Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
May 16, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1999 at Wrigley Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 3 1 1 1
Boone 2b 5 2 3 3
Jones C. 3b 5 1 1 0
Jordan rf 5 1 2 2
Lopez c 5 0 1 0
Klesko 1b 3 0 0 0
  Seanez p 0 0 0 0
  Rocker p 0 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 4 2 2 1
Williams lf 3 1 1 1
Smoltz p 1 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
  McGlinchy p 0 0 0 0
  Hunter 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 3 0 1 0
Morandini 2b 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 2 2 1
Rodriguez lf 3 1 1 2
  Goodwin lf 1 0 0 0
Houston 3b 4 1 2 2
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Farnsworth p 3 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Gaetti 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Atlanta 110 000 1328112
Chicago 000 104 000581
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz   6.0 8 5 5 1 5
  McGlinchy  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Seanez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rocker  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Farnsworth   7.0 5 3 3 2 2
  Myers  L (2-1) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Sanders   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Beck   0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Adams   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
5

  E–Weiss (7), Smoltz (1), Farnsworth (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Atlanta A Jones (5,off Farnsworth); Boone (8,off Beck), Chicago Johnson (5,off Smoltz); Rodriguez (7,off Smoltz).  HR–Atlanta Boone 2 (8,1st inning off Farnsworth 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Myers 0 on, 0 out); A Jones (7,7th inning off Farnsworth 0 on, 1 out); Jordan (9,8th inning off Myers 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Grace (5,4th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 1 out); Houston (4,6th inning off Smoltz 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Weiss (2,off Farnsworth).  SB–Williams (2,2nd base off Beck/Santiago); Johnson (7,2nd base off Smoltz/Lopez).  CS–A Jones (4,2nd base by Sanders/Santiago).  WP–Farnsworth (1).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–3:00.  A–39,915.
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