Chicago Cubs vs Florida Marlins
April 1, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 1, 1998 at Pro Player Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 10, Florida Marlins 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 0 1 0
Blauser ss 3 3 1 0
Grace 1b 4 2 1 0
Sosa rf 4 2 2 2
Orie 3b 4 1 3 4
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
  Mieske lf 0 1 0 0
Servais c 4 1 1 2
Morandini 2b 4 0 1 2
Clark p 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 10 10
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Floyd lf 5 1 1 1
Renteria ss 4 0 2 0
Eisenreich 1b 4 1 1 0
Sheffield rf 2 0 1 0
Kotsay cf 4 0 1 1
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Counsell 2b 4 1 1 0
Booty 3b 3 0 0 0
Heredia p 1 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
  Ojala p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Darensbourg p 0 0 0 0
  Henriquez p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Zaun ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 34 3 8 3
Chicago 202 010 00510100
Florida 000 100 011382
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  W (1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 3 11
  Adams   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Beck   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
12
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia  L (0-1) 5.0 8 5 4 0 4
  Ojala   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Darensbourg   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Henriquez   0.1 1 5 5 4 0
  Gonzalez   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
10
9
7
5

  E–Booty 2 (2).  DP–Chicago 1, Florida 1.  2B–Chicago Sosa (1,off Heredia); Grace (1,off Heredia); Orie (2,off Heredia); Servais (1,off Henriquez).  3B–Florida Counsell (2,off Beck).  HR–Chicago Orie (1,5th inning off Heredia 0 on, 1 out), Florida Floyd (1,8th inning off Adams 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Clark (1,off Ojala).  SF–Orie (1,off Henriquez).  CS–Renteria (1,2nd base by Clark/Servais).  WP–Darensbourg (1).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:51.  A–16,877.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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