New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
July 26, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 1, Chicago Cubs 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 1 1 1
Harris 3b,lf 3 0 0 0
  Gilkey ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 2 0 1 0
Piazza c 3 0 1 0
Hundley lf 3 0 0 0
  Alfonzo 3b 1 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 3 0 1 0
Huskey rf 4 0 0 0
Lopez ss 4 0 1 0
Reed p 2 0 0 0
  Pratt ph 1 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 1 0
  Pulsipher pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 3b 3 2 1 0
Sosa rf 3 1 2 2
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 2 1
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 0 0 0
Houston c 2 0 0 0
Alexander 2b 3 0 1 0
Wood p 2 0 0 0
  Orie ph 1 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
New York 001 000 000160
Chicago 000 002 01x370
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  L (11-7) 6.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Rojas   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McMichael   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Cook   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (10-5) 7.0 4 1 1 3 6
  Mulholland   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Adams   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Beck  SV (31) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
8

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Brown (12,off Reed); Sosa (17,off Reed); Rodriguez (17,off Reed); Hernandez (15,off McMichael Jr).  HR–New York McRae (15,3rd inning off Wood 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Sosa (38,6th inning off Reed 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Sosa (8,by McMichael Jr).  IBB–McMichael Jr (6,Sosa).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:35.  A–40,329.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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