Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers
September 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1998 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee Brewers 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez ss,3b 4 0 0 1
Grace 1b 5 0 1 0
Sosa rf 2 3 2 2
Hill lf 5 0 0 0
  Brown lf 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 2 0
  Alexander pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Morandini 2b 5 2 1 0
Servais c 4 0 2 1
Trachsel p 3 1 1 1
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 5
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 0 1 0
Loretta 1b 5 1 2 0
Cirillo 3b 5 1 1 0
Burnitz rf 3 3 1 0
Grissom cf 5 1 2 0
Jenkins lf 3 1 0 0
Valentin ss 4 1 1 2
Hughes c 2 0 0 1
  Hamelin ph 1 0 1 1
  Martinez pr 0 0 0 0
  Matheny c 0 0 0 0
Roque p 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Jensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Henderson p 0 0 0 0
  de los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Nilsson ph 0 0 0 0
  Banks ph 1 0 1 1
  Plunk p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 5
Chicago 021 031 0007101
Milwaukee 000 000 4138101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel   6.1 6 4 4 2 5
  Heredia   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Karchner   1.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Beck  L (3-3) 0.2 2 3 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
10
8
5
4
5
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Roque   4.2 5 6 5 6 2
  Reyes   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Henderson   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  de los Santos   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Plunk   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Fox  W (1-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
7
4

  E–Brown (7), Jenkins (4).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Chicago Johnson (6,off Roque), Milwaukee Grissom (28,off Trachsel); Valentin (24,off Trachsel); Cirillo (31,off Beck).  HR–Chicago Sosa 2 (65,5th inning off Roque 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Henderson 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Servais (5,by Henderson); Jenkins (2,by Karchner).  SF–Hughes (1,off Trachsel).  IBB–Burnitz (7,by Beck).  WP–Roque (3).  BK–Roque (1).  HBP–Karchner (2,Jenkins); Henderson (1,Servais).  IBB–Beck (2,Burnitz).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:31.  A–45,338.
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