Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 22, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1996 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 0 1 0
Jennings rf 3 0 1 1
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Haney 3b 1 0 0 0
Brown 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
Magadan 3b 2 1 0 0
  Gomez ph,3b 1 0 1 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 0 1 0
  Shumpert 2b 1 0 1 0
Houston c 2 1 2 0
  Servais ph,c 2 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 0 1
Castillo p 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Kieschnick ph,rf 1 1 1 1
  Glanville ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack cf 4 1 2 2
  Allensworth cf 0 0 0 0
Martin lf 5 2 2 2
King 2b 5 1 2 1
Merced rf 3 2 2 0
  Beamon rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 2 0
Garcia 3b 5 1 1 1
Bell ss 4 2 2 4
Osik c 3 1 1 0
Cordova p 2 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 14 10
Chicago 010 020 000392
Pittsburgh 520 020 02x11140
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo  L (7-16) 1.2 8 7 7 1 2
  Campbell   2.1 0 0 0 2 2
  Myers   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Casian   0.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Adams   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wendell   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Patterson   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
7
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  W (4-7) 5.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Ruebel   2.2 4 0 0 0 1
  Boever   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
1
4

  E–Casian (1), Houston (3).  2B–Chicago Houston (8,off Cordova); Kieschnick (2,off Cordova); Jennings (3,off Cordova); Gomez (19,off Ruebel); Shumpert (1,off Ruebel), Pittsburgh Martin (39,off Castillo); King 2 (35,off Castillo,off Casian); Johnson 2 (24,off Castillo,off Patterson); Womack (2,off Myers).  HR–Pittsburgh Bell (13,1st inning off Castillo 2 on, 2 out); Martin (18,2nd inning off Castillo 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Martin (37,3rd base off Castillo/Houston); King (15,3rd base off Castillo/Houston).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:50.  A–27,472.
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