Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 6, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1998 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 0 1 1
Hernandez ss 5 0 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Sosa rf 5 0 2 0
Hill lf 5 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 2 0
Alexander 2b 4 0 1 1
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
Servais c 4 1 2 1
  Martinez c 0 0 0 0
Mulholland p 2 0 0 0
  Wengert p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Morandini 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 11 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 1 1
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Martinez cf 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph,cf,lf 3 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 1 1 1
Young 1b 2 1 0 0
Guillen rf 4 1 1 2
Brown E. lf 2 0 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Strange ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Polcovich 2b 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 0
Collier ss 2 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 1 0
  Nunez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Peters p 2 0 1 0
  Brown A. cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago 000 012 000 03110
Pittsburgh 000 012 000 1493
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Mulholland   4.1 4 1 1 2 1
  Wengert   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Myers   1.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Heredia   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Adams   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Stevens  L (1-2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
9
4
4
5
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Peters   6.2 8 3 1 0 6
  Williams   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Christiansen   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Loiselle  W (2-7) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
11
3
1
1
10

  E–Womack (17), Collier 2 (18).  DP–Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Chicago Gaetti (29,off Peters); Servais 2 (13,off Peters 2); Johnson (5,off Peters).  HR–Pittsburgh Guillen (11,6th inning off Myers 1 on, 1 out); Kendall (12,10th inning off Stevens 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Grace (7,2nd base by Loiselle/Kendall); Ward (4,2nd base by Stevens/Martinez).  SB–Young (13,3rd base off Adams/Martinez).  WP–Myers (1).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–2:58.  A–22,209.
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