New York was unable to recover after Chicago went ahead in the top of the 3rd inning plating an isolated run on 2 base hits. Billy Hatcher doubled. Chris Speier followed next and he doubled scoring the run. For the game Chicago out-hit New York 15 to 11.
The win went to Scott Sanderson(12-9) who allowed 4 runs in 7 innings. Dwight Gooden(18-7) ended up with the loss. He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 6 runs in 5 innings.