Colorado Rockies vs Chicago Cubs
August 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1996 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 1, Chicago Cubs 4

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Burks lf 4 1 1 0
Bichette rf 4 0 2 1
Galarraga 1b 3 0 0 0
Anthony cf 3 0 0 0
  Bates ph 1 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Reed J. c 3 0 1 0
  McCracken ph 1 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Thompson p 2 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 0 0 0 0
  Echevarria ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed S. p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 3 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 1 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 2 2 2
Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Gomez ph 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Magadan 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez 3b 1 0 1 0
Servais c 4 0 2 0
Sanchez ss 2 1 1 0
Navarro p 1 0 1 1
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Bullett lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 3
Colorado 001 000 000170
Chicago 000 110 02x482
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L (4-8) 6.0 5 2 2 1 4
  Reed   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Leskanic   0.1 1 2 2 2 1
  Holmes   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Navarro  W (9-9) 6.1 6 1 1 0 8
  Casian   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Adams   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Patterson  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
10

  E–Servais (8), Navarro (2).  2B–Colorado Weiss (14,off Navarro), Chicago Navarro (1,off Mark Thompson).  3B–Colorado Burks (6,off Navarro), Chicago Sosa (2,off Leskanic).  HR–Chicago Sosa (37,4th inning off Mark Thompson 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Galarraga (13,by Navarro).  SH–Navarro (6,off Mark Thompson); Sanchez (6,off S Reed).  SB–Bichette (20,2nd base off Navarro/Servais); Sandberg (9,2nd base off Leskanic/J Reed).  CS–Gomez (4,Home by Holmes/J Reed).  WP–Leskanic (5).  HBP–Navarro (5,Galarraga).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–2:52.  A–25,564.
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