Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 23, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1996 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 0 1 0
Jennings rf 4 1 1 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Glanville lf 0 0 0 0
Brown 1b 4 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 2 1
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 3
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Houston 3b 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Servais c 4 0 1 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 1 0
Trachsel p 2 0 0 0
  Bullett ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 2 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 1 1
  Wehner pr 0 0 0 0
Martin lf 4 0 1 0
King 2b 3 0 0 0
Merced rf 5 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Garcia 3b 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 2 2 0 0
Kendall c 2 1 1 1
Schmidt p 3 0 1 1
  Womack ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Chicago 000 301 000490
Pittsburgh 020 000 001351
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  W (13-9) 6.0 4 2 2 5 4
  Adams   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Wendell   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Patterson  SV (8) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
8
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (5-6) 9.0 9 4 4 0 11
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
11

  E–Kendall (16).  2B–Pittsburgh Martin (40,off Trachsel).  3B–Pittsburgh Kendall (4,off Trachsel).  HR–Chicago Gonzalez (13,4th inning off Schmidt 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–McRae (12,by Schmidt); Kendall (14,by Wendell).  SH–Womack (3,off Wendell).  IBB–King (3,by Patterson).  SB–Jennings (1,2nd base off Schmidt/Kendall); McRae (37,2nd base off Schmidt/Kendall); Garcia (16,2nd base off Trachsel/Servais).  CS–Martin (12,2nd base by Adams/Servais).  HBP–Wendell (2,Kendall); Schmidt (2,McRae).  IBB–Patterson (7,King).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:55.  A–7,684.
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