Colorado Rockies vs Chicago Cubs
August 21, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1999 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 6, Chicago Cubs 8

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Abbott 2b 5 0 0 0
Echevarria rf 3 1 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Porzio p 0 0 0 0
  Barry ph 1 0 0 0
Bichette lf 5 2 2 3
Castilla 3b 4 1 3 2
Helton 1b 5 0 3 1
Clemente cf 4 0 2 0
Manwaring c 3 0 0 0
Thomson p 2 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 3 2 2 4
Grace 1b 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
Houston 3b 3 1 1 1
Nieves ss 4 1 1 2
Santiago c 4 1 1 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Bowie p 1 0 0 0
  Blauser ph 0 0 0 1
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 1 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Reed c 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
Colorado 000 201 0036120
Chicago 000 107 00x8100
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  L (1-6) 5.1 5 5 5 1 3
  Beltran   0.2 3 3 3 0 2
  Ramirez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Porzio   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
2
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bowie  W (1-3) 6.0 6 3 3 3 8
  Beck   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sanders   1.2 4 3 3 1 0
  Adams  SV (10) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
8

  E–None.  2B–Colorado Helton (28,off Bowie); Castilla (20,off Adams), Chicago Johnson (9,off Thomson); Grace (33,off Beltran); Houston (8,off Beltran); Alexander (9,off Ramirez).  3B–Chicago Santiago (3,off Thomson).  HR–Colorado Bichette (28,4th inning off Bowie 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Sosa 2 (51,4th inning off Thomson 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Thomson 2 on, 1 out); Nieves (1,6th inning off Beltran 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Manwaring (1,by Bowie).  SF–Blauser (2,off Thomson).  SB–Castilla (2,3rd base off Bowie/Santiago); Helton (7,2nd base off Bowie/Santiago).  CS–Helton (3,3rd base by Bowie/Santiago); Sosa (6,2nd base by Thomson/Manwaring).  WP–Ramirez (3), Adams (3).  IBB–Bowie (2,Manwaring).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:49.  A–40,087.
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