Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres
April 24, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1996 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 4, San Diego Padres 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 1 0 0 0
  Haney 2b 3 1 0 0
Grace 1b 4 1 3 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 3
Gonzalez lf 4 0 2 1
Servais c 3 0 0 0
Gomez 3b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Bullett ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez ss 0 0 0 0
Foster p 1 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 5 1 2 1
Reed 2b 4 1 2 0
Caminiti 3b 4 2 2 0
Joyner 1b 1 1 1 0
Newfield lf 3 0 0 0
Cianfrocco rf 4 0 2 3
Ausmus c 2 0 0 1
Cedeno ss 4 0 1 0
Hamilton p 3 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Chicago 000 001 030480
San Diego 300 010 10x5101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  L (3-1) 6.0 8 4 4 5 5
  Adams   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
6
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  W (4-1) 7.0 5 1 1 2 9
  Blair   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Hoffman  SV (4) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
12

  E–Cedeno (3).  DP–Chicago 1, San Diego 2.  2B–San Diego Reed (7,off Foster); Caminiti (8,off Foster).  HR–Chicago Sosa (6,8th inning off Blair 2 on, 1 out), San Diego Finley (1,1st inning off Foster 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Joyner (3,by Foster).  SB–Sandberg (1,2nd base off Hamilton/Ausmus).  WP–Foster (1), Hamilton 2 (4).  IBB–Foster (1,Joyner).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:51.  A–15,608.
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