Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
May 21, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 2000 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, Chicago Cubs 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Reese 2b 5 0 1 0
Larkin ss 5 0 2 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 0 1 0
Young lf 5 0 0 0
Morris 1b 4 0 0 0
Bichette rf 4 1 2 0
Taubensee c 4 0 1 0
Boone 3b 3 1 3 2
Bell p 2 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Ochoa ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 3 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 1 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 3 0 0 0
Greene 3b 3 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
Buford cf 3 2 2 1
Tapani p 3 0 1 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 2
Cincinnati 000 000 0022101
Chicago 000 003 01x450
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (3-3) 6.0 3 3 3 1 5
  Reyes   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Sullivan   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
2
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  W (2-5) 8.2 10 2 2 2 7
  Heredia  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
7

  E–Taubensee (3).  2B–Cincinnati Bichette (7,off Tapani), Chicago Buford (5,off R Bell); E Young (17,off Reyes).  HR–Cincinnati Boone (8,9th inning off Tapani 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Gutierrez (7,6th inning off R Bell 0 on, 1 out); Buford (7,8th inning off Reyes 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Buford (1,3rd base off R Bell/Taubensee); E Young (16,2nd base off R Bell/Taubensee).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Lazaro Diaz, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:22.  A–39,148.
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