San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs
April 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, Chicago Cubs 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 3 1 0 0
Finley cf 4 1 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 2 0
Caminiti 3b 5 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 5 0 1 2
Vaughn lf 3 1 0 0
Hernandez c 4 0 3 0
Gomez ss 3 0 1 1
Brown p 1 0 0 0
  Giovanola ph 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Sheets ph 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 4 1 1 1
Morandini 2b 3 2 1 1
Sosa rf 2 0 0 0
Grace 1b 1 0 0 1
Rodriguez lf 4 0 1 1
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 1 2 0
Orie 3b 3 0 0 0
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Mieske ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Houston c 4 0 0 1
Trachsel p 2 1 2 0
  Hernandez 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
San Diego 100 010 010371
Chicago 111 101 00x570
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  L (2-1) 3.0 4 3 3 3 2
  Wengert   2.0 2 1 1 3 1
  Boehringer   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Hitchcock   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Reyes   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
8
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  W (3-1) 5.0 4 2 2 5 5
  Pisciotta   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Mulholland   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Adams   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Beck  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
7
7

  E–Caminiti (4).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–San Diego Hernandez (1,off Adams), Chicago Trachsel (1,off Brown).  HR–Chicago Morandini (2,1st inning off Brown 0 on, 1 out); Brown (2,6th inning off Boehringer 0 on, 1 out).  WP–Brown (1).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:13.  A–20,363.
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