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FINAL
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 2
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE | GAME LOG

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cubs 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 12 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 2

SCORING
CHICAGO 2ND
Sosa homered to left center.
G Hill homered to left.

CHICAGO 3RD
G Hill singled to left, Grace scored, Sosa to second. Sosa to third advancing on throw.

CHICAGO 6TH
Girardi singled to right, J Nieves scored, Buford to third, E Young to second.
Grace doubled to right, Buford and E Young scored, Girardi to third.

MINNESOTA 8TH
Canizaro homered to left, C Guzman scored.

CHICAGO 1ST
E Young popped out to shallow right. Girardi grounded out to second. Grace popped out to third.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 0, Minnesota 0

MINNESOTA 1ST
C Guzman singled to center. Canizaro popped out to second. Lawton hit by pitch, C Guzman to second. Coomer grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Lawton out at second.

0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 0, Minnesota 0

CHICAGO 2ND
Sosa homered to left center. G Hill homered to left. R Gutierrez singled to right. R Gutierrez to second on E Milton wild pitch. J Nieves grounded out to first, R Gutierrez to third. Buford struck out swinging. Matthews Jr grounded out to shortstop.

2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 2, Minnesota 0

MINNESOTA 2ND
D Ortiz walked. Koskie flied out to right. C Allen struck out swinging. J Jones grounded out to second.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 2, Minnesota 0

CHICAGO 3RD
E Young flied out to center. Girardi flied out to center. Grace singled to right. Sosa singled to left, Grace to second. G Hill singled to left, Grace scored, Sosa to second. Sosa to third advancing on throw. R Gutierrez struck out looking.

1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 3, Minnesota 0

MINNESOTA 3RD
M Jensen flied out to left center. C Guzman struck out swinging. Canizaro grounded out to second.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 3, Minnesota 0

CHICAGO 4TH
Buford safe at first on shortstop C Guzman's fielding error. Matthews Jr hit by pitch, Buford to second. E Young grounded into double play, third to second to first, Matthews Jr out at second,Buford to third. Girardi walked. Grace lined out to third.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
Chicago Cubs 3, Minnesota 0

MINNESOTA 4TH
Lawton grounded out to second. Coomer grounded out to third. D Ortiz flied out to center.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 3, Minnesota 0

CHICAGO 5TH
Sosa grounded out to catcher. G Hill popped out to first. R Gutierrez grounded out to first.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 3, Minnesota 0

MINNESOTA 5TH
Koskie struck out swinging. C Allen flied out to right. J Jones struck out swinging.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 3, Minnesota 0

CHICAGO 6TH
J Nieves singled to center. Buford singled to left, J Nieves to second. Matthews Jr flied out to right. E Young reached on bunt single to pitcher, J Nieves to third, Buford to second. Bob Wells relieved Eric Milton. Girardi singled to right, J Nieves scored, Buford to third, E Young to second. Grace doubled to right, Buford and E Young scored, Girardi to third. Sosa grounded out to shortstop. G Hill grounded out to pitcher.

3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 0

MINNESOTA 6TH
M Jensen grounded out to shortstop. C Guzman grounded out to shortstop. Canizaro singled to center. Lawton singled to center, Canizaro to second. Coomer grounded out to second.

0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 0

CHICAGO 7TH
Mike Lincoln relieved Bob Wells. R Gutierrez safe at first on 3rd baseman Koskie's throwing error. J Nieves struck out swinging. Buford struck out swinging. Matthews Jr grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Gutierrez out at second.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 0

MINNESOTA 7TH
D Ortiz grounded out to first. Koskie singled to center. C Allen walked, Koskie to second. J Jones struck out swinging. M Jensen grounded out to first.

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 0

CHICAGO 8TH
Johan Santana relieved Mike Lincoln. E Young grounded out to shortstop. Girardi struck out swinging. Grace grounded out to shortstop.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 0

MINNESOTA 8TH
Tim Worrell relieved Jon Lieber. C Guzman singled to right. Canizaro homered to left, C Guzman scored. Lawton struck out looking. Coomer singled to right. Felix Heredia relieved Tim Worrell. D Ortiz struck out swinging. Koskie struck out swinging.

2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 2

CHICAGO 9TH
Jason Ryan relieved Johan Santana. Sosa struck out swinging. G Hill singled to center. R Gutierrez grounded out to first, G Hill to second. J Nieves fouled out to first.

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 2

MINNESOTA 9TH
D Hocking hit for C Allen. Todd Van Poppel relieved Felix Heredia. D Hocking singled to right center. J Jones grounded into fielder's choice to second, D Hocking out at second. M Jensen lined out to shortstop. C Guzman popped out to first.

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Chicago Cubs 6, Minnesota 2