New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
May 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1996 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 1 1 0
Vizcaino 2b 5 1 2 0
Gilkey lf 3 1 2 1
  Jones C. lf 1 0 0 0
Hundley c 5 1 1 1
Huskey 1b 4 0 2 2
  Bogar 1b 1 0 0 0
Everett rf 4 1 0 0
Kent 3b 3 2 1 2
Ordonez ss 4 0 2 0
Jones B. p 3 0 0 0
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 11 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 3 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 3 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0
Servais c 3 1 0 0
Haney 3b 4 1 2 0
Gomez 1b 3 0 0 1
Sanchez ss 3 0 1 1
Castillo p 1 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Bullett ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 2
New York 300 003 0107110
Chicago 100 000 200361
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (2-1) 6.1 6 3 3 2 2
  Henry  SV (2) 2.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo  L (1-3) 6.0 9 6 6 0 3
  Adams   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Jones   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Wendell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
2
4

  E–Haney (3).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Vizcaino (5,off Castillo); Gilkey (7,off Castillo).  3B–Chicago McRae (1,off B Jones).  HR–New York Kent (4,6th inning off Castillo 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Servais (3,by B Jones).  CS–Sanchez (1,2nd base by Henry/Hundley).  WP–B Jones (1).  BK–Castillo (1).  HBP–B Jones (1,Servais).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:35.  A–30,041.
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