Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies
August 30, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 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 4, Colorado Rockies 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 4 0 1 0
Sosa rf 3 1 1 2
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Hill lf 4 0 1 0
  Johnson cf 0 0 0 0
Houston c 4 0 1 0
Hernandez ss,3b 4 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 1
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Tapani p 3 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 3 0 0 0
  Shumpert ph 1 1 1 1
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Reed ph 1 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 0
Walker rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Bichette lf 4 0 1 1
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Helton 1b 4 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 3 0 1 0
Manwaring c 3 0 2 0
  Hamilton ph 0 0 0 0
Kile p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Chicago 210 100 0004100
Colorado 000 100 020390
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  W (16-7) 7.0 7 2 2 0 1
  Mulholland   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Karchner   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Heredia   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Beck  SV (39) 0.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
2
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  L (10-15) 8.0 9 4 4 1 12
  Veres   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
13

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Colorado 2.  PB–Manwaring (5).  2B–Colorado Vander Wal (10,off Tapani).  HR–Chicago Sosa (54,1st inning off Kile 1 on, 1 out); Hernandez (21,2nd inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out); Gaetti (13,4th inning off Kile 0 on, 1 out), Colorado Walker (20,4th inning off Tapani 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Kile 2 (7,off Tapani 2).  CS–Sosa (9,2nd base by Kile/Manwaring); Hernandez (6,2nd base by Veres/Manwaring).  SB–Lansing (8,2nd base off Beck/Houston).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:46.  A–48,255.
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