Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 28, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1996 at Wrigley Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 5 0 2 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 1
  Lieber p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 1 1
  Ericks p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Merced rf 5 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 5 0 0 0
Sveum 3b 4 1 1 0
Bell ss 5 1 1 0
Beamon lf 3 1 1 0
  Wehner ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Kendall c 1 1 1 1
  Womack ph,2b 3 2 2 1
Schmidt p 2 0 0 1
  Osik ph,c 2 1 1 1
Totals 42 8 12 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 0 1 0
Jennings rf 5 0 1 0
Grace 1b 5 1 2 1
Sandberg 2b 6 1 2 0
Gonzalez lf 2 2 1 0
  Glanville ph 1 0 0 0
Servais c 5 1 2 1
Gomez 3b 1 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Houston ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 2 0 1 1
  Bullett ph 1 0 0 0
  Shumpert 3b 0 0 0 0
  Kieschnick ph 1 1 1 1
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Trachsel p 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Foster p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 1 1 2
  Haney ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 12 6
Pittsburgh 020 100 103 18121
Chicago 003 000 004 07122
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   6.0 9 3 3 4 1
  Lieber   2.0 0 0 0 4 1
  Ericks   0.2 2 4 3 1 1
  Plesac  W (6-5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
7
6
9
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel   7.0 6 4 3 1 6
  Casian   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Foster   0.1 3 3 2 0 0
  Patterson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Wendell  L (4-5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
8
6
1
8

  E–Womack (2), Servais (11), Sanchez (10).  PB–Servais (9).  2B–Pittsburgh Allensworth 2 (9,off Trachsel 2); Sveum (4,off Trachsel); Wehner (9,off Foster), Chicago McRae (32,off Schmidt).  HR–Pittsburgh Kendall (3,4th inning off Trachsel 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Grace (9,3rd inning off Schmidt 0 on, 1 out); Timmons (7,9th inning off Ericks 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Osik (1,off Trachsel); Servais (3,off Lieber).  HBP–Kendall (15,by Trachsel).  SF–Sanchez (2,off Schmidt).  SB–Womack (2,3rd base off Foster/Servais); Osik (1,2nd base off Foster/Servais).  CS–McRae (9,2nd base by Lieber/Osik).  WP–Schmidt (8), Ericks (2).  HBP–Trachsel (8,Kendall).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:54.  A–29,729.
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