Colorado Rockies vs Chicago Cubs
May 4, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1999 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 12, Chicago Cubs 13

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 6 3 4 3
Lansing 2b 5 1 3 1
Walker rf 5 2 3 3
Bichette lf 4 0 1 1
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 1
Helton 1b 4 2 1 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
Perez ss 5 1 1 0
Reed c 2 1 2 0
  Echevarria ph 1 1 1 3
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott 1b 1 0 0 0
Kile p 1 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Blanco ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 17 12
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 6 0 2 1
Sosa rf 3 3 1 2
Grace 1b 5 1 2 4
Rodriguez lf 5 1 2 2
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 2 1
  Goodwin pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Santiago c 2 1 0 0
Alexander ss 1 0 1 0
  Hernandez pr,ss 2 3 1 2
Farnsworth p 2 1 0 0
  Serafini p 0 0 0 0
  Myers ph,p 1 0 1 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Blauser ph 1 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Houston 3b 1 1 1 1
Totals 38 13 14 13
Colorado 101 003 33112171
Chicago 004 310 03213141
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   4.1 6 8 4 3 5
  Leskanic   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Ramirez   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  McElroy   1.2 3 3 3 3 2
  DiPoto  L (0-1) 0.2 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.1
14
13
9
8
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Farnsworth   5.2 9 5 5 3 0
  Serafini   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Myers   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Heredia   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Barker   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Beck  W (2-2) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
12
12
4
3

  E–Perez (5), Gaetti (4).  DP–Colorado 1.  2B–Colorado Bichette (7,off Farnsworth); Hamilton (5,off Farnsworth); Walker (4,off Barker), Chicago Rodriguez (3,off Kile); Myers (1,off Ramirez); Houston (2,off DiPoto).  HR–Colorado Echevarria (3,7th inning off Heredia 2 on, 2 out), Chicago Grace (3,3rd inning off Kile 3 on, 2 out); Gaetti (2,4th inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out); Hernandez (3,4th inning off Kile 1 on, 0 out); Sosa (5,8th inning off McElroy 1 on, 1 out); Rodriguez (2,8th inning off McElroy 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Lansing (1,off Farnsworth); Kile (3,off Farnsworth); Johnson (2,off Kile).  SF–Castilla (2,off Barker).  SB–Perez (4,2nd base off Beck/Santiago).  WP–Kile (1).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:23.  A–28,888.
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