Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
April 21, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 2002 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Encarnacion cf 4 1 1 0
Guerrero ss 2 1 0 0
  Dawkins ss 2 0 0 0
Casey 1b 5 0 0 0
Dunn lf 3 1 1 2
Boone 3b 3 0 1 1
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
Kearns rf 3 2 2 1
Miller c 1 0 0 0
Rijo p 1 0 0 0
  Mateo ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 1
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 5 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0
Brown lf 4 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
Stynes 3b 3 0 1 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis lf 1 1 1 0
Machado c 4 1 2 0
Ojeda ss 3 0 0 0
  Hundley ph 1 0 0 0
Cruz p 2 0 1 0
  Bellhorn 3b 2 0 1 1
Totals 36 3 7 1
Cincinnati 310 000 001553
Chicago 000 100 101373
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  W (1-0) 5.0 3 1 0 1 1
  White   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Sullivan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Graves  SV (6) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
1
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cruz  L (0-4) 6.0 4 4 2 5 3
  Borowski   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Alfonseca   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
5
3
5
5

  E–Guerrero (2), Casey (2), Kearns (1), Machado 2 (2), Bellhorn (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Cincinnati Kearns (1,off Alfonseca), Chicago Machado (3,off White); Bellhorn (3,off White).  3B–Cincinnati Dunn (1,off Cruz).  HR–Cincinnati Kearns (1,2nd inning off Cruz 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Guerrero (1,off Cruz); Rijo (1,off Cruz); Miller (1,off Alfonseca).  SF–Boone (2,off Cruz).  SB–Dunn (1,2nd base off Cruz/Machado).  WP–Graves (1).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:55.  A–29,458.
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