Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 14, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1998 at Astrodome. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 6, Houston Astros 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Morandini 2b 5 1 1 0
Sosa rf 5 2 3 1
Grace 1b 5 1 2 1
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
  Johnson cf 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 3b 4 1 1 1
Houston c 3 0 0 0
  Servais ph,c 1 0 0 0
Blauser ss 2 1 2 1
Clark p 3 0 1 2
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 5 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 2 2 1
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 1 1 2
Everett cf 4 0 1 0
Berry 3b 4 1 2 1
Eusebio c 4 0 1 0
  Ausmus pr 0 0 0 0
Reynolds p 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
  Incaviglia ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
Chicago 000 014 1006111
Houston 001 001 020480
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  W (7-11) 7.2 7 4 4 0 8
  Mulholland   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Beck  SV (35) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (14-8) 5.2 8 5 5 1 9
  Miller   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Elarton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Magnante   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
1
9

  E–Hernandez (8).  2B–Chicago Sosa (18,off Reynolds).  HR–Chicago Blauser (4,5th inning off Reynolds 0 on, 1 out), Houston Berry (10,3rd inning off Clark 0 on, 0 out); Bell (18,6th inning off Clark 0 on, 1 out); Alou (33,8th inning off Clark 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Clark (8,off Magnante).  HBP–Blauser (7,by Reynolds); Bagwell (6,by Clark).  IBB–Blauser (1,by Reynolds).  SB–Sosa (15,2nd base off Miller/Eusebio).  HBP–Clark (3,Bagwell); Reynolds (2,Blauser).  IBB–Reynolds (2,Blauser).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:53.  A–45,040.
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