Colorado Rockies vs Chicago Cubs
July 31, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 1, Chicago Cubs 9

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 3 0 1 0
Burks cf 3 0 0 0
  Goodwin cf 0 0 0 0
Walker rf 1 0 1 1
Bichette lf 4 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Helton 1b 4 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 3 0
Reed c 3 1 0 0
Wright p 2 0 1 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Shumpert ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 5 0 2 1
Sosa rf 4 1 1 1
Grace 1b 1 2 0 0
Rodriguez lf 2 2 2 4
  Johnson cf 0 0 0 0
Blauser ss 2 1 0 0
Houston c 4 0 0 0
Alexander 3b 3 2 1 1
Wood p 3 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 1 0 1 1
Totals 29 9 8 8
Colorado 000 000 010160
Chicago 301 000 14x980
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (5-10) 7.0 5 5 5 4 2
  DeJean   0.2 2 4 4 3 0
  Veres   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
9
9
8
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (11-5) 7.1 5 1 1 4 6
  Mulholland  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Colorado 1, Chicago 2.  HR–Chicago Sosa (42,1st inning off Wright 0 on, 2 out); Rodriguez 2 (27,1st inning off Wright 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off DeJean 1 on, 1 out); Alexander (5,7th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Walker (2,off Mulholland).  HBP–Walker (4,by Wood); Blauser (6,by Wright).  CS–Rodriguez (3,2nd base by Wright/Reed).  HBP–Wright (5,Blauser); Wood (11,Walker).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:25.  A–40,490.
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