Arizona Diamondbacks vs Chicago Cubs
June 30, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Fox 2b 4 1 1 1
  Batista ph,2b 1 0 0 0
White cf 4 2 2 0
Lee 1b 5 1 2 0
Williams 3b 4 1 2 4
Dellucci rf 3 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 2 0
Fabregas c 4 0 0 0
Benitez lf 3 0 0 0
Blair p 3 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Morandini 2b 3 0 1 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 1
Grace 1b 4 1 1 1
Rodriguez lf 4 1 2 1
  Lowery pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Orie 3b 3 0 0 0
Houston c 4 0 0 0
Alexander ss 4 1 2 0
Clark p 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
  Valdes ph 0 0 0 0
  Mieske ph 1 0 1 1
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Blauser ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Arizona 301 000 100590
Chicago 000 101 110490
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  W (3-11) 6.2 6 3 3 2 4
  Embree   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Olson  SV (11) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  L (4-8) 6.1 8 5 5 1 10
  Patterson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Stevens   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Pisciotta   0.2 0 0 0 3 1
  Mulholland   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
13

  E–None.  DP–Arizona 1.  PB–Houston (1).  2B–Arizona Bell (14,off Clark); Williams (17,off Clark), Chicago Mieske (6,off Embree); Rodriguez (14,off Embree).  HR–Arizona Williams (14,1st inning off Clark 2 on, 1 out); Fox (6,7th inning off Clark 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Rodriguez (18,4th inning off Blair 0 on, 1 out); Grace (8,6th inning off Blair 0 on, 2 out); Sosa (33,8th inning off Embree 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Williams (1,off Clark).  IBB–Benitez (1,by Pisciotta).  SH–Clark (6,off Blair).  SB–Lee (3,2nd base off Clark/Houston); Dellucci (3,2nd base off Pisciotta/Houston); Morandini (6,2nd base off Blair/Fabregas).  CS–Hernandez (4,2nd base by Blair/Fabregas).  IBB–Pisciotta (3,Benitez).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:58.  A–39,307.
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