San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
April 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1996 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 6, Chicago Cubs 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 5 2 1 0
Scarsone 2b 5 0 1 1
Bonds lf 4 2 2 2
Williams 3b 3 2 2 2
Hill rf 5 0 1 1
Phillips 1b 5 0 2 0
Decker c 4 0 1 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 4 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
Van Landingham p 2 0 2 0
  Dewey p 0 0 0 0
  Barton p 0 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
  Juden p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 12 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 1 2 0
Sandberg 2b 4 2 2 0
Grace 1b 5 1 1 1
Sosa rf 5 1 1 1
Gonzalez lf 5 1 3 2
Servais c 4 1 2 1
Gomez 3b 3 0 2 0
  Hernandez 3b 0 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 1 0
Castillo p 2 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 5
San Francisco 012 020 0106124
Chicago 500 002 00x7141
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Van Landingham  L (0-3) 5.0 11 7 6 1 1
  Dewey   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Barton   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Juden   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
14
7
6
1
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo   5.0 8 5 5 2 7
  Perez  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 2 3
  Patterson   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Wendell  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
13

  E–Scarsone (2), Bonds (1), M Williams (3), Phillips (1), Sanchez (4).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco M Williams (5,off Castillo); Hill (3,off Castillo); Benard (2,off Patterson); Scarsone (4,off Patterson), Chicago Gonzalez (2,off VanLandingham); Gomez (3,off VanLandingham); Servais (5,off VanLandingham).  HR–San Francisco M Williams (1,2nd inning off Castillo 0 on, 0 out); Bonds (5,3rd inning off Castillo 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Gomez (1,by VanLandingham).  SB–Benard (3,2nd base off Castillo/Servais); Bonds (4,2nd base off Perez/Servais); McRae (8,2nd base off VanLandingham/Decker).  HBP–VanLandingham (1,Gomez).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:10.  A–15,857.
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