Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs
September 12, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 12, Chicago Cubs 15

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 1 2 3
Loretta ss,1b 5 1 3 0
Nilsson 1b 5 1 1 3
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Matheny c 0 0 0 0
Cirillo 3b 5 1 2 1
Burnitz rf 5 1 2 2
Grissom cf 4 0 0 0
Jenkins lf 3 3 2 1
  Newfield ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Hughes c 4 3 2 1
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Roque p 1 0 0 0
  Hamelin ph 1 0 1 0
  Belliard pr 0 1 0 0
  de los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Valentin ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 16 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 0 0
Hernandez ss 5 1 2 1
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 5 1 2 0
Sosa rf 3 3 2 3
Hill lf 5 4 4 1
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 2
Morandini 2b 4 1 1 2
Servais c 3 0 0 0
  Houston ph,c 2 2 2 3
Morgan p 1 0 1 0
  Stevens p 2 0 1 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ss 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 1 1 3
Totals 40 15 18 15
Milwaukee 008 020 20012160
Chicago 020 012 41515182
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Roque   6.0 9 5 5 2 3
  de los Santos   1.0 3 4 4 1 2
  Fox   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Wickman  L (6-9) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
Totals
8.1
18
15
15
4
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   3.0 8 8 5 1 1
  Stevens   3.2 5 4 4 2 3
  Heredia   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Mulholland   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Beck  W (2-2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
12
9
3
6

  E–Hernandez (13), Sosa (9).  DP–Milwaukee 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Milwaukee Burnitz (26,off Morgan); Cirillo (27,off Morgan); Hamelin (6,off Stevens), Chicago Grace (35,off De Los Santos).  3B–Milwaukee Nilsson (1,off Morgan).  HR–Milwaukee Burnitz (35,3rd inning off Morgan 1 on, 1 out); Jenkins (9,3rd inning off Morgan 0 on, 2 out); Hughes (8,3rd inning off Morgan 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Hernandez (22,5th inning off Roque 0 on, 2 out); Gaetti (17,6th inning off Roque 1 on, 0 out); Sosa (60,7th inning off De Los Santos 2 on, 1 out); Hill (6,7th inning off De Los Santos 0 on, 1 out); Houston (8,8th inning off Fox 0 on, 0 out); Merced (1,9th.  SH–Roque 2 (4,off Morgan,off Stevens); Gaetti (1,off Wickman).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:16.  A–39,170.
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