Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 15, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1996 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 1
Bell rf 5 1 3 2
Berry 3b 4 2 2 2
  Spiers 3b 1 0 0 0
Wilkins c 5 0 1 0
Mouton lf 5 1 3 1
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 1 0
Wall p 3 0 1 1
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 15 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 5 1 2 0
Grace 1b 4 1 2 0
Sosa rf 4 2 1 1
Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 2
Servais c 4 0 3 1
Gomez 3b 4 0 1 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
Castillo p 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Haney ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Valdes ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 4
Houston 015 100 0007151
Chicago 000 140 0005120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wall  W (1-0) 5.0 10 5 1 0 1
  Hernandez   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Jones  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
1
0
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo  L (1-5) 2.2 8 6 6 2 0
  Myers   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Jones   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Adams   3.0 2 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
4
5

  E–Berry (12).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Mouton (3,off Castillo); Bell 2 (14,off Castillo,off Myers); Bagwell (10,off Myers), Chicago Gonzalez 2 (7,off Wall 2).  HR–Houston Berry (3,3rd inning off Castillo 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Sosa (13,4th inning off Wall 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hernandez (1,off Adams).  IBB–Gutierrez (1,by Castillo); Bagwell (7,by Castillo).  SB–Sandberg (4,2nd base off Wall/Wilkins).  IBB–Castillo 2 (2,Gutierrez,Bagwell).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:27.  A–16,093.
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