San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs
May 2, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1999 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 2, Chicago Cubs 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Jackson 2b 4 0 0 0
Owens cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 1 1 0
Joyner 1b 2 1 1 0
Vander Wal lf 4 0 2 1
  Rivera R. cf 0 0 0 0
Myers c 4 0 1 1
Nevin 3b 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 1 0
Ashby p 2 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
  Rivera R. p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Leyritz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 1 2 0
Morandini 2b 3 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 1 3 1
Grace 1b 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 1 0
  Goodwin lf 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 2
Martinez c 2 0 1 0
  Santiago ph,c 2 0 0 0
Sanders p 3 0 1 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Houston ph 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 12 3
San Diego 000 000 020260
Chicago 100 000 02x3121
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby   6.0 8 1 1 0 5
  Rivera  L (1-2) 1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Boehringer   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
12
3
3
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders   7.2 3 0 0 3 5
  Heredia   0.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Myers  W (2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Beck  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
5

  E–Hernandez (4).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–San Diego Joyner (4,off Sanders); Gwynn (7,off Heredia), Chicago Grace 2 (5,off Ashby,off Roberto Rivera); Sanders (1,off Roberto Rivera).  SH–Morandini (4,off Ashby).  IBB–Hernandez (1,by Boehringer).  SB–Johnson (6,3rd base off Ashby/Myers).  CS–Sosa (2,2nd base by Ashby/Myers).  WP–Ashby (1), Heredia (2).  IBB–Boehringer (3,Hernandez).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:44.  A–38,486.
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