Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
April 15, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1998 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets 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 1, New York Mets 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 3 0 0 0
Morandini 2b 3 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 1 2 1
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 0 1 0
Orie 3b 4 0 1 0
Servais c 3 0 0 0
Trachsel p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
Franco M. 3b 3 0 1 0
  Alfonzo 3b 1 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0
Huskey rf 4 0 1 0
McRae cf 2 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 3 0 1 0
Spehr c 2 1 0 0
Reed p 1 1 1 2
  Becker ph 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Chicago 000 000 010150
New York 020 000 00x251
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  L (2-1) 6.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Adams   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (1-1) 7.0 4 0 0 2 2
  Cook   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Franco  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
5

  E–Baerga (1).  DP–New York 1.  HR–Chicago Sosa (3,8th inning off Cook 0 on, 2 out), New York Reed (1,2nd inning off Trachsel 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Trachsel (1,off Reed).  HBP–Spehr (1,by Trachsel).  WP–Trachsel (1).  HBP–Trachsel (2,Spehr).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–2:39.  A–16,012.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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