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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1999-07-08 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 17711 · 81°F, night · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:37

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 9–4. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 3rd. Dan Serafini earned the win and Scott Sanders picked up the save. Jose Hernandez went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	9	11
PIT	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	5

W: Dan Serafini L: Kris Benson SV: Scott Sanders

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Morandini	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Houston	5	0	0	0	0	2
Sammy Sosa	5	1	2	1	0	2
Mark Grace	4	2	2	1	1	0
Henry Rodriguez	1	1	0	0	1	0
Jose Hernandez	3	3	3	4	1	0
Benito Santiago	4	0	2	2	0	1
Curtis Goodwin	4	0	1	1	0	2
Dan Serafini	2	1	0	0	1	1
Manny Alexander	3	1	1	0	0	0
Scott Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Martin	4	1	1	0	0	2
Mike Benjamin	2	1	1	0	1	0
Freddy Garcia	4	0	1	1	0	2
Kevin Young	4	1	1	0	0	3
Ed Sprague	4	1	1	3	0	1
Warren Morris	4	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Osik	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Benson	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Wehner	2	0	0	0	0	0
Abraham Nunez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brant Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Serafini	5.0	3	1	3
Scott Sanders	4.0	2	0	7

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Benson	4.2	9	3	5
Pete Schourek	2.1	2	1	3
Scott Sauerbeck	1.0	0	0	1
Marc Wilkins	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mickey Morandini: K23
Tyler Houston: 7/F7M
Sammy Sosa: D7/L7LM
Mark Grace: W
Henry Rodriguez: 63/G6M

Bot 1

Al Martin: S8/L89S
Mike Benjamin: W.1-2
Freddy Garcia: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Kevin Young: K
Ed Sprague: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 2

Jose Hernandez: S9/L4D
Benito Santiago: 6(B)3(1)/LDP/L6
Curtis Goodwin: 3/G3L

Bot 2

Warren Morris: 8/L8LM
Adrian Brown: 43/G4S
Keith Osik: 63/G6S

Top 3

Dan Serafini: W
Mickey Morandini: 53/SH/BG5S.1-2
Tyler Houston: K
Sammy Sosa: S8/L8RM.2-H
Mark Grace: D9/L9M.1-H
Henry Rodriguez: IW
Jose Hernandez: HR/F89XD.2-H;1-H
Benito Santiago: K

Bot 3

Kris Benson: K
Al Martin: 43/G4S
Mike Benjamin: 53/G56

Top 4

Curtis Goodwin: K
Dan Serafini: 43/G4S
Mickey Morandini: 63/G6S

Bot 4

Freddy Garcia: 43/G4S
Kevin Young: T7/G5
Ed Sprague: E6/G6S.3-H
Warren Morris: 54(1)/FO/G56
Adrian Brown: 46(1)/FO/G4S

Top 5

Tyler Houston: 43/G4S
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: S9/G34
Manny Alexander: S7/G56.1-2
Jose Hernandez: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Benito Santiago: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Curtis Goodwin: S9/G34.2-H;1-3
Dan Serafini: K

Bot 5

Keith Osik: 5/L5
John Wehner: 13/G13
Al Martin: K

Top 6

Mickey Morandini: HP
Tyler Houston: K
Sammy Sosa: 5(B)3(1)/LDP/L56

Bot 6

Mike Benjamin: S8/L6MD
Freddy Garcia: K
Kevin Young: K
Ed Sprague: HR/F7D.1-H
Warren Morris: 6/P6

Top 7

Mark Grace: 7/F78D
Manny Alexander: 63/G6S
Jose Hernandez: W
Benito Santiago: SB2
Benito Santiago: S8/F8RS.2-H
Curtis Goodwin: K

Bot 7

Abraham Nunez: 8/F8LXD
Keith Osik: 7/F7D
John Wehner: 9/F89D

Top 8

Scott Sanders: K
Mickey Morandini: 3/G34
Tyler Houston: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Al Martin: K
Brant Brown: K
Freddy Garcia: K

Top 9

Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 3/G3
Manny Alexander: 43/G4S

Bot 9

Kevin Young: K
Ed Sprague: K
Warren Morris: 9/F89M