NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - LOS ANGELES 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3 CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 8 x 20 18 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: LOS - DARREN DREIFORT, TERRY ADAMS (7TH), JOSE A NUNEZ (7TH), CHRIS DONNELS (8TH) AND ANGEL PENA CHN - JULIAN TAVAREZ, COURTNEY DUNCAN (8TH) AND TODD HUNDLEY
WP - JULIAN TAVAREZ (3-1) LP - DARREN DREIFORT (1-2) SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: LOS - NONE CHN - SAMMY SOSA (10) OFF DREIFORT IN THE 4TH, 1 ON TODD HUNDLEY (4) OFF DREIFORT IN THE 4TH, 1 ON JULIO ZULETA (4) OFF JOS NUNEZ IN THE 7TH, 2 ON
TIME: 2:57 ATT: 38,468
PROBABLES: LOS - ERIC GAGNE (1-1, 5.56) CHN - JASON BERE (3-1, 5.67)
Extended BoxLOS ANGELES (1) VS CHICAGO CUBS (20) - FINAL
LOS ANGELES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg T Goodwin cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .190 Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .306 Sheffield lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .315 Reboulet lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .355 Sh Green rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .283 Karros 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .259 Hansen 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .316 A Pena c 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .167 A Cora ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .195 Dreifort p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 a-H Bocachica ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jos Nunez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Donnels p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .173
Totals 31 1 6 1 3 8 11
a-struck out for Dreifort in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B - Sheffield (2, Tavarez). RBI - Karros (18). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Cora 1, Karros 2. GIDP - Hansen, A Cora. Team LOB - 6.
FIELDING: E - A Cora (7, throw); Jos Nunez (1, throw); Hansen (2, ground ball). DP: 2 (Hansen-Grudzielanek-Karros 2).
CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg E Young 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 .284 c-Ojeda ph-2b 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 .150 R Gutierrez ss 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 .266 Mueller 3b 2 3 1 2 4 0 0 .346 S Sosa rf 5 3 3 4 1 1 1 .268 Ro White lf 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 .296 Matthews Jr lf 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 .167 Hundley c 4 1 1 2 1 2 5 .205 Stairs 1b 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .208 b-Zuleta ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .278 C Duncan p 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .000 Buford cf 5 2 3 2 0 1 1 .194 Tavarez p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 a-Coomer ph-1b 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 .300
Totals 39 20 18 17 9 13 17
a-singled for Tavarez in the 7th; b-homered for Stairs in the 7th; c-struck out for E Young in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Ro White (5, Adams); R Gutierrez (6, Jos Nunez). HR - S Sosa (10, 4th inning off Dreifort 1 on, 0 out); Hundley (4, 4th inning off Dreifort 1 on, 0 out); Zuleta (4, 7th inning off Jos Nunez 2 on, 1 out). S - Tavarez, R Gutierrez. RBI - S Sosa 4 (27), Hundley 2 (15), E Young (11), Mueller 2 (14), Ro White (13), Zuleta 3 (16), C Duncan (1), Buford 2 (6), R Gutierrez (14). 2-out RBI - C Duncan, Buford 2, R Gutierrez, S Sosa. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Gutierrez 1, Stairs 1, Matthews Jr 2. GIDP - R Gutierrez, Buford. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: CS - E Young (3, 2nd base by Dreifort/A Pena).
FIELDING: DP: 2 (Stairs-R Gutierrez-Tavarez 2).
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LOS ANGELES ip h r er bb so hr era Dreifort (L, 1-2) 6 6 4 4 4 8 2 5.25 Adams 0 6 7 7 0 0 0 5.68 Jos Nunez 1 2/3 6 9 5 5 5 1 13.50 Donnels 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era Tavarez (W, 3-1) 7 6 1 1 2 8 0 1.49 C Duncan 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.21
Adams pitched to 7 batters in the 7th.
WP - Dreifort. Pitches-strikes: Tavarez 102-59; C Duncan 31-19; Dreifort 90-60; Adams 12-10; Jos Nunez 69-35; Donnels 3-1. Ground balls-fly balls: Tavarez 10-3; C Duncan 3-3; Dreifort 7-2; Adams 0-0; Jos Nunez 0-0; Donnels 1-0. Batters faced: Tavarez 27; C Duncan 7; Dreifort 25; Adams 7; Jos Nunez 17; Donnels 1.
UMPIRES: HP--Brian Runge. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Cb Bucknor. T--2:57. Att--38,468. Weather: 63 degrees, overcast. Wind: 14 mph, in from right.
How They ScoredLOS ANGELES (1) AT CHICAGO CUBS (20) - HOW THEY SCORED
CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: Mueller walked. S Sosa homered to left, Mueller scored. Ro White singled to center. Hundley homered to left center, Ro White scored. Stairs walked. Buford grounded into double play, third to second to first, Stairs out at second. Tavarez struck out swinging. LOS ANGELES 0, CHICAGO CUBS 4.
LOS ANGELES 6TH: Sheffield doubled to deep left. Sh Green struck out swinging. Karros singled to center, Sheffield scored. Hansen grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Karros out at second. LOS ANGELES 1, CHICAGO CUBS 4.
CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: Terry Adams relieved Darren Dreifort. Buford singled to left. Coomer hit for Tavarez. Coomer reached on infield single, Buford to second. Buford to third on shortstop A Cora's throwing error. E Young singled to right, Buford scored, Coomer to second. R Gutierrez sacrificed into fielder's choice to pitcher, Coomer to third, E Young to second. Mueller singled to right, Coomer and E Young scored, R Gutierrez to second. S Sosa singled to center, R Gutierrez scored, Mueller to second. Ro White doubled to deep right center, Mueller scored, S Sosa to third. Jose A Nunez relieved Terry Adams. Hundley struck out swinging. Zuleta hit for Stairs. Zuleta homered to left, S Sosa and Ro White scored. Buford struck out swinging. Coomer struck out swinging. LOS ANGELES 1, CHICAGO CUBS 12.
CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: Ojeda hit for E Young. Ojeda struck out swinging. R Gutierrez doubled to left. Mueller walked. S Sosa reached on infield single, R Gutierrez to third, Mueller to second. R Gutierrez scored, Mueller to third, S Sosa to second on pitcher Jos Nunez's throwing error. Matthews Jr walked. Hundley struck out swinging. C Duncan walked, Mueller scored, S Sosa to third, Matthews Jr to second. Buford singled to center, S Sosa and Matthews Jr scored, C Duncan to second. Coomer singled to shallow right, C Duncan to third, Buford to second. Ojeda safe at first on 3rd baseman Hansen's fielding error, C Duncan and Buford scored, Coomer to second. R Gutierrez singled to right, Coomer scored, Ojeda to second. Mueller walked, Ojeda to third, R Gutierrez to second. S Sosa walked, Ojeda scored, R Gutierrez to third, Mueller to second. Chris Donnels relieved Jose A Nunez. Matthews Jr grounded out to first. LOS ANGELES 1, CHICAGO CUBS 20.
Game StoryCHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago Cubs treated the biggest crowd of the season at Wrigley Field to a laugher.
Sammy Sosa, Todd Hundley and Julio Zuleta homered to pace an 18-hit attack as the Cubs crushed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 20-1, to equal their most lopsided victory in nearly six years.
The Cubs matched the margin in a 26-7 triumph at Colorado on August 18, 1995, the last time they scored 20 runs.
"It's great to win a game by this many runs but it's only one game," Sosa said.
Chicago had not scored 20 runs at Wrigley Field since a 22-7 romp over Houston on June 3, 1987. The Dodgers had not allowed 20 since May 20, 1967, also at Wrigley Field.
Julian Tavarez (3-1), who leads the National League with a 1.49 ERA, allowed one run and six hits over seven innings with two walks and a career-high eight strikeouts.
Tavarez was making his first start since being fined Wednesday for anti-gay comments he uttered last weekend in San Francisco. He also served a one-game suspension earlier this week for a preseason altercation with Giants third baseman Russ Davis.
"I want to thank the fans for supporting me by cheering me before the game," Tavarez said. "It was great to hear that. I needed that support."
The Cubs clinched their seventh series of the season and improved the National League's best record to 18-11.
"We don't worry about anything like that in May," Cubs manager Don Baylor said. "All we concentrate on is each game. That's where our focus is."
Sosa and Hundley belted two-run homers off starter Darren Dreifort (1-2) in a four-run fourth before the Cubs exploded for eight runs in each of their last two at-bats.
Dreifort yielded four runs and six hits in six innings before the bullpen imploded. Third baseman Chris Donnels, who was making his first major league pitching appearance, finally got the last out in the eighth as Gary Matthews Jr. grounded out.
Terry Adams surrendered seven runs and six hits without retiring a batter in the seventh. Jose Nunez gave up nine runs -- five earned -- in 1 2/3 innings. Nunez also issued five walks.
"I hadn't pitched anywhere since (American) Legion ball but a couple of us extra guys were down in the bullpen and we volunteered to help Nunnie out," Donnels said. "You hate to see that happen to anybody."
Zuleta capped the uprising in the seventh with a pinch three-run homer. Chicago tacked on eight runs in the eighth on just five hits.
Sosa went 3-for-5 with four RBI and narrowly missed a grand slam in the eighth that would have given the Cubs a 23-1 lead. He eventually walked for Chicago's final run.
"It's still only one loss," Dodgers manager Jim Tracy said. "It's that simple. But you don't like to see that happen to a kid (Nunez) like that. I admire him for salvaging our bullpen. A close game turned into a rout."
After Dreifort and Tavarez matched zeroes over the first three innings, the Cubs started the onslaught in the fourth. Bill Mueller led off with a walk and scored on Sosa's 396th career homer.
After Rondell White singled, Hundley, the son of former Chicago catcher Randy Hundley, hit his first homer at Wrigley Field as a member of the Cubs to make it 4-0. He had 11 here as a visiting player.
The Dodgers got back a run in the sixth on Eric Karros' RBI single, but the Cubs broke it open in the seventh, extending the lead to 12-1.
Rookie reliever Courtney Duncan also walked with the bases loaded in the eighth for an RBI in his first major league plate appearance. Duncan closed out the victory with two scoreless innings.
The game drew a crowd of 38,468.