Chicago White Sox vs Chicago Cubs
June 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 6 0 0 0
Caruso ss 6 0 1 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Thomas 1b 5 2 1 0
Belle lf 4 2 2 1
Ventura 3b 5 0 2 2
Cordero rf 5 1 1 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Snopek ss 0 0 0 0
Ordonez cf,rf 5 0 1 1
Kreuter c 4 0 2 1
Parque p 1 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott ph 1 0 0 0
  Fordham p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
  Norton ph 1 0 0 0
  Simas p 0 0 0 0
  Cameron cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 10 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Alexander 3b 5 0 3 0
Morandini 2b 4 1 0 0
Grace 1b 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 2 2 2
Blauser ss 5 1 3 0
Rodriguez lf 2 0 1 3
  Lowery pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Hernandez cf 3 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Hardtke ph 1 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Mieske ph 1 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
Servais c 5 0 0 0
Trachsel p 2 0 0 0
  Brown cf,lf 3 1 2 1
Totals 40 6 12 6
Chicago 200 003 000 0005100
Chicago 003 020 000 0016120
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Parque   4.0 7 5 5 5 3
  Baldwin   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Fordham   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Foulke   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Simas   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Karchner   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Castillo  L (1-2) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
6
6
13
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel   7.2 9 5 5 2 4
  Adams   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Beck   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Mulholland  W (2-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
10
5
5
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Belle (20,off Trachsel); Ordonez (9,off Trachsel), Chicago Rodriguez (12,off Parque); Blauser (6,off Baldwin); Brown (11,off Karchner).  HR–Chicago Sosa (17,5th inning off Parque 1 on, 0 out); Brown (6,12th inning off T Castillo 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Parque (1,off Trachsel); Alexander (2,off Karchner).  IBB–Grace 2 (5,by Simas,by Karchner); Morandini (2,by Karchner).  CS–Sosa 2 (7,2nd base by Parque/Kreuter,2nd base by Fordham/Kreuter).  IBB–Simas (1,Grace); Karchner 2 (5,Morandini,Grace).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:50.  A–38,097.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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