Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
April 12, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1996 at 3Com Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, San Francisco Giants 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 5 0 1 0
Grace 1b 5 0 2 0
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 3 1 2 0
Servais c 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 3b 4 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 2 0 1 0
  Bullett ph 1 0 0 0
Navarro p 3 0 1 1
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Kieschnick ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Javier cf 1 0 0 0
  Benard cf 3 1 1 0
Scarsone 2b 3 1 1 0
Bonds lf 3 1 1 1
Williams 3b 2 1 0 0
Carreon 1b 4 0 1 1
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Hill rf 4 0 1 1
Dunston ss 3 0 1 0
  Batiste ss 0 0 0 0
Decker c 3 0 0 0
Leiter p 1 0 0 0
  Gardner p 1 0 0 0
  Phillips 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 6 3
Chicago 010 000 0001101
San Francisco 000 210 01x460
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Navarro  L (0-2) 7.1 6 4 3 3 6
  Myers   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
3
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  W (1-1) 6.0 8 1 1 2 5
  Gardner   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Beck  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
3
7

  E–Sosa (1).  DP–Chicago 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Chicago Servais (3,off Leiter); Sosa (1,off Leiter); Sanchez (1,off Leiter).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (3,8th inning off Navarro 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–McRae (1,by Leiter); M Williams (1,by Navarro).  IBB–Sanchez (1,by Leiter); Bonds (2,by Navarro).  SH–Leiter (2,off Navarro).  BK–Leiter (1).  HBP–Navarro (1,M Williams); Leiter (1,McRae).  IBB–Navarro (1,Bonds); Leiter (1,Sanchez).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:41.  A–45,589.
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