Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 19, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 2 2 1 1
Jennings rf 6 0 0 0
Grace 1b 6 0 2 0
Gonzalez lf 3 0 1 1
  Glanville ph,lf 3 0 1 0
Magadan 3b 4 0 2 0
  Shumpert pr 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ss 2 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 5 1 1 0
Servais c 2 0 0 0
  Houston c 4 1 1 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 1 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Gomez 3b 2 0 0 0
Navarro p 2 0 0 0
  Bullett ph 0 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Kieschnick ph 1 0 0 1
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 11 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 2 0
Lankford cf 4 2 0 0
Gant lf 2 1 0 0
McGee rf 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney rf 1 0 0 0
  Sheaffer ph 1 0 0 0
  Jordan rf 0 0 0 0
  Young ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Mabry 1b,rf 6 1 2 0
  Mejia pr 0 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 5 0 2 3
Pagnozzi c 5 0 1 1
Alicea 2b 5 0 0 0
Benes p 2 0 1 0
  Bradshaw ph 1 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Clayton ph 1 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Batchelor p 0 0 0 0
  Gallego ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 9 4
Chicago 101 000 101 000 04110
St. Louis 301 000 000 000 1591
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Navarro   6.0 5 4 4 4 3
  Adams   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Patterson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Wendell   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Campbell  L (3-1) 2.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
12.1
9
5
5
8
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   7.0 6 3 2 2 2
  Petkovsek   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Fossas   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Mathews   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Eckersley   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Batchelor   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bailey  W (4-2) 2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
13.0
11
4
3
6
5

  E–Mabry (8).  DP–Chicago 3, St. Louis 3.  2B–Chicago Houston (7,off Mathews); Grace (37,off Eckersley), St. Louis Smith (10,off Navarro); Gaetti (25,off Navarro); Mabry (27,off Campbell).  HR–Chicago McRae (14,1st inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–McRae (11,by Andy Benes); McGee (2,by Navarro).  IBB–Brown (1,by Mathews); McRae (6,by Mathews).  SH–Gaetti (3,off Campbell).  CS–Sandberg (8,2nd base by Bailey/Pagnozzi).  SB–Lankford (34,2nd base off Navarro/Servais).  WP–Navarro (9).  HBP–Navarro (8,McGee); Andy Benes (6,McRae).  IBB–Mathews 2 (4,Brown,McRae).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–4:19.  A–34,923.
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