Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 26, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1998 at Cinergy Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati Reds 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 5 1 1 1
Grace 1b 5 3 3 1
Brown lf 3 2 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 4
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Houston c 4 0 2 1
Alexander ss 4 0 0 1
Wood p 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 9 11 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders cf 3 0 0 0
Larkin ss 3 0 1 0
Casey 1b 4 0 0 0
Young lf 4 0 0 0
Taubensee c 3 0 0 0
Boone B. 2b 4 0 1 0
Petagine rf 3 1 0 0
Boone A. 3b 3 1 1 1
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
Tomko p 1 0 0 0
  Nieves ph 1 0 1 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Stynes 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 1
Chicago 031 001 0049111
Cincinnati 010 010 000242
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (12-6) 8.0 3 2 1 3 16
  Beck   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
4
18
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  L (11-10) 5.0 5 4 4 0 7
  Remlinger   2.2 2 1 1 3 2
  Graves   1.1 4 4 4 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
5
9

  E–Johnson (3), Taubensee (10), Tomko (1).  2B–Chicago Gaetti (24,off Tomko); Grace (31,off Remlinger); Hernandez (20,off Graves); Houston (6,off Graves), Cincinnati B Boone (36,off Beck).  HR–Chicago Sosa (52,3rd inning off Tomko 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati A Boone (1,2nd inning off Wood 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Alexander (5,off Tomko).  SF–Gaetti (4,off Remlinger).  HBP–Morandini (9,by Tomko).  SB–Houston (2,2nd base off Remlinger/Taubensee).  HBP–Tomko (6,Morandini).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Bruce Dreckman.  T–2:46.  A–20,315.
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