Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 5, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1999 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Morandini 2b 3 2 2 0
Alexander ss 5 1 1 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 5 0 1 0
Sosa cf,rf 4 0 0 1
Rodriguez lf 4 1 2 3
Hill rf 4 0 0 0
  Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0
Houston 3b 3 1 2 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 0
  Santiago ph,c 1 0 0 0
Lieber p 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 5 0 1 0
Nunez ss 4 2 2 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
Giles cf 2 0 1 1
Brown B. 1b 5 0 2 1
Sprague 3b 5 0 2 0
Morris 2b 4 0 1 0
Brown A. rf 5 0 2 0
Osik c 5 0 0 0
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Haad ph 1 0 0 0
  Hansell p 0 0 0 0
  Benjamin ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 11 2
Chicago 102 020 000591
Pittsburgh 101 000 0002114
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  W (7-3) 5.1 8 2 2 5 10
  King   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Karchner   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Heredia   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Aguilera  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
6
13
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (8-6) 5.0 7 5 3 4 3
  Sauerbeck   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Hansell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Christiansen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
5
6

  E–Houston (10), Nunez 2 (7), Sprague (18), Morris (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Chicago Rodriguez (18,off Schmidt).  HR–Chicago Rodriguez (15,5th inning off Schmidt 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lieber (4,off Schmidt).  SF–Rodriguez (1,off Schmidt).  IBB–Morandini (2,by Schmidt).  CS–Sosa 2 (4,2nd base by Sauerbeck/Osik,2nd base by Christiansen/Osik); Morandini (3,2nd base by Hansell/Osik).  BK–Schmidt (2).  IBB–Schmidt (1,Morandini).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Rieker, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–3:24.  A–19,762.
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