Chicago Cubs vs Florida Marlins
April 28, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1999 at Pro Player Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 6, Florida Marlins 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 6 1 3 1
Morandini 2b 5 2 2 0
Sosa rf 4 0 1 1
Grace 1b 4 0 4 2
Rodriguez lf 5 0 1 1
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Houston 3b 4 1 1 0
  Blauser pr 0 1 0 0
  Gaetti 3b 0 0 0 0
Alexander ss 5 0 2 0
Trachsel p 4 1 1 0
  Goodwin lf 1 0 1 1
Totals 42 6 16 6
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 1 2 0
Kotsay rf 2 0 0 1
Floyd lf 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Dunwoody cf 3 0 0 0
Orie 3b 3 0 1 0
Redmond c 2 0 0 0
  Fabregas ph,c 1 0 0 0
Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Ojala p 0 0 0 0
  Counsell ph 1 0 0 0
  Corbin p 0 0 0 0
  Berg ph 1 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Chicago 000 031 1016161
Florida 100 000 000130
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  W (1-2) 7.0 3 1 1 3 2
  Barker   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 9.0 3 1 1 4 7
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (1-3) 5.2 9 4 4 4 5
  Ojala   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Corbin   2.0 3 1 1 0 5
  Alfonseca   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 16 6 6 4 10

  E–Houston (3).  DP–Chicago 2, Florida 1.  2B–Chicago Trachsel (1,off Hernandez); Rodriguez (2,off Hernandez); Houston (1,off Alfonseca), Florida Orie (8,off Trachsel).  3B–Florida Gonzalez (3,off Trachsel).  SF–Sosa (2,off Hernandez); Kotsay (3,off Trachsel).  IBB–Houston (1,by Hernandez).  Team LOB–14.  Team–5.  SB–Grace (1,2nd base off Hernandez/Redmond); Johnson (4,2nd base off Hernandez/Redmond); Castillo (6,2nd base off Barker/Santiago).  WP–Corbin (1).  IBB–Hernandez (2,Houston).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:59.  A–14,312.

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