Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
June 3, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1997 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 3, Chicago Cubs 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 3 1
Brown cf 5 0 1 1
Cummings lf 4 0 0 0
Young 3b,1b 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 0 0
  Randa 3b 0 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 1 2 1
Polcovich ss 4 1 2 0
Cooke p 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 0 0 0
Glanville lf 4 0 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Orie 3b 2 0 0 0
Servais c 3 1 2 1
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Trachsel p 2 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 0 0 0 0
  Houston c 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Pittsburgh 001 100 0013100
Chicago 001 000 000150
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke  W (5-6) 7.1 5 1 1 1 5
  Wilkins   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Rincon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Loiselle  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  L (3-5) 8.0 8 2 2 0 7
  Rojas   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
8

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Guillen (8,off Trachsel).  HR–Chicago Servais (5,3rd inning off Cooke 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cooke 2 (5,off Trachsel 2); Sanchez (3,off Cooke).  SB–A Brown (4,2nd base off Trachsel/Servais); Guillen (1,3rd base off Trachsel/Servais); Womack (21,2nd base off Trachsel/Servais); Glanville (8,2nd base off Cooke/Kendall).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:34.  A–17,317.
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