Chicago Cubs vs Arizona Diamondbacks
July 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1998 at Bank One Ballpark. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 6, Arizona Diamondbacks 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 3 2 2 0
Sosa rf 4 2 2 6
Grace 1b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
  Brown lf 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 3b 3 0 0 0
Houston c 4 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 0 1 0
Trachsel p 2 1 1 0
  Orie ph 1 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Fox 1b 3 0 1 2
Klassen 2b 4 0 0 0
Dellucci lf 4 0 0 0
White cf 3 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Garcia rf 2 1 0 0
Fabregas c 3 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
Batista 3b 3 1 2 0
Blair p 1 0 0 0
  Miller c 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 3 2
Chicago 000 002 040670
Arizona 000 020 000231
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  W (10-5) 8.0 3 2 2 3 5
  Mulholland   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
3
5
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  L (4-15) 7.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Embree   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Sodowsky   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
3
3

  E–Klassen (5).  DP–Arizona 1.  HR–Chicago Sosa 2 (40,6th inning off Blair 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Embree 3 on, 0 out).  SH–Trachsel (6,off Blair); Blair (4,off Trachsel).  HBP–Fox (9,by Trachsel).  SB–White (14,2nd base off Trachsel/Houston).  CS–Garcia (3,2nd base by Trachsel/Houston).  WP–Blair (5).  HBP–Trachsel (6,Fox).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:39.  A–46,373.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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