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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1999-04-10 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 22479 · 58°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph L to R · 2:41

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 9–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 6 in the 5th. Scott Sauerbeck earned the win. Ed Sprague went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Scott Sauerbeck L: Brad Woodall SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Montague · 1B: Bob Davidson · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Kerwin Danley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mickey Morandini	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sammy Sosa	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Grace	3	1	1	0	1	0
Henry Rodriguez	4	1	1	0	0	2
Tyler Houston	3	1	1	3	0	0
Benito Santiago	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jose Hernandez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Brad Woodall	2	0	1	0	0	0
Manny Alexander	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jeff Blauser	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adrian Brown	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Benjamin	4	1	0	1	0	1
Brian Giles	3	1	1	1	2	0
Kevin Young	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jason Kendall	3	3	2	1	1	0
Ed Sprague	3	1	1	4	1	0
Jose Guillen	2	1	1	1	1	0
Abraham Nunez	4	1	2	1	0	0
Freddy Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brant Brown	2	0	1	0	0	0
Turner Ward	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Woodall	4.2	6	1	1
Kurt Miller	0.0	2	3	0
Dan Serafini	1.1	0	1	1
Felix Heredia	2.0	1	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	2.0	4	1	0
Scott Sauerbeck	3.0	0	1	3
Jeff Wallace	2.0	1	1	3
Jason Christiansen	2.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Johnson: 9/F89M
Mickey Morandini: 7/F7S
Sammy Sosa: 9/F9D

Bot 1

Adrian Brown: 4/P4MD
Mike Benjamin: 8/F78M
Brian Giles: W
Kevin Young: 8/F8LXD

Top 2

Mark Grace: S8/L8RD
Henry Rodriguez: S9/L9S.1-3
Tyler Houston: HR/F78XD.3-H;1-H
Benito Santiago: 9/F9S
Jose Hernandez: 8/F8RXD
Brad Woodall: S8/L4D
Lance Johnson: W.1-2
Mickey Morandini: 43/G4

Bot 2

Jason Kendall: HR/L7D
Ed Sprague: 63/G6
Jose Guillen: S9/F9S
Abraham Nunez: D9/L9M.1-3
Freddy Garcia: K
Adrian Brown: 63/G6

Top 3

Sammy Sosa: 8/F78D
Mark Grace: W
Henry Rodriguez: K
Tyler Houston: 9/L89M

Bot 3

Mike Benjamin: 9/F9M
Brian Giles: 6/P6D
Kevin Young: 9/F89M

Top 4

Benito Santiago: K
Jose Hernandez: K
Brad Woodall: 63/G6

Bot 4

Jason Kendall: D7/G5
Ed Sprague: 8/F8LXD.2-3
Jose Guillen: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Abraham Nunez: 8/F89D

Top 5

Lance Johnson: 53/G56
Mickey Morandini: 5/L56
Sammy Sosa: 43/G4

Bot 5

Brant Brown: S7/L5D
Adrian Brown: 43/G34.1-2
Mike Benjamin: FC6/G6.2X3(645);B-1
Brian Giles: S8/G4.1-H
Kevin Young: W.1-2
Jason Kendall: W.2-3;1-2
Ed Sprague: HR/F8LXD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jose Guillen: W
Abraham Nunez: D7/F78D.1-H
Brant Brown: 9/F9D

Top 6

Mark Grace: 9/F89D
Henry Rodriguez: K
Tyler Houston: 63/G6S

Bot 6

Adrian Brown: 63/G6
Mike Benjamin: K
Brian Giles: W
Kevin Young: 7/F78S

Top 7

Benito Santiago: K
Jose Hernandez: 9/F9D
Manny Alexander: W
Lance Johnson: S7/L56D.1-2
Mickey Morandini: WP.2-3;1-2
Mickey Morandini: K

Bot 7

Jason Kendall: 63/G6
Ed Sprague: W
Jose Guillen: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S

Top 8

Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 8/F8RD
Henry Rodriguez: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Abraham Nunez: E6/G6
Turner Ward: S7/G56.1-2
Adrian Brown: 43/G4.2-3;1-2
Mike Benjamin: 7/SF/L7D.3-H(UR)
Brian Giles: 3/G3

Top 9

Jeff Blauser: 8/F8LS
Benito Santiago: K
Jose Hernandez: W
Manny Alexander: 4/L4