New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 25, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1999 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 1 1
Alfonzo 2b 4 1 2 1
Olerud 1b 2 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Manzanillo p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 1 1 0
Piazza c 5 0 1 1
Ventura 3b 5 1 1 1
Kinkade rf 2 0 1 0
  Cedeno ph,rf 2 0 1 0
McRae cf 4 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 2 0
Hershiser p 2 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Bonilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
  Franco 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 2 2
Morandini 2b 3 1 0 0
Sosa rf 5 1 2 3
Grace 1b 3 1 1 0
Rodriguez lf 1 0 0 0
  Hill ph 0 1 0 0
  Goodwin lf 0 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 0 0 0
Houston 3b 4 1 2 2
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 1 0 0
Woodall p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 1 1 1 0
  Blauser ph 1 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Gaetti 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 8 8 7
New York 100 110 0014110
Chicago 000 060 20x880
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  L (1-2) 4.0 4 5 5 5 2
  Wendell   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Beltran   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Benitez   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Manzanillo   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
9
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Woodall   4.2 5 3 3 2 2
  Myers  W (1-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Karchner   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Barker   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 3.  2B–New York Lopez (2,off Barker), Chicago Johnson (2,off Hershiser); Sosa 2 (6,off Wendell,off Beltran).  3B–Chicago Houston (1,off Benitez).  HR–New York Alfonzo (2,1st inning off Woodall 0 on, 1 out); Ventura (3,4th inning off Woodall 0 on, 1 out); Henderson (3,5th inning off Woodall 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Morandini (3,by Hershiser).  IBB–Rodriguez (1,by Wendell).  WP–Hershiser (1), Wendell (2).  HBP–Hershiser (2,Morandini).  IBB–Wendell (3,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Brian Runge, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–3:00.  A–39,265.
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