Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 9, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Chicago Cubs 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown A. cf 4 1 1 0
Strange 2b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 1
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Ward lf 3 1 1 1
Garcia 3b 3 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 2 0 0 0
  Brown E. ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Schmidt p 2 0 1 0
  Laker ph 1 0 1 0
  Nunez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 2 3 0
Morandini 2b 4 0 1 0
Sosa rf 3 1 0 0
Grace 1b 3 1 1 3
Rodriguez lf 1 0 0 0
  Brown lf 2 0 0 0
  Mieske ph 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 1 1
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Houston c 3 0 0 0
Hernandez ss,lf 3 0 0 0
Clark p 3 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Pittsburgh 110 000 000251
Chicago 300 000 01x460
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (11-11) 7.0 4 3 3 1 9
  Christiansen   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Van Poppel   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
2
10
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  W (8-13) 7.2 5 2 2 1 10
  Mulholland   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Beck  SV (45) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
12

  E–Polcovich (20).  2B–Pittsburgh A Brown (2,off Clark).  HR–Pittsburgh Ward (8,2nd inning off Clark 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Grace (15,1st inning off Schmidt 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Grace (8,by Christiansen).  CS–Kendall (5,2nd base by Clark/Houston); Polcovich (3,2nd base by Clark/Houston).  SB–Johnson (9,2nd base off Christiansen/Kendall).  WP–Clark (5).  IBB–Christiansen (7,Grace).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:21.  A–34,857.
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