Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
April 4, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 1, Chicago Cubs 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 0 1 0
Mordecai 2b 2 0 0 0
  May ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
Guerrero rf 4 0 1 0
White lf,cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Fullmer 1b 4 0 1 0
Andrews 3b 3 0 0 0
Santangelo cf,2b 4 0 1 0
Widger c 3 0 0 0
Valdes p 1 1 1 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Maddux p 0 0 0 0
  DeHart p 0 0 0 0
  Stovall cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 0 0
Morandini 2b 4 1 2 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 1
Grace 1b 3 1 3 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 1 1
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Blauser ss 2 0 0 1
Orie 3b 3 0 0 0
Houston c 2 0 1 0
Mulholland p 2 0 0 0
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Mieske lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
Montreal 001 000 000150
Chicago 011 000 01x381
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Valdes  L (0-1) 6.0 5 2 2 3 5
  Maddux   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  DeHart   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Telford   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Mulholland  W (1-0) 5.2 4 1 0 2 3
  Pisciotta   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Adams   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Beck  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
2
4

  E–Johnson (1).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Santangelo (2,off Mulholland), Chicago Rodriguez (1,off Valdes).  HR–Chicago Sosa (1,3rd inning off Valdes 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Valdes (1,by Mulholland).  SF–Blauser (2,off Valdes).  IBB–Houston (1,by Valdes).  WP–DeHart (1).  HBP–Mulholland (1,Valdes).  IBB–Valdes (1,Houston).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:32.  A–25,436.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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