Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 24, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1999 at Wrigley Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Chicago Cubs 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 3 0 0 0
  Brown E. ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Nunez ss 3 0 1 0
Brown B. rf 3 0 0 0
  Brown A. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Morris 2b 4 0 0 0
Hermansen cf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
  Sveum 1b 0 0 0 0
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Hansell p 0 0 0 0
  Laker ph,c 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 4 3 1
Brown lf 4 1 3 4
Sosa rf 4 1 1 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 2 0 1 1
  Gaetti pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 0 2 3
Reed c 5 0 0 0
Nieves ss 5 0 1 0
Meyers 2b 4 2 3 0
Farnsworth p 2 0 0 0
  Lorraine pr 0 1 0 0
  Porter rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 14 9
Pittsburgh 000 000 000051
Chicago 201 012 30x9140
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (13-11) 5.2 10 6 6 4 3
  Christiansen   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Hansell   1.0 2 3 0 0 2
  Anderson   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
6
5
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Farnsworth  W (5-9) 7.0 3 0 0 2 7
  Heredia   1.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Sanders   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
10

  E–Ramirez (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh E Brown (1,off Heredia), Chicago Brown 2 (6,off Schmidt 2); Meyers (8,off Schmidt); Sosa (24,off Schmidt); Grace (41,off Anderson).  3B–Chicago Johnson (6,off Schmidt); Brown (1,off Hansell).  SH–Brown (3,off Schmidt); Farnsworth (6,off Schmidt).  SF–Andrews (5,off Schmidt).  HBP–Farnsworth (1,by Hansell).  IBB–Grace 2 (4,by Schmidt 2).  SB–Nunez 2 (8,2nd base off Farnsworth/Reed 2); Hermansen (2,2nd base off Farnsworth/Reed).  CS–Nieves (2,3rd base by Schmidt/Oliver).  WP–Farnsworth (7).  HBP–Hansell (3,Farnsworth).  IBB–Schmidt 2 (4,Grace 2).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:41.  A–29,267.
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