Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 1 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 3 2
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Sandberg ph 0 0 0 0
  Shumpert pr 0 1 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 1
Sosa rf 5 0 1 1
Magadan 3b 3 1 2 0
  Gomez 3b 2 0 0 0
Houston c 4 0 2 0
Hernandez ss 4 1 1 1
Fermin 2b 2 0 0 0
Bullinger p 2 0 0 0
  Bullett ph,lf 1 1 0 1
Totals 35 6 10 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 5 1 2 0
Lankford cf 5 1 2 0
Sweeney lf 2 0 0 0
  McGee ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Jordan rf 4 2 1 1
Mabry 1b 2 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 2 0 1 2
Pagnozzi c 4 0 2 2
Gallego 2b 4 0 1 0
Stottlemyre p 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Chicago 011 000 2026100
St. Louis 300 000 200591
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bullinger   6.0 7 3 3 3 5
  Patterson   0.2 0 2 2 1 1
  Bottenfield  W (1-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Wendell  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   8.0 8 4 3 2 7
  Petkovsek  L (5-1) 0.2 0 2 2 2 0
  Fossas   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mathews   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
4
7

  E–Sweeney (3).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Gonzalez (21,off Stottlemyre); Magadan (1,off Stottlemyre); Hernandez (8,off Stottlemyre), St. Louis Gaetti (15,off Bottenfield).  HR–Chicago Gonzalez (7,3rd inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Fermin (1,off Stottlemyre); Sweeney (2,off Bullinger); Smith (5,off Bottenfield).  SF–Bullett (1,off Stottlemyre).  HBP–Gaetti (6,by Bullinger); Jordan (3,by Patterson).  SB–Houston (1,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Pagnozzi); Gonzalez (5,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Pagnozzi); Lankford (20,2nd base off Bullinger/Houston).  HBP–Bullinger (6,Gaetti); Patterson (1,Jordan).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–3:11.  A–38,983.
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