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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1999-09-28 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 16106 · 72°F, cloudy · Wind 9 mph to LF · 2:53

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 8–2. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 3rd. Steve Trachsel earned the win. Mark Grace went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Steve Trachsel L: Randy Wolf SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jeff Nelson · 1B: Bruce Froemming · 2B: Andy Fletcher · 3B: Mark Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chad Meyers	5	0	1	0	0	2
Jose Nieves	3	3	1	0	2	1
Mark Grace	3	2	1	2	2	0
Sammy Sosa	3	2	1	2	2	2
Glenallen Hill	3	0	0	0	1	1
Shane Andrews	5	1	2	2	0	1
Benito Santiago	3	0	2	2	1	0
Bo Porter	4	0	1	0	0	2
Steve Trachsel	3	0	1	0	0	2
Lance Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doug Glanville	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rob Ducey	2	0	0	1	1	2
Bobby Abreu	3	0	1	0	1	1
Mike Lieberthal	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rico Brogna	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Jordan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marlon Anderson	4	0	3	1	0	0
Desi Relaford	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wendell Magee	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Sefcik	1	0	1	0	0	0
Torey Lovullo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Estalella	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Trachsel	9.0	9	2	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Randy Wolf	3.0	4	6	6
Steve Schrenk	2.0	3	0	3
Cliff Politte	2.0	1	1	2
Amaury Telemaco	1.0	1	0	0
Anthony Shumaker	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chad Meyers: S9/L9M.BX2(96)
Jose Nieves: K
Mark Grace: W
Sammy Sosa: W.1-2
Glenallen Hill: K

Bot 1

Doug Glanville: 8/F8LD
Rob Ducey: K23
Bobby Abreu: 53/G5

Top 2

Shane Andrews: S7/L56D
Benito Santiago: CS2(24)
Benito Santiago: W
Bo Porter: K
Steve Trachsel: K

Bot 2

Mike Lieberthal: S8/G6M
Rico Brogna: K
Kevin Jordan: 9/F9LD
Marlon Anderson: T7/L7LM.1-H
Desi Relaford: 7/F78M

Top 3

Chad Meyers: K
Jose Nieves: W
Mark Grace: W.1-2
Sammy Sosa: W.2-3;1-2
Glenallen Hill: 4/P4MD
Shane Andrews: D7/L7LD.3-H;2-H;1-3
Benito Santiago: S8/L8LS.3-H;2-H
Bo Porter: K

Bot 3

Wendell Magee: 9/F9LD
Doug Glanville: T8/L8RD
Rob Ducey: 9/SF/F9LD.3-H
Bobby Abreu: D7/L7LD
Mike Lieberthal: WP.2-3
Mike Lieberthal: 63/G6

Top 4

Steve Trachsel: K
Chad Meyers: K
Jose Nieves: S8/G6M
Mark Grace: HR/L89D.1-H
Sammy Sosa: K

Bot 4

Rico Brogna: S8/G4
Kevin Jordan: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Marlon Anderson: S7/L78S
Desi Relaford: 3/G3

Top 5

Glenallen Hill: 13/G15
Shane Andrews: 63/G6M
Benito Santiago: S8/L8LS
Bo Porter: 2/P2LF

Bot 5

Kevin Sefcik: S9/L9S
Doug Glanville: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Rob Ducey: W
Bobby Abreu: W.1-2
Mike Lieberthal: 53/G56

Top 6

Steve Trachsel: S8/G6MD
Chad Meyers: 4(B)3(1)/LDP/L4
Jose Nieves: 3/P34S

Bot 6

Rico Brogna: 7/F8LM
Kevin Jordan: 9/F9LM
Marlon Anderson: 8/F8RM

Top 7

Mark Grace: 31/G34
Sammy Sosa: K
Glenallen Hill: W
Shane Andrews: K

Bot 7

Desi Relaford: 6/P56
Torey Lovullo: 43/G4
Doug Glanville: S7/G6
Rob Ducey: K

Top 8

Benito Santiago: 43/G4
Bo Porter: S8/G6M
Steve Trachsel: 34/SH/BG3S.1-2
Chad Meyers: 13/G15

Bot 8

Bobby Abreu: K
Mike Lieberthal: 7/F78M
Rico Brogna: 7/F7M

Top 9

Jose Nieves: W
Mark Grace: 5/P5S
Sammy Sosa: HR/L78D.1-H
Lance Johnson: 8/F8LD
Shane Andrews: 8/F8LXD

Bot 9

Kevin Jordan: 53/G56
Marlon Anderson: S8/G6M
Desi Relaford: 13/G34S.1-2
Bobby Estalella: K