Chicago Cubs vs Florida Marlins
May 17, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 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 8, Florida Marlins 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 1 4 0
Morandini 2b 5 1 1 1
Sosa rf 5 2 2 3
  Porter rf 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 2 1 0 0
Rodriguez lf 5 1 2 0
  Goodwin lf 0 0 0 0
Houston 3b 2 0 1 0
  Gaetti ph,3b 1 1 0 0
Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Santiago c 5 1 1 1
Tapani p 3 0 1 3
Totals 37 8 12 8
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 4 0 2 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Floyd lf 4 0 0 0
Orie 3b 4 0 1 0
Kotsay 1b,rf 4 0 0 0
Aven rf 1 0 0 0
  Lee 1b 2 1 1 0
Dunwoody cf 3 0 0 0
Fabregas c 2 0 0 1
Dempster p 1 0 0 0
  Counsell ph 1 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Darensbourg p 0 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Berg ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Chicago 300 000 4108121
Florida 000 010 000140
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  W (3-1) 9.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
3
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster  L (1-1) 5.0 6 3 3 5 5
  Alfonseca   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Darensbourg   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Looper   1.2 4 3 3 1 0
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
7
8

  E–Hernandez (5).  2B–Chicago Johnson (6,off Dempster); Tapani (1,off Looper), Florida Orie (12,off Tapani); Lee (8,off Tapani); Castillo (6,off Tapani).  HR–Chicago Sosa 2 (11,1st inning off Dempster 1 on, 0 out,8th inning off Looper 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Fabregas (4,off Tapani).  CS–Johnson (2,2nd base by Alfonseca/Fabregas).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:40.  A–13,113.
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