Chicago Cubs vs Montreal Expos
May 7, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1996 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Montreal Expos 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 3 0 1 1
Sandberg 2b 3 0 0 0
Grace 1b 3 0 0 1
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0
Haney 3b 4 0 0 1
Dorsett c 4 0 1 0
Sanchez ss 4 1 2 0
Trachsel p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 1 1 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 2 2 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 3 1 1 1
Alou rf 5 1 3 2
Segui 1b 3 2 2 1
Fletcher c 4 0 0 0
Santangelo cf 4 1 2 2
Silvestri 3b 4 0 1 1
Alvarez p 1 0 0 0
  Dyer p 0 0 0 0
  Floyd ph 1 0 0 1
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz ph 1 1 0 0
  Manuel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Chicago 000 011 100370
Montreal 010 010 51x8110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel   5.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Patterson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Adams  L (1-1) 0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Jones   2.0 4 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
5
5
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez   4.2 4 1 1 3 0
  Dyer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Veres  W (4-0) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Manuel   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
1

  E–None.  PB–Dorsett (1).  2B–Chicago McRae (9,off Veres), Montreal Grudzielanek (8,off Trachsel); Alou (7,off Jones); Santangelo (4,off Jones).  3B–Chicago Gonzalez (1,off Veres), Montreal Santangelo (1,off Trachsel); Grudzielanek (1,off Jones).  HR–Montreal Segui (5,2nd inning off Trachsel 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Trachsel 2 (2,off Alvarez 2); Lansing (3,off Jones).  IBB–Rodriguez (2,by Jones); Segui (1,by Jones).  CS–Grudzielanek (2,3rd base by Trachsel/Dorsett).  IBB–Jones 2 (3,Rodriguez,Segui).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:47.  A–13,236.
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