Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
September 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1997 at Cinergy Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati Reds 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 1 0
Glanville lf 4 1 2 0
Grace 1b 4 0 2 1
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Orie 3b 3 0 2 0
Servais c 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
Alexander ss 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez p 2 0 0 0
  Tatis p 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Kieschnick ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 3 1 0 0
Nunnally cf,lf 3 1 2 1
Stynes lf 4 2 3 3
  Watkins cf 0 0 0 0
Greene 3b 4 0 1 1
Sanders rf 3 0 0 0
Taubensee 1b 4 0 1 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 0 1 0
Boone 2b 4 0 0 0
Morgan p 3 1 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Harris 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Chicago 100 001 000282
Cincinnati 040 000 10x580
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  L (11-7) 6.2 7 5 4 3 4
  Tatis   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Adams   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
3
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  W (7-11) 6.1 6 2 2 0 3
  Belinda   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Shaw  SV (34) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
6

  E–Johnson (6), Sosa (6).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Chicago Glanville (20,off Morgan); Servais (21,off Morgan); Johnson (12,off Morgan), Cincinnati Oliver (13,off Gonzalez); Nunnally (5,off Gonzalez).  3B–Chicago Orie (4,off Morgan).  HR–Cincinnati Stynes (4,2nd inning off Gonzalez 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Orie (5,by Morgan).  HBP–Morgan (8,Orie).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Ron Barnes.  T–2:21.  A–15,349.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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