Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 28, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 2000 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Brown lf 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 3 2 1 0
Grace 1b 3 0 0 0
Nieves ss 5 1 2 3
Greene 3b 4 0 0 0
Buford cf 3 1 1 0
Girardi c 4 1 1 1
Lieber p 4 0 2 1
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Morris 2b 5 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 2 2 0
Aven lf 4 1 3 1
Giles cf 3 1 1 1
Young 1b 4 0 1 2
Vander Wal rf 3 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 2 0
  Nunez pr 0 0 0 0
Meares ss 3 0 0 0
Cordova p 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Sojo ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Benjamin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago 000 410 000580
Pittsburgh 102 010 000492
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  W (6-5) 7.1 8 4 4 2 3
  Worrell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Heredia   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera  SV (16) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  L (5-6) 3.2 6 4 4 3 4
  Peters   3.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Wilkins   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
6
5

  E–Young (13), Meares (10).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Chicago Lieber (2,off Cordova); Girardi (9,off Cordova); Sosa (17,off Peters), Pittsburgh Young (18,off Lieber); Kendall (15,off Lieber).  3B–Pittsburgh Giles (4,off Lieber).  HR–Chicago Nieves (4,4th inning off Cordova 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sosa (2,by Cordova); E Young (5,by Williams).  IBB–Grace (5,by Williams).  SH–Meares (3,off Aguilera).  SB–Sosa (6,2nd base off Cordova/Kendall); E Young (26,2nd base off Williams/Kendall).  HBP–Cordova (2,Sosa); Williams (2,E Young).  IBB–Williams (2,Grace).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Mike Fichter, 3B–Travis Katzenmeier.  T–2:37.  A–29,665.
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