Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 8, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 2000 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 1 1 0 0
Sosa rf 5 1 0 0
Grace 1b 5 0 2 2
White lf 4 0 1 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Rain p 0 0 0 0
Greene 3b 4 0 0 0
Buford cf 3 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Brown lf 1 0 0 0
Reed c 4 1 2 1
Norton p 1 1 1 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews cf 2 1 2 0
Totals 35 5 8 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 0 2 1
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 2 0
Sheffield lf 3 1 1 1
Karros 1b 5 1 2 0
Green rf 4 1 1 2
Beltre 3b 4 1 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 1 1 1
  Cora ss 0 0 0 0
Dreifort p 4 2 3 2
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Chicago 003 000 110580
Los Angeles 010 510 00x7131
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Norton  L (0-1) 3.2 9 6 6 3 2
  Van Poppel   1.1 3 1 1 2 0
  Farnsworth   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Heredia   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rain   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
6
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Dreifort  W (9-7) 6.2 6 4 2 4 5
  Fetters   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Shaw  SV (18) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
4
8

  E–Elster (11).  2B–Los Angeles Beltre (22,off Van Poppel); Grudzielanek (26,off Van Poppel).  3B–Chicago Matthews (1,off Fetters).  HR–Chicago Reed (4,8th inning off Fetters 0 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Elster (12,4th inning off Norton 0 on, 0 out); Dreifort 2 (3,4th inning off Norton 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Van Poppel 0 on, 0 out); Sheffield (36,4th inning off Norton 0 on, 2 out); Green (21,4th inning off Norton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Norton (1,off Dreifort).  HBP–Grudzielanek (7,by Farnsworth).  WP–Dreifort (12).  HBP–Farnsworth (4,Grudzielanek).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:27.  A–46,373.
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