Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 27, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1996 at Wrigley Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Chicago Cubs 10

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 4 0 2 1
Womack 2b,rf 5 1 2 1
Merced rf 4 1 1 0
  Wehner rf 1 0 0 0
  Liriano ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 5 1 2 1
Sveum 3b 4 2 3 1
Garcia ss 4 1 1 3
Beamon lf 4 1 1 1
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 1 2 0
Cordova p 3 1 1 1
  Ruebel p 1 0 0 0
  Morel p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Martin lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 15 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Glanville cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Bullett lf 5 1 1 2
  Shumpert 2b 0 0 0 0
Brown 1b 5 1 2 1
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Gomez 3b 3 1 1 0
Jennings rf 3 2 2 1
  McRae ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Houston c 4 2 2 1
Hernandez ss 4 1 0 1
Haney 2b 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Campbell p 1 0 0 0
  Bullinger p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 1 1
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Kieschnick ph 0 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Grace ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 10 11 8
Pittsburgh 000 630 0009154
Chicago 300 101 04110110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova   5.2 7 5 4 0 4
  Ruebel   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Morel   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Peters   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Wilkins   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Boever  L (0-2) 1.0 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
11
10
8
5
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Campbell   3.2 5 6 6 2 0
  Bullinger   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Myers   0.2 4 3 3 1 0
  Bottenfield   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Wendell   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Adams  W (3-6) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
6
2

  E–Allensworth (3), Garcia (11), Beamon (1), Kendall (18).  PB–Houston (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Sveum (3,off Myers), Chicago Jennings (5,off Cordova); Magadan (10,off Cordova).  3B–Pittsburgh Kendall (5,off Campbell).  HR–Pittsburgh Garcia (6,4th inning off Campbell 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Johnson (4,off Campbell); Grace (6,off Wilkins).  HBP–Garcia (4,by Wendell); Gomez (7,by Cordova).  SB–Houston (3,2nd base off Cordova/Kendall); Glanville (2,2nd base off Wilkins/Kendall).  WP–Ruebel (2), Wilkins (5), Boever (2), Adams (5).  HBP–Cordova (2,Gomez); Wendell (3,Garcia).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–3:23.  A–18,757.
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