Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 8, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Morandini 2b 3 0 0 0
Houston 3b 5 0 0 0
Sosa rf 5 1 2 1
Grace 1b 4 2 2 1
Rodriguez lf 1 1 0 0
  Alexander ph,ss 3 1 1 0
Hernandez ss,lf 3 3 3 4
Santiago c 4 0 2 2
Goodwin cf 4 0 1 1
Serafini p 2 1 0 0
  Sanders p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 1 1 0
Benjamin ss 2 1 1 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Brown B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
Garcia rf 4 0 1 1
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 1 1 3
Morris 2b 4 0 0 0
Brown A. cf 2 0 0 0
  Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Osik c 3 0 0 0
Benson p 1 0 0 0
  Wehner cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
Chicago 005 030 1009111
Pittsburgh 100 102 000450
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Serafini  W (2-1) 5.0 3 2 2 1 3
  Sanders  SV (2) 4.0 2 2 2 0 7
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
1
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson  L (6-7) 4.2 9 8 8 3 5
  Schourek   2.1 2 1 1 1 3
  Sauerbeck   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wilkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
4
10

  E–Hernandez (11).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Chicago Sosa (14,off Benson); Grace (20,off Benson).  3B–Pittsburgh Young (4,off Serafini).  HR–Chicago Hernandez (12,3rd inning off Benson 2 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Sprague (16,6th inning off Sanders 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Morandini (6,off Benson).  HBP–Morandini (5,by Schourek).  IBB–Rodriguez (5,by Benson).  SB–Hernandez (5,2nd base off Schourek/Osik).  HBP–Schourek (4,Morandini).  IBB–Benson (3,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:37.  A–17,711.
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