Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 12, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 2002 at PNC Park. 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Stynes 3b 3 1 2 2
  Ojeda 3b 1 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 1 0 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 5 0 1 1
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 1
Encarnacion lf 4 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
Bellhorn 2b 4 1 1 1
Machado c 3 2 3 1
Bere p 1 0 0 0
  Lewis ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Reese 2b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 0
Giles lf 3 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0
Rios rf 2 0 1 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Beimel p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez ph 1 0 0 0
Young 1b 2 0 0 1
Wilson ss 4 0 1 0
Williams p 2 1 1 1
  Mackowiak rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 31 3 5 3
Chicago 001 011 4007100
Pittsburgh 010 010 100350
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  W (1-1) 6.0 3 2 2 3 4
  Borowski   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Alfonseca   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (1-1) 6.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Lowe   0.2 3 4 4 1 2
  Beimel   1.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Boehringer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Chicago Machado (1,off D Williams); Lewis (1,off Lowe).  HR–Chicago Bellhorn (2,3rd inning off D Williams 0 on, 0 out); Machado (1,5th inning off D Williams 0 on, 0 out); Sosa (5,6th inning off D Williams 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh D Williams (1,5th inning off Bere 0 on, 0 out); Mackowiak (1,7th inning off Borowski 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Bere (1,off D Williams).  SF–Young (1,off Bere).  SB–Giles (1,2nd base off Bere/Machado).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Mike VanVleet.  T–2:44.  A–24,002.
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