Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
August 11, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1998 at 3Com Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, San Francisco Giants 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Alexander 2b,ss 4 1 3 2
Sosa rf 2 3 1 0
Grace 1b 3 0 1 1
Rodriguez lf 1 0 0 1
  Hill ph 1 0 1 1
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Blauser ph 1 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Houston 3b 4 0 1 1
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Morandini ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 1 2 0
Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,cf 3 2 2 0
Totals 32 7 11 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard rf 4 1 1 1
Javier cf 3 2 1 0
Bonds lf 2 2 2 3
Kent 2b 4 2 2 4
Snow 1b 4 0 0 0
Hayes 3b 4 0 1 0
Mayne c 4 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 4 0 1 0
Hershiser p 2 1 1 0
  Tavarez p 1 0 1 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson c 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
Chicago 000 111 3107110
San Francisco 005 000 30x8101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood   4.0 5 5 5 3 8
  Mulholland   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Adams  L (7-7) 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Stevens   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
5
10
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser   5.0 6 3 2 3 3
  Tavarez   1.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Rodriguez   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Mesa  W (3-2) 0.2 2 1 1 2 0
  Johnstone   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nen  SV (30) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
8
5

  E–Tavarez (1).  DP–Chicago 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Chicago Alexander 2 (10,off Hershiser,off Tavarez), San Francisco Benard (10,off Wood).  3B–San Francisco Bonds (4,off Wood).  HR–San Francisco Kent 2 (19,3rd inning off Wood 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Adams 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Wood 2 (7,off Hershiser 2); Alexander (4,off Johnstone); Johnson (3,off Stevens).  SF–Rodriguez (4,off Hershiser).  HBP–Sosa (1,by Hershiser).  IBB–Sosa 2 (11,by Tavarez,by Johnstone).  SB–Javier (17,2nd base off Adams/Martinez).  HBP–Hershiser (11,Sosa).  IBB–Tavarez (10,Sosa); Johnstone (6,Sosa).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:14.  A–25,065.
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