Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres
August 31, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1999 at Qualcomm Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego Padres 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 0 0
Morandini 2b 3 1 1 0
Sosa rf 3 1 1 2
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Reed c 4 0 0 1
Nieves ss 3 0 1 0
Bowie p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 2 0 0 0
  Blauser ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 4 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 2 2 0
  Magadan 1b 0 0 0 0
Sanders lf,rf 4 1 2 0
Nevin 3b 4 1 2 3
Owens 1b,lf 4 1 1 1
Davis c 3 1 0 0
Rivera cf 4 1 1 1
Gomez ss 3 0 1 2
Ashby p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Chicago 010 000 002350
San Diego 610 000 00x790
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bowie  L (1-4) 0.1 6 6 6 1 0
  Myers   6.2 3 1 1 0 4
  Sanders   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
1
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby  W (13-7) 9.0 5 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
1
4

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Rodriguez (26,off Ashby), San Diego Gomez (8,off Bowie).  3B–San Diego Owens (3,off Bowie).  HR–Chicago Sosa (55,9th inning off Ashby 1 on, 0 out), San Diego Nevin (22,1st inning off Bowie 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sosa (3,by Ashby).  HBP–Ashby (6,Sosa).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:07.  A–24,935.
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