National League
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets
23-Jul-1999 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)
Chicago Cubs 4 (46-48) New York Mets 5 (57-41)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Mickey Morandini 2b........ 4 0 0 0 Roger Cedeno rf............ 3 1 0 0
Tyler Houston 3b........... 1 1 1 0 Edgardo Alfonzo 2b......... 4 1 2 0
Jeff Blauser ph/3b........ 1 0 0 0 John Olerud 1b............. 4 1 2 0
Mark Grace 1b.............. 4 1 2 0 Mike Piazza c.............. 4 1 2 1
Sammy Sosa rf.............. 4 1 1 3 Robin Ventura 3b........... 4 0 1 1
Henry Rodriguez lf......... 2 0 0 0 Brian McRae cf............. 3 1 0 1
Manny Alexander pr/ss..... 1 1 0 0 Benny Agbayani lf.......... 4 0 2 2
Jeff Reed c................ 3 0 1 0 Armando Benitez p......... 0 0 0 0
Jose Hernandez ss/lf....... 4 0 2 1 Rey Ordonez ss............. 4 0 0 0
Curtis Goodwin cf.......... 4 0 0 0 Masato Yoshii p............ 2 0 0 0
Kevin Tapani p............. 3 0 0 0 Rigo Beltran p............ 0 0 0 0
Felix Heredia p........... 0 0 0 0 Dennis Cook p............. 0 0 0 0
Scott Sanders p........... 0 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson ph....... 1 0 0 0
Rod Beck p................ 0 0 0 0 Turk Wendell p............ 0 0 0 0
Glenallen Hill ph......... 1 0 0 0 Melvin Mora lf............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 32 4 7 4 Totals..................... 33 5 9 5
Score by Innings R H E
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Chicago Cubs........ 300 001 000 - 4 7 1
New York Mets....... 010 003 10X - 5 9 0
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E - Houston. DP - Mets 1. LOB - Cubs 5; Mets 6. 2B - Grace; Ventura; Agbayani. 3B -
Agbayani. HR - Sosa(35).
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Kevin Tapani L,6-7........ 6.1 8 5 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 27 29 8 10
Felix Heredia ............. 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Scott Sanders ............. 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
Rod Beck .................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Masato Yoshii ............. 5.1 7 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 21 25 5 5
Rigo Beltran .............. 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
Dennis Cook W,8-2......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1
Turk Wendell .............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2
Armando Benitez S,9....... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0
WP - Tapani.
Strikeouts - Blauser; Sosa; Rodriguez; Hernandez 2; Tapani 2; Hill; Cedeno. Walks -
Houston 2; Rodriguez; Reed; Cedeno; McRae.
Umpires - HP: Hunter Wendelstedt 1B: Larry Poncino 2B: Gary Darling 3B: Jerry Meals
Start: 19:44 Time: 2:53 Attendance: 52,135
Weather: 86°, p. cloudy, hazy
Game: 0723
Chicago Cubs starters: 12/2b Morandini; 7/3b Houston; 17/1b Grace; 21/rf Sosa;
40/lf Rodriguez; 16/c Reed; 18/ss Hernandez; 19/cf Goodwin; 36/p Tapani
Chicago Cubs 1st - Morandini out at first p to 2b to 1b. Houston singled
to left field. Grace doubled to right field; Houston advanced to third. Sosa
homered to right center, 3 RBI; Grace scored; Houston scored. Rodriguez struck
out swinging. Reed popped up to 1b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 1st - Cedeno flied out to cf. Alfonzo flied out to cf.
Olerud flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Chicago Cubs 2nd - Hernandez struck out looking. Goodwin grounded out to
3b. Tapani grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 2nd - Piazza singled to third base. Ventura doubled;
Piazza advanced to third. McRae grounded out to ss, RBI; Piazza scored.
Agbayani grounded out to 3b. Ordonez flied out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Chicago Cubs 3rd - Morandini flied out to cf. Houston walked. Grace
singled; Houston out at second 2b unassisted, interference. Sosa struck out
looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New York Mets 3rd - Yoshii grounded out to 2b. Cedeno struck out
swinging. Alfonzo grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Chicago Cubs 4th - Rodriguez flied out to lf. Reed walked. Hernandez
singled to center field; Reed advanced to second. Goodwin grounded into double
play 2b to ss to 1b; Hernandez out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
New York Mets 4th - Olerud singled to right field. Piazza flied out to
rf. Ventura grounded out to p; Olerud advanced to second. McRae grounded out to
2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Chicago Cubs 5th - Tapani struck out looking. Morandini grounded out to
ss. Houston walked. Grace flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
New York Mets 5th - Agbayani doubled to right field. Ordonez flied out
to lf. Yoshii grounded out to 3b. Cedeno grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Chicago Cubs 6th - Sosa flied out to rf. Rodriguez walked. Reed singled
to right field; Rodriguez advanced to third. Alexander pinch ran for Rodriguez.
Hernandez singled to right field, RBI; Reed advanced to second; Alexander
scored. Beltran to p for Yoshii. Goodwin reached on a fielder's choice;
Hernandez out at second ss to 2b; Reed advanced to third. Tapani struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New York Mets 6th - Alexander to ss. Hernandez to lf. Alfonzo singled to
left center. Olerud singled to center field; Alfonzo advanced to second. Olerud
advanced to second on a wild pitch; Alfonzo advanced to third. Piazza popped up
to ss. Dropped foul ball, E5. Ventura grounded out to 2b, RBI; Olerud advanced
to third; Alfonzo scored. McRae walked. Agbayani tripled to right field, 2 RBI;
McRae scored; Olerud scored. Ordonez lined out to ss. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Chicago Cubs 7th - Cook to p for Beltran. Morandini grounded out to ss.
Blauser pinch hit for Houston. Blauser struck out swinging. Grace flied out to
rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 7th - Blauser to 3b. Henderson pinch hit for Cook.
Henderson grounded out to 2b. Cedeno walked. Alfonzo singled up the middle;
Cedeno advanced to second. Heredia to p for Tapani. Olerud flied out to lf.
Sanders to p for Heredia. Piazza singled to right center, RBI; Alfonzo advanced
to second; Cedeno scored. Ventura popped up to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors,
2 LOB.
Chicago Cubs 8th - Wendell to p for Henderson. Sosa grounded out to ss.
Alexander flied out to rf. Reed grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 8th - Beck to p for Sanders. McRae flied out to cf.
Agbayani fouled out to 1b. Ordonez flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Chicago Cubs 9th - Benitez to p for Agbayani. Mora to lf for Wendell.
Hernandez struck out swinging. Goodwin popped up to p. Hill pinch hit for Beck.
Hill struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets starters: 19/rf Cedeno; 13/2b Alfonzo; 5/1b Olerud; 31/c Piazza;
4/3b Ventura; 56/cf McRae; 50/lf Agbayani; 10/ss Ordonez; 21/p Yoshii