San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
April 23, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2002 at Wrigley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 12, Chicago Cubs 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 4 1 1 3
  Feliz 3b 1 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 5 1 3 0
  Martinez ss 1 0 0 0
Bonds lf 3 1 0 0
  Benard lf 2 0 0 0
Kent 2b 4 2 2 0
Sanders rf 2 3 1 3
  Dunston ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Snow 1b 2 2 0 1
  Zerbe p 1 0 0 0
Shinjo cf 4 2 3 2
Santiago c 3 0 1 1
  Torrealba ph,c 1 0 0 0
Rueter p 3 0 1 1
  Minor ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 12 13 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 5 0 2 1
Stynes 3b 4 1 0 0
Sosa rf 3 1 1 2
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 2 0 0 0
  Brown lf 1 0 0 0
Alou lf 2 0 0 0
  Zambrano p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis rf 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 1 0 0
Girardi c 4 1 0 0
Ojeda 2b 4 0 1 0
Bere p 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne p 1 0 0 0
  Bellhorn 1b 1 0 1 1
Totals 32 4 5 4
San Francisco 015 303 00012131
Chicago 000 002 002452
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  W (2-1) 7.0 2 2 2 3 1
  Zerbe   2.0 3 2 1 3 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
3
6
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  L (1-2) 2.0 4 6 5 4 0
  Sanchez   2.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Osborne   2.0 3 3 3 2 3
  Zambrano   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Fassero   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
12
11
8
4

  E–Kent (2), Gonzalez 2 (3).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Shinjo (3,off Bere); Santiago (4,off Sanchez); Aurilia (6,off Osborne); Minor (1,off Zambrano).  HR–San Francisco Sanders (2,4th inning off Sanchez 1 on, 1 out); Shinjo (2,4th inning off Sanchez 0 on, 2 out); Bell (2,6th inning off Osborne 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Sosa (7,6th inning off Rueter 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Shinjo (2,off Sanchez); Bell (3,off Sanchez); Rueter (1,off Osborne).  HBP–Bonds (3,by Bere).  IBB–Santiago (3,by Sanchez).  SB–Sanders (3,2nd base off Bere/Girardi).  WP–Sanchez (2).  HBP–Bere (2,Bonds).  IBB–Sanchez (1,Santiago).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Mark Barron.  T–3:10.  A–30,643.
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