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Chicago Cubs @ New York Mets

1996-05-12 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 19122 · 52°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 29 mph L to R · 2:00

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Mets 3–0. Jim Bullinger earned the win. Ryne Sandberg went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim Bullinger L: Mark Clark SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Poncino · 1B: Frank Pulli · 2B: Bob Davidson · 3B: Greg Bonin · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian McRae	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ryne Sandberg	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mark Grace	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	4	2	2	1	0	0
Luis Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Leo Gomez	4	0	0	1	0	1
Brian Dorsett	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rey Sanchez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Bullinger	4	0	0	0	0	2

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Lance Johnson	4	0	0
Jose Vizcaino	4	0	0
Bernard Gilkey	3	0	0
Todd Hundley	3	0	0
Rico Brogna	3	0	0
Jeff Kent	3	2	0
Butch Huskey	3	0	2
Rey Ordonez	3	0	0
Mark Clark	1	0	1
Kevin Roberson	1	0	1
Brent Mayne	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Bullinger	9.0	2	0	4

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Clark	6.0	7	2	3
Blas Minor	3.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian McRae: K
Ryne Sandberg: HR/L7LD
Mark Grace: S9/L9S
Sammy Sosa: 8/F8LD
Luis Gonzalez: 43/G4

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: 7/F7M
Jose Vizcaino: 43/G4
Bernard Gilkey: 63/G6

Top 2

Leo Gomez: 3/P3SF
Brian Dorsett: 31/G34
Rey Sanchez: 9/F9S

Bot 2

Todd Hundley: 3/G3
Rico Brogna: 8/F8LXD
Jeff Kent: 7/F7S

Top 3

Jim Bullinger: K
Brian McRae: 43/G34D
Ryne Sandberg: S8/G4M/R4
Mark Grace: 43/G34D

Bot 3

Butch Huskey: K
Rey Ordonez: 6/P6
Mark Clark: K

Top 4

Sammy Sosa: HR/F7D
Luis Gonzalez: 9/F9D
Leo Gomez: 63/G6
Brian Dorsett: W
Rey Sanchez: S5/BG5S.1-2
Jim Bullinger: 43/G4

Bot 4

Lance Johnson: 7/L7S
Jose Vizcaino: 43/G4
Bernard Gilkey: 9/L9M

Top 5

Brian McRae: 43/G4M
Ryne Sandberg: 4/P4D
Mark Grace: 6/L6D

Bot 5

Todd Hundley: E8/F8RD
Rico Brogna: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Jeff Kent: S9/L9LS/R3
Butch Huskey: 3/P3DF

Top 6

Sammy Sosa: S8/L6MD
Luis Gonzalez: D7/F7LDW/R6.1-3
Leo Gomez: 3/G3S.3-H;2-3
Brian Dorsett: FC5/G5S.3XH(52)
Rey Sanchez: W.1-2
Jim Bullinger: K

Bot 6

Rey Ordonez: 53/G5S
Kevin Roberson: K
Lance Johnson: 63/G6

Top 7

Brian McRae: 3/G34S
Ryne Sandberg: 8/F78XD
Mark Grace: 43/G4

Bot 7

Jose Vizcaino: 9/F9M
Bernard Gilkey: 8/F8LD
Todd Hundley: 31/G3

Top 8

Sammy Sosa: 5/G5
Luis Gonzalez: 63/G56
Leo Gomez: K

Bot 8

Rico Brogna: 43/G4
Jeff Kent: S7/L7M/R4.B-2(E7)
Butch Huskey: K
Rey Ordonez: 63/G6

Top 9

Brian Dorsett: 5/P4MS
Rey Sanchez: 8/F8LXD
Jim Bullinger: 153/G15

Bot 9

Brent Mayne: 3/G3
Lance Johnson: 63/G6M
Jose Vizcaino: 13/G13