Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
May 21, 2002 Box Score

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

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Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Chicago Cubs 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hermansen cf,lf 4 3 3 2
Wilson J. ss 4 2 3 0
Giles lf 3 3 2 4
  Brown cf 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 2 0 0 2
  Benjamin 3b 1 0 0 0
Mackowiak rf 4 1 0 0
Kendall c 5 0 1 2
  Wilson C. c 0 0 0 0
Young 1b 5 2 3 1
Reese 2b 4 0 0 0
  Lowe p 1 0 0 0
Anderson p 3 0 0 0
  Nunez ph,2b 2 1 1 1
Totals 38 12 13 12
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 2 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 1
Alou lf 1 0 0 0
  Brown lf 2 0 0 0
Machado c 4 0 1 0
Hill 2b 3 0 1 0
Bellhorn ss,3b 2 0 0 0
Bere p 1 0 0 0
  Stynes ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Chiasson p 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Pittsburgh 302 100 33012130
Chicago 000 000 001130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (4-5) 7.0 2 0 0 4 2
  Lowe   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
5
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  L (1-7) 5.0 6 6 6 3 2
  Mahay   2.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Chiasson   1.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Mahomes   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
12
12
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Kendall (4,off Bere); Hermansen (2,off Bere); Young 2 (9,off Chiasson,off Mahomes); J Wilson (4,off Chiasson).  3B–Pittsburgh Giles (2,off Bere).  HR–Pittsburgh Young (4,4th inning off Bere 0 on, 0 out); Giles (8,7th inning off Mahay 2 on, 0 out); Hermansen (2,8th inning off Chiasson 1 on, 1 out), Chicago McGriff (5,9th inning off Lowe 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Ramirez 2 (5,off Bere 2).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Mike VanVleet, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:38.
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