Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
April 23, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2000 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, New York Mets 15

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 2 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 1 0
  Brown rf 1 1 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 1
Sosa rf 3 1 1 2
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Reed ph 1 0 0 0
Hill lf 5 1 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 2 1 1
Girardi c 4 1 2 1
Buford cf 3 1 1 3
Tapani p 2 0 0 0
  Quevedo p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Nieves ph 1 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Huson ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 2 2 0
  Nunnally lf 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 3 4 4
  Agbayani rf 1 0 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 3 2 1 2
  Mora 2b 1 0 1 0
Piazza c 4 2 3 3
  Pratt pr,c 1 1 0 0
Ventura 3b 3 1 1 0
  Franco ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Zeile 1b 5 0 2 2
Payton cf 5 1 1 1
Ordonez ss 2 2 1 1
  Abbott ss 2 0 0 0
Hampton p 4 1 1 1
  Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 15 18 14
Chicago 012 002 0218101
New York 300 750 00x15181
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  L (0-3) 3.2 11 10 9 0 2
  Quevedo   0.2 4 5 5 2 0
  Williams   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie   1.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Aguilera   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
18
15
14
2
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  W (2-3) 7.0 6 5 3 4 3
  Rodriguez   2.0 4 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
6
4
4

  E–Andrews (8), Agbayani (1).  2B–Chicago E Young (6,off Hampton); Girardi (2,off Hampton); Andrews (3,off Hampton); R Brown (2,off Rodriguez), New York Ventura (3,off Tapani); Ordonez (2,off Tapani); Piazza 2 (8,off Tapani,off Quevedo).  HR–Chicago Sosa (6,3rd inning off Hampton 1 on, 1 out); Buford (2,8th inning off Rodriguez 1 on, 1 out), New York Alfonzo (2,1st inning off Tapani 1 on, 1 out); Piazza (5,1st inning off Tapani 0 on, 1 out); Bell (3,4th inning off Tapani 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Gutierrez (7,off Hampton).  WP–Williams (2), Hampton (2).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:08.  A–27,560.
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