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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
July 15, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 15, 1996 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 15, 1996 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 15, 1996 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dan Miceli |
Home Starting Pitcher | Frank Castillo |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 32,119 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Kerwin Danley 1B: Eric Gregg 2B: Bob Davidson 3B: Greg Bonin |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carlos Garcia | Shortstop |
Al Martin | Left Fielder |
Jeff King | Second Baseman |
Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
Mark Johnson | First Baseman |
Charlie Hayes | Third Baseman |
Mike Kingery | Center Fielder |
Keith Osik | Catcher |
Dan Miceli | Pitcher |
Jim Leyland | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Brian McRae | Center Fielder |
Ryne Sandberg | Second Baseman |
Mark Grace | First Baseman |
Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
Luis Gonzalez | Left Fielder |
Leo Gomez | Third Baseman |
Scott Servais | Catcher |
Jose Hernandez | Shortstop |
Frank Castillo | Pitcher |
Jim Riggleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
July 15, 1996
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Castillo
Garcia hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Castillo
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Castillo
King hits a popup in front of the plate. Servais settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Miceli
McRae hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sandberg vs. Miceli
Sandberg strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Miceli
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Miceli
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes juggles the ball. That's an error on Hayes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Miceli
Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kingery who is chasing the ball. Gonzalez reaches third base with a triple. Sosa goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Gomez vs. Miceli
Gomez hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Castillo
Merced hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Castillo
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Castillo
Hayes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Merced moves to third. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Kingery vs. Castillo
Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Merced scores. Hayes moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Osik vs. Castillo
Osik strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Servais vs. Miceli
Servais hits a popup towards short. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Miceli
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Castillo vs. Miceli
Castillo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Miceli
McRae strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Miceli vs. Castillo
Miceli strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Castillo
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Castillo
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sandberg vs. Miceli
Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Miceli
Grace takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Miceli
Jason Kendall now catching.
Sosa hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Miceli
Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Castillo
King bunts towards third. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Merced vs. Castillo
Merced hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Castillo
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Castillo
Hayes hits a line drive into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Miceli
Gomez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Servais vs. Miceli
Servais hits a line drive into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Miceli
Hernandez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Castillo vs. Miceli
Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Miceli
McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merced. McRae reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Sandberg vs. Miceli
Sandberg hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. McRae scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Miceli
There goes Sandberg. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Garcia applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Castillo
Kingery hits a popup towards third. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Castillo
Kendall hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Neagle vs. Castillo
Denny Neagle pinch hits for Dan Miceli.
Neagle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Neagle reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Castillo
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Dessens
Elmer Dessens now pitching.
Grace hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Dessens
Sosa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grace moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gonzalez vs. Dessens
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. Grace scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Dessens
There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Gonzalez steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Dessens
Gomez hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Kingery. Gomez reaches second base with a double. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Servais vs. Dessens
Servais hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Kingery throws the ball in to King who tags Servais trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gonzalez scores. Gomez scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Dessens
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes juggles the ball. That's an error on Hayes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Castillo vs. Dessens
Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Garcia fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Castillo
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Castillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
King vs. Castillo
King hits a popup towards first. Grace settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Merced vs. Castillo
Merced hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg catches it and throws to first to double up Martin. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Dessens
McRae hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sandberg vs. Dessens
Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Dessens
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Dessens covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Castillo
Johnson hits a popup into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Castillo
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Castillo
Kingery hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Dessens
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Dessens
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Dessens
Gomez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Servais vs. Dessens
Servais hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Hernandez vs. Dessens
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Castillo
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Castillo
Dave Clark pinch hits for Elmer Dessens.
Clark hits a line drive towards short. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Castillo
Garcia hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Garcia reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Castillo
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Parris
Steve Parris now pitching. Dave Magadan pinch hits for Frank Castillo.
Magadan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Parris
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sandberg vs. Parris
Sandberg is hit by the pitch. Magadan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Grace vs. Parris
Felix Fermin pinch runs for Ryne Sandberg.
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Magadan moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Sosa vs. Parris
Sosa hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Parris
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Parris
Gomez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kingery. Gomez reaches second base with a double. Gonzalez goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Servais vs. Parris
Servais takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Hernandez vs. Parris
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Sturtze
Felix Fermin now playing second base. Tanyon Sturtze now pitching. Doug Glanville now playing right field.
King hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Sturtze
Merced hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Glanville. Merced reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Sturtze
Johnson hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Sturtze
Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merced scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kingery vs. Sturtze
Kingery hits a line drive towards short. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/15/1996 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Garcia C, ss 4 0 1 0 McRae B, cf 5 2 3 1 Martin A, lf 4 0 1 0 Sandberg R, 2b 4 0 1 1 King J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Fermin F, pr-2b 0 1 0 0 Merced O, rf 4 2 2 0 Grace M, 1b 4 1 1 0 Johnson M, 1b 4 0 0 0 Sosa S, rf 5 2 3 3 Hayes C, 3b 4 0 2 1 Glanville D, rf 0 0 0 0 Kingery M, cf 4 0 0 1 Gonzalez L, lf 5 2 2 2 Osik K, c 1 0 0 0 Gomez L, 3b 5 2 3 2 Kendall J, c 2 0 0 0 Servais S, c 4 0 2 2 Miceli D, p 1 0 0 0 Hernandez J, ss 5 1 1 1 Neagle D, ph 1 0 1 0 Castillo F, p 2 0 0 0 Dessens E, p 0 0 0 0 Magadan D, ph 0 1 0 0 Clark D, ph 1 0 0 0 Sturtze T, p 0 0 0 0 Parris S, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 2 8 2 39 12 16 12 Pittsburgh 010 000 001 -- 2 Chicago 200 330 04x -- 12 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Miceli D (L) 4.0 6 5 4 2 2 Dessens E 3.0 7 3 3 0 0 Parris S 1.0 3 4 4 2 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Castillo F (W) 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 Sturtze T 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 E -- Hayes C 2 DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 8 2B -- McRae B, Neagle D, Gomez L 2, Garcia C, Merced O 3B -- Gonzalez L HR -- McRae B, Gomez L, Hernandez J, Sosa S SB -- Gonzalez L CS -- Sandberg R HBP -- by Parris S (Sandberg R) T -- 2:43 A -- 32119
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