Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
July 5, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 2001 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 13, New York Mets 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 2 2 0
  Ojeda 2b 1 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 2
Sosa rf 3 1 0 0
  Patterson lf 1 0 0 0
Stairs 1b 4 2 1 1
Coomer 3b 5 3 4 4
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
Brown lf,rf 4 1 1 2
Matthews, Jr. cf 5 1 3 1
Machado c 4 1 1 0
Bere p 4 1 2 2
  Cairo 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 15 12
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McEwing lf 4 1 1 0
Perez rf 4 0 0 0
  Pratt ph 1 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 2 0 0 0
  Relaford ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Ventura 3b 4 1 1 1
Zeile 1b 3 1 0 1
Payton cf 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 4 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 2 1
Trachsel p 0 0 0 0
  White p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Agbayani ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 3
Chicago 007 012 02113151
New York 000 010 030460
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  W (6-4) 7.0 4 1 1 2 5
  Ohman   0.2 2 3 3 2 0
  Van Poppel   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  L (2-10) 2.2 7 7 7 3 3
  White   2.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Wall   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Wendell   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Cook   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
13
13
5
6

  E–Brown (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Chicago Coomer 2 (7,off Trachsel,off Wall); Bere (2,off Trachsel); Machado (3,off Wall), New York Relaford (12,off Bere); McEwing (6,off Ohman); Ventura (10,off Ohman).  3B–Chicago Young (3,off Trachsel); Brown (1,off Trachsel), New York Ordonez (2,off Bere).  HR–Chicago Gutierrez (8,6th inning off Wall 1 on, 0 out); Coomer (4,8th inning off Wendell 1 on, 2 out); Matthews (9,9th inning off Cook 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gutierrez (9,off Trachsel).  IBB–Sosa (17,by Trachsel); Machado (1,by Trachsel).  SB–Matthews (5,2nd base off Trachsel/Wilson).  WP–Ohman (1).  IBB–Trachsel 2 (6,Sosa,Machado).  U-HP–Mike Fichter, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:10.  A–30,737.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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