Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1997 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, Philadelphia Phillies 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 1 1 1
  Glanville ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Grace 1b 5 1 2 0
Sosa rf 5 1 1 2
Dunston ss 4 1 2 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 0 0 0 0
  Orie 3b 0 0 0 0
Houston c 5 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 5 2 3 1
Hansen 3b 3 1 3 4
  Hernandez 3b 2 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Foster p 2 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 14 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Otero cf 4 1 0 1
Morandini 2b 5 2 2 0
Daulton rf 3 1 2 2
Rolen 3b 4 2 1 1
Brogna 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hudler ph,lf 1 0 0 0
May lf 2 0 2 1
  Jordan ph,1b 2 1 0 0
Lieberthal c 5 2 2 3
Stocker ss 4 0 1 0
Leiter p 2 0 0 0
  Jefferies ph 1 0 0 0
  Plantenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Blazier p 0 0 0 0
  Amaro, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
  Butler ph 1 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 10 8
Chicago 110 103 200 08142
Philadelphia 004 000 013 19100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster   5.0 5 4 4 6 7
  Bottenfield   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wendell   1.1 2 1 0 0 0
  Rojas   1.0 1 3 3 2 1
  Adams  L (0-2) 0.1 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.1
10
9
8
10
11
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   6.0 9 6 6 0 2
  Plantenberg   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Spradlin   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Blazier   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bottalico   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Ryan  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
14
8
8
1
4

  E–Sosa (3), Wendell (1).  2B–Chicago Sandberg (9,off Leiter); Dunston (13,off Leiter); Grace (6,off Bottalico), Philadelphia Daulton (8,off Foster); Morandini (18,off Foster).  HR–Chicago Brown (3,1st inning off Leiter 0 on, 1 out); Hansen (1,6th inning off Leiter 2 on, 2 out); Sosa (14,7th inning off Spradlin 1 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Lieberthal (8,9th inning off Rojas 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Foster (6,off Leiter).  HBP–Hudler (1,by Rojas).  IBB–May (1,by Foster); Daulton (3,by Adams).  CS–Sandberg (3,2nd base by Leiter/Lieberthal); Glanville (6,2nd base by Bottalico/Lieberthal).  SB–Daulton (1,3rd base off Foster/Houston); Rolen 2 (7,Home off Foster/Houston,2nd base off Foster/Houston); May (2,2nd base off Foster/Houston).  WP–Adams (3).  HBP–Rojas (3,Hudler).  IBB–Foster (1,May); Adams (3,Daulton).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:48.  A–13,189.
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