Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies
August 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1998 at Coors 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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Chicago Cubs 11, Colorado Rockies 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 4 3 1
Morandini 2b 6 2 3 1
Sosa rf 5 1 2 1
Grace 1b 6 1 3 4
Brown lf 5 1 2 3
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 5 0 1 0
Hernandez ss,lf 5 2 2 1
Servais c 4 0 1 0
Morgan p 1 0 1 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Houston ph 1 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 44 11 19 11
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 1 1 0
Perez ss 6 0 0 0
Bichette lf 3 3 1 1
Walker rf 5 3 3 1
Castilla 3b 5 2 2 2
Helton 1b 6 0 4 4
Lansing 2b 5 1 2 1
Reed c 1 0 1 1
  Manwaring ph,c 3 0 0 0
Astacio p 2 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Shumpert ph 1 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Echevarria ph 1 0 1 0
  Goodwin pr 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 10 15 10
Chicago 001 020 520 111192
Colorado 020 124 010 010150
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   4.0 7 5 5 3 2
  Myers   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Heredia   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Wengert   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Karchner   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Mulholland  W (4-5) 2.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Beck  SV (38) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
15
10
10
7
9
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio   6.1 13 7 7 0 4
  Leskanic   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  McElroy   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  DiPoto   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Munoz  L (2-2) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
10.0
19
11
11
2
7

  E–Sosa (7), Brown (5).  DP–Colorado 3.  2B–Chicago Grace (32,off DiPoto), Colorado Reed (15,off Morgan); Walker (41,off Morgan); Helton (33,off Myers); Hamilton (24,off Heredia).  3B–Colorado Lansing (2,off Morgan).  HR–Chicago Brown (14,7th inning off Astacio 2 on, 1 out); Hernandez (19,7th inning off Leskanic 0 on, 2 out), Colorado Castilla (38,2nd inning off Morgan 1 on, 0 out); Bichette (20,5th inning off Morgan 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Morgan (1,off Astacio); Astacio (11,off Morgan); Hamilton (10,off Mulholland).  SF–Johnson (1,off Astacio).  HBP–Servais (2,by Astacio).  IBB–Sosa (12,by Munoz); Bichette 2 (2,by Heredia,by Mulholland).  SB–Johnson (7,2nd base off Munoz/Manwaring); Walker (10,2nd base off Wengert/Servais).  HBP–Astacio (17,Servais).  IBB–Heredia (3,Bichette); Mulholland (7,Bichette); Munoz (1,Sosa).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:32.  A–50,093.
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