Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
June 9, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1996 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 2, Chicago Cubs 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 0 2 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
Segui 1b 4 1 0 0
Alou rf 3 1 1 0
Santangelo cf 4 0 0 1
Webster c 4 0 1 1
Andrews 3b 3 0 0 0
Rueter p 3 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Manuel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 4 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 0 1 0
Glanville lf 4 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 3 1 1 0
Gomez 3b 3 1 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 1 2 3
Servais c 2 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Trachsel p 2 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Bullett ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 29 4 6 3
Montreal 000 000 200241
Chicago 100 000 30x463
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  L (2-4) 6.2 3 3 2 1 4
  Veres   1.0 3 1 1 2 0
  Manuel   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
3
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  W (4-4) 7.0 4 2 1 0 6
  Adams   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wendell  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
1
7

  E–Segui (2), Sosa (5), Gomez (4), Hernandez (5).  2B–Montreal Grudzielanek (15,off Trachsel); Alou (10,off Trachsel), Chicago Sosa (7,off Rueter).  HR–Chicago Sandberg (13,7th inning off Veres 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Grudzielanek (12,2nd base off Trachsel/Servais).  CS–Sosa (2,2nd base by Rueter/Webster).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:29.  A–30,785.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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