Florida Marlins vs Chicago Cubs
May 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1996 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 1, Chicago Cubs 3

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 3 0 1 0
Arias ss 4 0 0 0
Colbrunn 1b 4 0 1 0
Sheffield rf 3 1 0 0
Conine lf 3 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 0
Johnson c 4 0 2 1
Grebeck 2b 2 0 0 0
  Orsulak ph 1 0 0 0
  Milliard 2b 0 0 0 0
Leiter p 2 0 0 0
  Tavarez ph 1 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Morman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 2 2 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 2
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Timmons lf 2 0 0 0
Gomez 3b 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez 3b 0 0 0 0
Dorsett c 3 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 0 0
Bullinger p 3 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 4 2
Florida 000 000 001150
Chicago 000 002 01x340
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  L (6-3) 7.0 2 2 2 2 3
  Mathews   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Perez   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Powell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bullinger  W (3-3) 8.0 4 1 1 2 6
  Wendell  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
7

  E–None.  2B–Florida Colbrunn (6,off Bullinger).  HR–Chicago Sandberg (9,6th inning off Leiter 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Pendleton (2,by Bullinger); McRae (2,by Leiter).  SB–White (7,2nd base off Bullinger/Dorsett); McRae (17,2nd base off Leiter/Johnson).  WP–Powell (1).  HBP–Leiter (3,McRae); Bullinger (3,Pendleton).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:35.  A–32,528.
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