San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
April 19, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 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 10

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 4 0 0 0
Scarsone 2b 4 0 0 0
Bonds lf 5 0 1 0
Williams 3b 4 3 3 1
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
Carreon 1b 4 1 2 1
Hall rf 4 1 1 2
Decker c 4 1 2 2
Aurilia ss 4 0 0 0
Watson p 2 0 0 0
  Bourgeois p 1 0 0 0
  Mueller 3b 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 2 4 4
Sandberg 2b 4 2 2 3
Grace 1b 5 1 3 1
Sosa rf 5 1 2 1
Timmons lf 4 2 1 1
Gomez 3b 2 1 1 0
  Sanchez ss 0 0 0 0
Dorsett c 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss,3b 4 0 1 0
Foster p 2 0 0 0
  Haney ph 1 1 1 0
  Myers p 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 15 10
San Francisco 010 301 0106101
Chicago 013 006 00x10150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Watson  L (1-2) 5.2 11 9 4 2 3
  Bourgeois   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Creek   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
15
10
5
3
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (3-0) 6.0 7 5 5 1 4
  Myers   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Adams   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
6

  E–M Williams (4).  DP–San Francisco 3.  PB–Decker (1).  2B–San Francisco M Williams (6,off Foster); Carreon (3,off Myers), Chicago McRae 2 (6,off Watson 2).  HR–San Francisco Carreon (4,2nd inning off Foster 0 on, 0 out); Decker (1,4th inning off Foster 1 on, 1 out); M Williams (2,6th inning off Foster 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Timmons (1,2nd inning off Watson 0 on, 0 out); Sandberg 2 (4,3rd inning off Watson 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Watson 0 on, 2 out); Sosa (5,3rd inning off Watson 0 on, 2 out); McRae (1,6th inning off Watson 3 on, 2 out); Grace (1,6th inning off Bourgeois 0.  HBP–Gomez (2,by Bourgeois).  SB–McRae (9,2nd base off Watson/Decker).  WP–Watson 2 (2).  HBP–Bourgeois (1,Gomez).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:41.  A–17,662.
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