Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies
May 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1998 at Coors Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado Rockies 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 4 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 5 1 3 0
Sosa rf 2 2 2 2
Grace 1b 5 3 4 3
Rodriguez lf 3 1 1 4
  Mieske ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Hernandez ss,3b 5 0 2 0
Orie 3b 4 0 1 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Servais c 4 0 0 0
Tapani p 3 1 1 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 9
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 5 2 4 0
Burks cf 5 0 0 0
Walker rf 6 2 3 1
Castilla 3b 6 3 5 3
Bichette lf 6 0 4 1
Helton 1b 6 0 2 2
Bates 2b 3 0 1 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
Manwaring c 5 0 2 0
Thomson p 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Reed ph 1 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Lansing 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 48 7 21 7
Chicago 205 000 0029153
Colorado 102 002 0117210
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  W (5-2) 5.2 13 3 3 0 3
  Mulholland   0.0 0 1 0 0 0
  Pisciotta   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Patterson   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Adams   1.2 2 1 1 0 3
  Beck  SV (12) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
21
7
6
2
7
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  L (2-4) 2.1 9 7 7 1 3
  Jones   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Munoz   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  DeJean   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  McElroy   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Leskanic   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  DiPoto   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
3
8

  E–Grace (1), Hernandez (1), Adams (1).  DP–Chicago 1, Colorado 1.  2B–Colorado Walker 2 (15,off Tapani 2); Castilla (7,off Tapani); Perez (9,off Patterson).  HR–Chicago Grace 2 (4,1st inning off Thomson 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off DiPoto 1 on, 1 out); Rodriguez (9,3rd inning off Thomson 3 on, 1 out), Colorado Castilla (16,8th inning off Adams 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Sosa (1,off Thomson).  SH–Perez (1,off Tapani).  SB–Sosa (9,2nd base off McElroy/Manwaring); Castilla (3,2nd base off Tapani/Servais).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–3:23.  A–48,077.
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