Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
August 13, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1996 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 3 0 0 0
Magadan 3b 4 1 2 1
  Gomez 3b 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 5 1 1 0
Sosa rf 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 1
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Servais c 2 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 4 1 1 1
Telemaco p 3 0 1 0
  Casian p 0 0 0 0
  Bullett ph 1 0 1 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
Espinoza 3b 3 0 0 0
  Mayne ph 1 1 1 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 1 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
Baerga 1b 4 0 0 0
Ochoa rf 3 0 1 1
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 3 1
Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0
  Tomberlin ph 1 0 0 0
  Bogar ss 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Harnisch p 2 0 0 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Everett ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Chicago 000 120 000380
New York 000 000 002260
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Telemaco  W (5-6) 7.2 2 0 0 2 5
  Casian   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Patterson   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Wendell  SV (12) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  L (8-8) 6.0 7 3 3 4 5
  Mlicki   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Wallace   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
6
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  PB–Hundley (6).  2B–New York Gilkey (30,off Bottenfield).  HR–Chicago Hernandez (8,4th inning off Harnisch 0 on, 2 out); Magadan (2,5th inning off Harnisch 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Gonzalez (8,2nd base off Harnisch/Hundley); Bullett (5,2nd base off Wallace/Hundley).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:49.  A–17,819.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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