Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
June 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1997 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 2, Chicago Cubs 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown A. cf 3 0 0 0
Brown E. lf 3 1 1 1
  Cummings ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Kendall c 2 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Randa 2b 4 0 0 0
Garcia 3b 3 0 2 0
  Womack ph 1 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 3 0 1 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 1
Lieber p 2 0 0 0
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
  Wainhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 2 1 0 0
Brown lf 3 1 3 1
  Glanville lf 1 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 1
Houston c 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 1 1 0
  Sanchez ss 1 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 0 1 0
Orie 3b 3 0 1 1
Mulholland p 2 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 100 000 001260
Chicago 000 101 10x371
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  L (2-7) 6.0 4 2 2 1 5
  Wainhouse   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Peters   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Mulholland  W (5-4) 7.0 4 1 1 1 5
  Adams  SV (8) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6

  E–Grace (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Garcia (1,off Mulholland).  HR–Pittsburgh E Brown (2,1st inning off Mulholland 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Brown (2,4th inning off Lieber 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Kendall (11,by Mulholland).  SB–Womack (20,2nd base off Adams/Houston); Brown (1,2nd base off Lieber/Kendall).  HBP–Mulholland (3,Kendall).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:35.  A–21,773.
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