Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
May 15, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1998 at Cinergy Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 11

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 4 0 2 0
  Orie pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Morandini 2b 4 1 2 0
Sosa rf 3 0 1 1
  Hardtke 3b,rf 1 1 0 0
Grace 1b 3 0 0 0
  Mieske rf,cf 1 0 1 1
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 1 2 0
Houston 3b,1b 4 0 0 1
Servais c 1 0 0 0
  Martinez c 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez p 1 0 0 0
  Wengert p 2 0 0 0
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Stynes rf 4 1 0 0
  Nunnally ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 2 3 0
  Reese ss 1 0 1 0
Young lf 4 1 1 0
Taubensee c 5 1 3 3
Boone 2b 3 2 1 0
Greene 3b 4 3 2 2
Sanders cf 4 1 2 4
Perez 1b 3 0 1 2
  Casey ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Harnisch p 4 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 14 11
Chicago 000 001 110381
Cincinnati 090 011 00x11140
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  L (3-4) 1.2 7 8 8 1 1
  Wengert   5.1 7 3 3 3 4
  Pisciotta   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
4
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  W (3-0) 7.0 6 2 2 1 5
  Graves   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
6

  E–Servais (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Chicago Morandini (6,off Harnisch); Mieske (2,off Graves).  3B–Chicago Blauser (2,off Harnisch), Cincinnati B Larkin (2,off Wengert).  HR–Cincinnati Sanders (2,2nd inning off Gonzalez 2 on, 0 out); Greene (7,6th inning off Wengert 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Servais (4,by Harnisch).  HBP–Perez (1,by Gonzalez); B Boone (3,by Pisciotta).  SB–B Larkin (11,2nd base off Gonzalez/Servais).  HBP–Gonzalez (1,Perez); Pisciotta (1,B Boone).  IBB–Harnisch (1,Servais).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:41.  A–21,408.
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