The Chicago Cubs came up just a bit short against the St. Louis Cardinals, 7 to 6, on July 14, 1996.

Final

Cardinals

49-42

7

Cubs

42-49

6

STL

CHC

1

0

2

1

0

3

1

4

0

1

5

1

2

6

4

2

7

0

8

0

9

0

R

7

6

H

13

7

E

2

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

STL

CHC

Double by Alan Benes; Luis Alicea scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

STL

CHC

Single by Brian Jordan; Ray Lankford scored.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

STL

CHC

Brian McRae ground ball; Error by Luis Alicea; Jose Hernandez scored.

2

1

Bottom 4th

STL

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Jose Hernandez; Luis Gonzalez scored.

2

Top 5th

STL

CHC

Home run by Ray Lankford.

3

2

Bottom 5th

STL

CHC

Home run by Sammy Sosa; Mark Grace scored.

3

4

Top 6th

STL

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Ray Lankford; Mike Gallego scored.

4

Single by Brian Jordan; Mark Sweeney scored.

5

4

Sacrifice fly by John Mabry; Ozzie Smith scored.

6

4

Tom Pagnozzi walked; Ron Gant scored.

7

4

Bottom 6th

STL

CHC

Triple by Brian McRae; Jose Hernandez scored.

7

5

Mark Grace grounded out; Brian McRae scored.

7

6

Cardinals

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Ozzie Smith SS	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Lankford CF	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	5
Ron Gant LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Jordan RF	5	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	4
John Mabry 1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
Gary Gaetti 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Sheaffer PH,3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tom Pagnozzi C	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Alicea 2B	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Mike Gallego 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Alan Benes P	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Sweeney PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Fossas P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie McGee PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Petkovsek P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Honeycutt P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Mejia PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dennis Eckersley P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38	7	13	7	1	5	6	2	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Alan Benes (W)	5.0	5	4	4	3	3	1
Tony Fossas	1.0	1	2	0	2	1	0
Mark Petkovsek	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rick Honeycutt	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley (S)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	9.0	7	6	4	6	6	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Brian McRae CF	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3
Ryne Sandberg 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Grace 1B	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	2
Sammy Sosa RF	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	4
Luis Gonzalez LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
Leo Gomez 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Rodney Myers P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Felix Fermin PH,SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Houston PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Scott Servais C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Hernandez SS	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Turk Wendell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amaury Telemaco P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kent Bottenfield P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Bullett PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Adams P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Magadan 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Terry Shumpert PH,3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	6	7	6	1	6	6	2	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Amaury Telemaco	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kent Bottenfield	3.0	3	2	2	2	2	0
Terry Adams (L)	1.1	6	5	5	2	0	1
Rodney Myers	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0
Turk Wendell	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	13	7	7	5	6	1

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More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Busch

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Imanaga

K

28

Imanaga

ERA

0.98

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

28

11th

R

140

6th

SO

226

16th

ERA

3.71

11th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	17	8	.680
Cubs	17	9	.654	0.5
Reds	14	12	.538	3.5
Pirates	13	14	.481	5.0
Cardinals	12	14	.462	5.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	CHC	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Mon 4/29	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Tue 4/30	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 5/1	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM

Last Game

Red Sox

14-13

1

Final

7

Cubs

17-9

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

29

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.677

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0