Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 13, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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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Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 1 1
Sandberg 2b 3 0 1 0
Grace 1b 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 2 1
Houston c 4 0 0 0
Orie 3b 3 1 1 0
Brown lf 2 1 1 0
  Glanville ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 1 2 2
Trachsel p 3 0 0 0
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 0 0 0 0
  Lowery ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 1 0
Ward cf 4 0 2 0
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
Williams 1b 3 0 0 0
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 0 2 0
Dunston ss 4 1 1 0
Guillen rf 3 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Cordova p 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 1 7 0
Chicago 001 120 000491
Pittsburgh 010 000 000172
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  W (7-11) 7.0 5 1 0 0 6
  Pisciotta   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Adams  SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
1
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  L (10-8) 4.1 7 4 3 0 3
  Peters   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Sodowsky   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Christiansen   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Wilkins   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Wallace   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
4
8

  E–Houston (5), Williams (2), Dunston (15).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Houston (6); Kendall (6).  2B–Chicago Hernandez (6,off Cordova); Grace (32,off Cordova); Brown (6,off Cordova).  3B–Chicago Orie (5,off Wilkins).  SH–Hernandez (1,off Wilkins).  IBB–Sandberg (3,by Peters); Orie (3,by Peters); Hernandez (2,by Sodowsky).  SB–Sosa (20,2nd base off Peters/Kendall); Dunston (30,2nd base off Trachsel/Houston).  CS–Johnson (11,2nd base by Christiansen/Kendall); Martin (6,2nd base by Trachsel/Houston).  IBB–Peters 2 (4,Sandberg,Orie); Sodowsky (7,Hernandez).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Rich Rieker, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:52.  A–21,505.
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