Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs
August 20, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2001 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 4, Chicago Cubs 7

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 1 3 0
Loretta 2b 5 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 4 1 1 0
Sexson 1b 4 1 2 3
Sweeney lf 2 0 1 0
Hernandez ss 4 1 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 1 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
Blanco c 4 0 1 1
Levrault p 3 0 0 0
  Buddie p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Coolbaugh 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 1 2 3
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 5 1 0 0
Sosa rf 4 1 3 2
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 1
Stairs lf 2 1 1 0
  Young ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 1 0
Tucker cf,lf 2 0 0 0
Girardi c 3 1 1 1
Lieber p 2 0 1 0
  Coomer ph 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Machado ph 0 0 0 0
  Patterson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 11 7
Milwaukee 100 120 000491
Chicago 100 021 03x7110
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Levrault   5.1 9 4 3 2 3
  Buddie   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  King  L (0-4) 0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  DeJean   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
5
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber   6.0 8 4 4 1 5
  Farnsworth  W (3-3) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Gordon  SV (25) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
6

  E–Sexson (7).  DP–Milwaukee 3.  2B–Milwaukee Sexson (17,off Lieber); Sweeney (2,off Lieber); White (20,off Gordon), Chicago Young (32,off King).  3B–Chicago DeShields (2,off DeJean).  HR–Milwaukee Sexson (30,5th inning off Lieber 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Sosa (45,5th inning off Levrault 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Tucker (8,off King).  IBB–Girardi (4,by King).  SB–Sweeney (1,2nd base off Farnsworth/Girardi).  WP–Levrault (2).  IBB–King (6,Girardi).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Brian Knight, 2B–Jack Samuels, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–3:00.
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