Chicago Cubs vs Arizona Diamondbacks
August 18, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1999 at Bank One Ballpark. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 1, Arizona Diamondbacks 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Meyers cf 4 0 1 0
Morandini 2b 3 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 3 1 2 1
Reed c 4 0 1 0
  Blauser pr 0 0 0 0
Nieves ss 4 0 0 0
Houston 3b 3 0 0 0
Tapani p 2 0 1 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 1
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Womack rf 4 0 1 0
Bell 2b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Durazo 1b 3 1 2 1
Finley cf 4 2 2 1
Miller c 4 0 2 1
Fox ss 4 0 1 0
Benes p 3 0 1 0
  Mantei p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Chicago 000 001 000150
Arizona 020 001 00x3101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  L (6-11) 6.0 10 3 3 1 2
  Sanders   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Heredia   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Beck   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
2
3
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (8-11) 8.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Mantei  SV (20) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
5

  E–Gonzalez (4).  2B–Chicago Meyers (4,off Benes), Arizona Gonzalez (34,off Tapani); Finley (23,off Tapani); Fox (12,off Tapani).  HR–Chicago Rodriguez (24,6th inning off Benes 0 on, 2 out), Arizona Durazo (2,2nd inning off Tapani 0 on, 0 out); Finley (25,6th inning off Tapani 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Meyers (4,2nd base off Benes/Miller).  CS–Womack (8,2nd base by Tapani/Reed).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:31.  A–41,571.
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