Arizona Diamondbacks vs Chicago Cubs
August 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Arizona Diamondbacks 10, Chicago Cubs 7

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Fox 1b 5 2 3 3
Bell ss 4 2 1 0
Dellucci lf 5 0 1 0
White cf 5 1 3 2
Garcia rf 5 1 2 2
Stinnett c 3 2 1 1
Batista 3b 5 2 3 2
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Stankiewicz 2b 4 0 0 0
Benes p 3 0 0 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
  Gilkey ph 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Chouinard p 0 0 0 0
  Williams 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 14 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 4 1 3 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 3
Rodriguez lf 4 1 1 0
Brown 1b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 3b 2 2 0 0
Houston c 3 0 1 1
  Servais ph 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,c 0 1 0 0
Alexander ss 4 0 0 1
Wood p 2 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Blauser ph 0 0 0 0
  Wengert pr 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 7 5
Arizona 320 002 03010141
Chicago 102 001 030770
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (9-11) 6.0 6 4 4 2 9
  Banks   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Embree   0.1 0 2 1 2 1
  Chouinard   0.2 0 1 0 1 0
  Olson  SV (20) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
7
5
6
10
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  L (11-6) 6.0 9 7 7 2 6
  Mulholland   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Karchner   0.1 3 3 3 1 1
  Heredia   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Stevens   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
4
9

  E–Bell (14).  DP–Arizona 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Arizona Batista (6,off Wood); White (28,off Stevens).  3B–Arizona Garcia (7,off Wood), Chicago Houston (1,off Benes).  HR–Arizona Fox (8,2nd inning off Wood 0 on, 2 out); Batista (7,6th inning off Wood 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Sosa (43,3rd inning off Benes 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Sosa (5,off Benes).  SB–Garcia (4,2nd base off Karchner/Houston).  CS–Dellucci (4,Home by Wood/Houston).  U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:55.  A–39,664.
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