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Chicago Cubs @ Montreal Expos

1996-05-08 · Night game · Stade Olympique · Att: 12484 · dome, dry · 2:39

Montreal Expos defeated Chicago Cubs 4–2. Montreal Expos put up 2 in the 1st. Rheal Cormier earned the win and Mel Rojas picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8
MON	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		4	10

W: Rheal Cormier L: Jaime Navarro SV: Mel Rojas

Umpires — HP: Charlie Reliford · 1B: Larry Vanover · 2B: Dana DeMuth · 3B: Gary Darling · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian McRae	4	0	1	1	1	0
Ryne Sandberg	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Grace	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ozzie Timmons	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Servais	3	1	2	1	0	0
Leo Gomez	4	0	3	0	0	1
Rey Sanchez	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jaime Navarro	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Hernandez	1	0	1	0	0	0
Scott Bullett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mark Grudzielanek	5	2	2	1	0	0
Mike Lansing	3	1	1	1	0	0
Henry Rodriguez	3	0	1	2	0	0
Moises Alou	4	0	1	0	0	1
David Segui	3	0	1	0	1	0
Darrin Fletcher	3	0	1	0	0	0
F. P. Santangelo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Silvestri	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rheal Cormier	2	0	1	0	0	0
Sherman Obando	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jaime Navarro	6.0	9	1	0
Mike Perez	1.0	0	0	1
Turk Wendell	1.0	1	2	1

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rheal Cormier	6.2	5	2	2
Tim Scott	1.1	0	1	1
Mel Rojas	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian McRae: 8/F89M
Ryne Sandberg: 13/G13
Mark Grace: 5/P5D

Bot 1

Mark Grudzielanek: DGR/L89XD
Mike Lansing: D9/G3L.2-H;B-3(E9)
Henry Rodriguez: 7/SF/F7DW.3-H(UR)
Moises Alou: 63/G6
David Segui: 43/G34D

Top 2

Sammy Sosa: D8/L89S/R4
Ozzie Timmons: 8/F89D/R6.2-3
Scott Servais: 8/SF/F8LM/R2.3-H
Leo Gomez: D9/F9LD/R4
Rey Sanchez: W
Jaime Navarro: K

Bot 2

Darrin Fletcher: S9/L9S/R6
F. P. Santangelo: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Dave Silvestri: 3/G34

Top 3

Brian McRae: 63/G6
Ryne Sandberg: 8/L8RM
Mark Grace: 31/G3

Bot 3

Rheal Cormier: S8/G4M/R4
Mark Grudzielanek: 3(B)6(1)/GDP/G3L
Mike Lansing: 8/P8RS

Top 4

Sammy Sosa: 9/F9D
Ozzie Timmons: 31/G34
Scott Servais: D9/L9LM/R6
Leo Gomez: K

Bot 4

Henry Rodriguez: 9/F9M
Moises Alou: 4/P4MD
David Segui: W
Darrin Fletcher: C/E2.1-2;B-1
F. P. Santangelo: 8/P78S

Top 5

Rey Sanchez: 9/F9M
Jaime Navarro: 63/G56D
Brian McRae: 13/G13

Bot 5

Dave Silvestri: S8/G4M/R4
Rheal Cormier: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Mark Grudzielanek: DGR/L9LD/R4.2-H
Mike Lansing: 1/L13
Henry Rodriguez: S9/L9LM/R6.2-H
Moises Alou: S8/G6M/R6.1-2
David Segui: 7/F7M

Top 6

Ryne Sandberg: 4/P4MD
Mark Grace: 13/BG13S
Sammy Sosa: W
Ozzie Timmons: 53/G5

Bot 6

Darrin Fletcher: 63/G6M
F. P. Santangelo: D8/F89M/R4
Dave Silvestri: 9/L9M/R4
Rheal Cormier: 8/P89S

Top 7

Scott Servais: 3/P3DF
Leo Gomez: S8/L8LS/R6
Rey Sanchez: 8/F8LM
Jose Hernandez: S9/L9LM.1-3
Brian McRae: W.1-2
Ryne Sandberg: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 7

Mark Grudzielanek: 8/F8RM
Mike Lansing: HP
Henry Rodriguez: 3/G34.1-2
Moises Alou: K

Top 8

Mark Grace: 43/G4
Sammy Sosa: K
Ozzie Timmons: 9/F9LD

Bot 8

David Segui: S8/G4M/R4
Darrin Fletcher: 3/G3L.1-2
F. P. Santangelo: K
Dave Silvestri: W
Sherman Obando: W.2-3;1-2
Mark Grudzielanek: 9/F9LM

Top 9

Scott Servais: S7/G56/R6
Leo Gomez: S8/L78M/R6.1-2
Scott Bullett: 8/F8RM/R4
Luis Gonzalez: 6/L6/R4
Brian McRae: S9/L34D/R4.2-H;1-3
Ryne Sandberg: 13/G15