Chicago Cubs vs Detroit Tigers
June 24, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1998 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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 6, Detroit Tigers 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 5 0 1 0
Morandini 2b 4 2 3 1
Sosa rf 5 1 2 1
Grace 1b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez dh 4 1 2 3
Valdes lf 3 0 0 0
  Lowery ph,lf 0 0 0 0
  Mieske ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Alexander lf,3b 0 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 1 0 0
Houston c 3 0 3 0
  Servais c 2 0 0 0
Hernandez 3b,lf 5 0 1 1
Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 6 0 1 0
Easley 2b 6 2 3 1
Higginson rf 6 1 3 2
Clark 1b 4 1 0 0
Gonzalez lf 2 1 1 3
  Bartee pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Alvarez dh 6 0 2 1
Randa 3b 5 0 0 0
Bako c 4 0 0 0
Cruz ss 5 2 3 0
Greisinger p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Crow p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 7 13 7
Chicago 203 001 000 006131
Detroit 004 000 002 017130
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   8.0 8 4 4 3 5
  Beck   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Pisciotta  L (0-2) 1.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Patterson   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Stevens   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.2
13
7
7
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Greisinger   6.0 11 6 6 2 4
  Runyan   1.1 0 0 0 2 3
  Crow   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Brocail  W (3-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
11.0
13
6
6
5
12

  E–Blauser (8).  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Chicago Morandini (14,off Greisinger); Hernandez (13,off Greisinger), Detroit Alvarez (1,off Clark).  HR–Chicago Morandini (3,1st inning off Greisinger 0 on, 1 out); Sosa (31,1st inning off Greisinger 0 on, 1 out); Rodriguez (16,3rd inning off Greisinger 2 on, 2 out), Detroit Gonzalez (8,3rd inning off Clark 2 on, 2 out); Higginson (15,9th inning off Beck 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Rodriguez (6,by Brocail); Bako (1,by Pisciotta); Clark (1,by Patterson).  CS–Houston (1,2nd base by Greisinger/Bako); Brown (5,2nd base by Crow/Bako); Hunter (5,2nd base by Clark/Houston).  SB–Alvarez (1,2nd base off Clark/Houston); Hunter (21,2nd base off Clark/Houston); Bartee (5,2nd base off Pisciotta/Servais).  WP–Clark (4), Pisciotta (5), Brocail (3).  IBB–Pisciotta (2,Bako); Patterson (3,Clark); Brocail (1,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Martin Foster, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:34.  A–23,810.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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