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1996 Regular Season Game 113
August 5, 1996
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National League Standings, August 5, 1996

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Johnson Lance
Johnson
3b
Espinoza Alvaro
Espinoza
lf
Gilkey Bernard
Gilkey
c
Hundley Todd
Hundley
1b
Huskey Butch
Huskey
rf
Ochoa Alex
Ochoa
2b
Alfonzo Edgardo
Alfonzo
ss
Ordonez Rey
Ordonez
p
Wilson Paul
Wilson
August 5, 1996, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lance Johnson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310
Alvaro Espinoza 3b 4 2 3 1 0 1 .409
Bernard Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .312
Todd Hundley c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .263
Butch Huskey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278
- Tim Bogar pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174
Alex Ochoa rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .309
Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254
Paul Wilson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .088
- Robert Person p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
- Brent Mayne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267
- Paul Byrd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Andy Tomberlin ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
- Chris Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263
- Jerry Dipoto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Brian McRae cf 4 2 2 2 0 0
Scott Bullett lf 5 0 2 1 0 0
Mark Grace 1b 3 2 1 1 2 1
Sammy Sosa rf 4 1 2 1 0 1
Ryne Sandberg 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1
Scott Servais c 4 1 0 0 0 2
Leo Gomez 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Rey Sanchez ss 3 0 0 0 0 2
- Jose Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Trachsel p 3 0 1 1 0 1
- Bob Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Magadan ph 1 1 1 0 0 0
- Terry Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 2
Chicago Cubs 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 x 7 11 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Paul Wilson (L,4-7) 4.2 8 5 4 2 6 5.83
Robert Person 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.49
Paul Byrd 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 4.05
Jerry Dipoto 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 4.32
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Steve Trachsel (W) 7.1 4 3 3 0 3
Bob Patterson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Adams 1.0 1 0 0 0 2

Errors: Butch Huskey (8), Jose Hernandez.
PB: Todd Hundley.
WP: Paul Wilson.
2B: Alex Ochoa (12), Alvaro Espinoza (1), Scott Bullett 2, Steve Trachsel.
HR: Todd Hundley (34), Alvaro Espinoza (1), Brian McRae, Mark Grace, Sammy Sosa.
HBP: Brian McRae.


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