Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
April 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1998 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 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 1 1 1
Santangelo cf,2b 4 0 1 0
Guerrero rf 4 0 0 0
Fullmer 1b 2 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
White lf 3 0 0 0
Vidro 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  McGuire 1b 1 1 1 0
Livingstone 3b 4 0 1 1
Hubbard c 4 0 1 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Batista p 1 0 0 0
  Stovall cf 2 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez cf 4 2 1 2
Blauser ss 3 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 2 1
  Brown 1b 0 0 0 0
Sosa rf 5 0 1 1
Orie 3b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez lf 2 2 1 1
  Mieske lf 1 0 0 0
Servais c 4 1 1 1
Morandini 2b 2 1 0 0
Tapani p 2 0 0 1
  Van Ryn p 0 0 0 0
  Telemaco p 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 7 8 7
Montreal 000 001 001260
Chicago 100 301 20x780
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (0-1) 3.2 4 4 3 5 3
  Batista   1.2 1 1 1 3 1
  Bennett   1.2 3 2 2 0 2
  Urbina   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
9
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  W (1-1) 5.2 3 1 1 4 3
  Van Ryn   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Telemaco   2.1 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Hubbard (1).  2B–Montreal McGuire (1,off Telemaco); Livingstone (1,off Telemaco), Chicago Grace (2,off Moore).  HR–Montreal Grudzielanek (1,6th inning off Tapani 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Rodriguez (2,7th inning off Bennett 0 on, 0 out); Servais (1,7th inning off Bennett 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Moore (1,off Tapani).  SF–Tapani (1,off Moore).  IBB–Morandini (1,by Batista).  SB–Sosa (1,2nd base off Moore/Hubbard); Hernandez (1,2nd base off Batista/Hubbard).  WP–Telemaco (2).  BK–Batista (1).  IBB–Batista (1,Morandini).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Rich Rieker, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:49.  A–21,854.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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