New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
June 10, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 1997 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 10, Chicago Cubs 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Everett cf 4 0 1 1
Alfonzo 3b 4 1 2 1
Olerud 1b 4 1 1 1
Hundley c 4 1 2 0
Gilkey lf 2 2 0 0
Baerga 2b 4 3 2 1
Huskey rf 2 0 1 3
  Ochoa rf 2 0 1 0
Alexander ss 5 2 2 2
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Mlicki p 2 0 1 1
  Kashiwada p 0 0 0 0
  Bieser ph 1 0 0 0
  Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Gilbert ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 13 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 1 1 0
Brown lf 3 1 0 0
  Servais ph 1 0 0 0
Grace 1b 5 1 2 0
Sosa rf 3 2 2 3
Houston c 4 1 1 1
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 2
Orie 3b 4 0 2 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 3 0
Foster p 1 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
New York 031 130 01110130
Chicago 100 040 1006120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  W (2-5) 5.0 11 5 5 2 6
  Kashiwada   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lidle   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  McMichael   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Franco   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  L (7-4) 3.1 8 5 5 2 1
  Bottenfield   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wendell   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Rojas   2.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Patterson   1.2 1 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–New York Baerga (12,off Foster); Hundley (13,off Wendell); Huskey (11,off Wendell), Chicago Grace (9,off Mlicki); Orie (10,off Mlicki); Houston (6,off Mlicki).  HR–New York Olerud (10,3rd inning off Foster 0 on, 0 out); Alexander (1,4th inning off Foster 0 on, 0 out); Alfonzo (4,8th inning off Rojas 0 on, 1 out); Baerga (2,9th inning off Patterson 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Sosa (15,7th inning off Lidle 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Everett (2,off Foster).  SF–Huskey (5,off Foster); Mlicki (1,off Wendell); Sosa (2,off Mlicki).  HBP–Baerga (1,by Wendell); Olerud (6,by Rojas).  SB–Alexander (10,2nd base off Foster/Houston); Everett (9,2nd base off Foster/Houston); Sanchez (3,2nd base off Mlicki/Hundley).  CS–Everett (3,3rd base by Foster/Houston).  HBP–Wendell (1,Baerga); Rojas (4,Olerud).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–3:11.  A–28,742.
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