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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
July 16, 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 16, 1996 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 16, 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 16, 1996 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Denny Neagle |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jaime Navarro |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 26,502 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Eric Gregg 1B: Bob Davidson 2B: Greg Bonin 3B: Kerwin Danley |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carlos Garcia | Shortstop |
Al Martin | Center Fielder |
Jeff King | Second Baseman |
Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
Mark Johnson | First Baseman |
Dave Clark | Left Fielder |
Charlie Hayes | Third Baseman |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Denny Neagle | Pitcher |
Jim Leyland | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Brian McRae | Center Fielder |
Felix Fermin | Second Baseman |
Mark Grace | First Baseman |
Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
Leo Gomez | Third Baseman |
Luis Gonzalez | Left Fielder |
Scott Servais | Catcher |
Jose Hernandez | Shortstop |
Jaime Navarro | Pitcher |
Jim Riggleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
July 16, 1996
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Navarro
Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Navarro
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Sosa. Garcia moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
King vs. Navarro
King hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Navarro
Merced hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Navarro covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Navarro
Johnson hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Navarro
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Navarro
Hayes hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Neagle
McRae hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Fermin vs. Neagle
Fermin hits a popup into left field for a base hit. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grace vs. Neagle
Grace hits a popup towards short. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Sosa vs. Neagle
Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Neagle
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Neagle
Gonzalez 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
Top 2
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Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Navarro
Kendall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neagle vs. Navarro
Neagle bunts towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Kendall moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Garcia vs. Navarro
Garcia bunts towards third. Gomez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kendall moves to third. Neagle moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Martin vs. Navarro
Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kendall tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
King vs. Navarro
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Servais vs. Neagle
Servais is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Neagle
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Navarro vs. Neagle
Navarro hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Neagle
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Navarro
Merced hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Navarro fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Navarro
Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Servais settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Navarro
Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Navarro
Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fermin vs. Neagle
Fermin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Neagle
Grace takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Neagle
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Navarro
Kendall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Neagle vs. Navarro
Neagle strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Navarro
There goes Kendall. The throw from Servais and he is out, Hernandez applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Navarro
Garcia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Navarro
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fermin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Neagle
Gomez is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Neagle
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Servais vs. Neagle
Servais hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Neagle
Hernandez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Navarro
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Navarro
Merced hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Navarro
Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Navarro
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Navarro
Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Navarro
Kendall hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Shumpert vs. Neagle
Terry Shumpert pinch hits for Jaime Navarro.
Shumpert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Neagle
McRae hits a line drive into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fermin vs. Neagle
Fermin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Neagle vs. Myers
Rodney Myers now pitching.
Neagle hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Myers
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fermin misplays the ball. That's an error on Fermin. Neagle moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Myers
Martin takes first base on ball four. Neagle moves to third. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
King vs. Myers
King hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Neagle tags and scores. Garcia tags and moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Merced vs. Myers
Merced hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Merced reaches second base with a double. Garcia scores. Martin goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Myers
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Myers
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Myers covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Neagle
Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Neagle
Sosa hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kendall fields it and throws to first for the out. Grace moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Neagle
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Neagle
Neagle fires to first and picks off Gomez. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Neagle
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Myers
Hayes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Myers
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hayes moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Liriano vs. Myers
Nelson Liriano pinch hits for Denny Neagle.
Liriano hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Liriano reaches second base with a double. Hayes scores. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Myers
Garcia strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Myers
Martin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Servais vs. Wilkins
Marc Wilkins now pitching.
Servais hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Wilkins
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Servais moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Magadan vs. Wilkins
Dave Magadan pinch hits for Rodney Myers.
Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson juggles the ball. That's an error on Johnson. Servais scores. Hernandez moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Wilkins
McRae hits a line drive into left field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hernandez tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Fermin vs. Wilkins
Fermin hits a ball on the ground towards second. King scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Bottenfield
Kent Bottenfield now pitching.
King hits a popup towards third. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Bottenfield
Merced hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fermin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bottenfield
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Plesac
Dan Plesac now pitching. Jay Bell now playing shortstop. Carlos Garcia now playing second base. Jeff King now playing first base.
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Plesac
Sosa strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Plesac
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Wendell
Turk Wendell now pitching.
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fermin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Wendell
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Wendell
Kendall hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Plesac
Al Martin now playing left field. John Wehner now playing center field.
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Servais vs. Plesac
Servais strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 10 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Plesac
Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/16/1996 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Garcia C, ss-2b 4 2 2 0 McRae B, cf 3 1 1 1 Martin A, cf-lf 3 2 1 1 Fermin F, 2b 4 1 1 0 King J, 2b-1b 4 1 1 4 Grace M, 1b 3 0 1 0 Merced O, rf 5 1 2 2 Sosa S, rf 4 1 1 3 Johnson M, 1b 5 1 1 2 Gomez L, 3b 2 0 0 0 Plesac D, p 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez L, lf 4 0 0 0 Clark D, lf 4 0 1 0 Servais S, c 3 1 1 0 Wehner J, cf 0 0 0 0 Hernandez J, ss 4 1 1 0 Hayes C, 3b 5 1 2 0 Navarro J, p 1 0 0 0 Kendall J, c 4 1 1 0 Shumpert T, ph 1 0 0 0 Neagle D, p 2 1 1 0 Myers R, p 0 0 0 0 Liriano N, ph 1 0 1 1 Magadan D, ph 1 0 0 0 Wilkins M, p 0 0 0 0 Bottenfield K, p 0 0 0 0 Bell J, ss 0 0 0 0 Wendell T, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 10 13 10 30 5 6 4 Pittsburgh 310 023 100 -- 10 Chicago 300 000 200 -- 5 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Neagle D (W) 6.0 4 3 3 2 5 Wilkins M 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 Plesac D 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Navarro J (L) 5.0 9 6 6 3 1 Myers R 2.0 4 4 3 1 2 Bottenfield K 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Wendell T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Sosa S, Fermin F, Johnson M DP -- Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 3 2B -- Merced O, Liriano N HR -- King J, Sosa S, Johnson M CS -- Kendall J SH -- Neagle D SF -- Martin A, King J, McRae B HBP -- by Neagle D (Servais S), by Neagle D (Gomez L) T -- 2:40 A -- 26502
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