Florida Marlins vs Chicago Cubs
May 24, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1999 at Wrigley Field. The Florida Marlins defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 7, Chicago Cubs 5

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 5 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 5 1 2 1
Floyd lf 5 1 1 1
Millar 1b 5 1 2 3
Kotsay rf 5 0 1 0
Wilson cf 3 0 1 0
  Mantei p 0 0 0 0
Fabregas c 3 1 1 1
Berg 3b 4 1 2 1
Sanchez p 1 0 0 0
  Counsell ph 1 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Darensbourg p 0 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Aven cf 1 1 1 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Blauser ss 5 1 2 1
Hernandez cf 5 0 1 1
Grace 1b 5 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 2 3 1
Gaetti 3b 2 1 0 0
  Houston ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 2 0 0 0
  Goodwin pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
Santiago c 5 0 2 2
Morandini 2b 2 1 1 0
Lieber p 2 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Florida 001 020 0047120
Chicago 013 001 000590
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Sanchez   4.0 6 4 4 5 4
  Looper   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Darensbourg   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mantei  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
8
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber   7.0 7 3 3 1 7
  Heredia   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Adams   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Aguilera  L (0-1) 1.0 4 4 4 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Florida 1.  2B–Florida Gonzalez (10,off Lieber), Chicago Sosa (10,off Sanchez); Santiago (8,off Sanchez); Hernandez (7,off Looper).  3B–Florida Kotsay (3,off Heredia).  HR–Florida Gonzalez (6,3rd inning off Lieber 0 on, 2 out); Fabregas (3,5th inning off Lieber 0 on, 0 out); Berg (1,5th inning off Lieber 0 on, 0 out); Millar (1,9th inning off Aguilera 2 on, 2 out), Chicago Blauser (2,3rd inning off Sanchez 0 on, 0 out); Sosa (15,3rd inning off Sanchez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Lieber (3,off Looper).  IBB–Morandini (1,by Sanchez); Rodriguez (2,by Alfonseca).  SB–Brown (1,2nd base off Mantei/Fabregas).  WP–Adams (1).  IBB–Sanchez (4,Morandini); Alfonseca (3,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:07.  A–31,987.
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