 4 2 4 3
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 3 2 1 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Servais c 4 2 3 5
Hernandez 3b 5 0 2 1
Sanchez ss 3 1 1 0
Foster p 0 0 0 0
  Adams p 1 0 0 0
  Haney ph 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Bullett lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 9
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 5 1 2 2
Burks lf 5 2 3 0
Bichette rf 5 0 2 1
Walker cf 5 0 1 1
Galarraga 1b 4 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 0
Reed c 2 1 2 1
  Hubbard ph 0 0 0 0
  Brito c 0 0 0 0
Bates 2b 3 1 0 0
Ritz p 2 0 1 1
  Habyan p 0 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Chicago 420 000 3009120
Colorado 004 110 0006121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster   3.0 5 5 5 2 2
  Adams  W (1-0) 4.0 4 1 1 0 6
  Wendell   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Jones  SV (1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
3
9
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  L (1-1) 7.0 11 9 9 4 4
  Habyan   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Ruffin   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
7
5

  E–Weiss (1).  DP–Chicago 2, Colorado 3.  2B–Chicago McRae (2,off Ritz); Servais (2,off Ritz); Grace 3 (5,off Ritz 2,off Habyan), Colorado Burks (4,off Foster); Castilla (1,off Foster).  3B–Colorado Bichette (1,off Foster).  HR–Chicago Servais (3,7th inning off Ritz 2 on, 2 out), Colorado J Reed (1,3rd inning off Foster 0 on, 0 out); Weiss (1,3rd inning off Foster 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Foster (1,off Ritz); Haney (1,off Habyan); Ritz (2,off Foster).  HBP–Gonzalez (1,by Ritz).  IBB–Gonzalez (1,by Ritz); Servais (1,by Ruffin).  SB–Sanchez (1,3rd base off Habyan/J Reed).  WP–Patterson (1).  BK–Patterson (1).  HBP–Ritz (1,Gonzalez).  IBB–Ritz (1,Gonzalez); Ruffin (1,Servais).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–3:13.  A–50,185.
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