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 Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hermansen cf 3 1 0 0
Wilson J. ss 4 1 2 0
Giles lf 3 1 1 1
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson C. 1b 3 0 0 1
Osik c 3 0 1 0
  Kendall ph 1 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 0 1 0
Nunez 2b 4 0 1 0
Fogg p 2 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Beimel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 3 1 1 3
McGriff 1b 3 1 1 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 1 0 1 0
Hill 2b 4 0 0 1
Girardi c 3 0 2 0
Ojeda ss 3 0 0 0
Cruz p 1 0 0 0
  DeShields ph 0 1 0 0
  Lewis lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Pittsburgh 300 000 000360
Chicago 000 013 00x461
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fogg  L (5-2) 6.0 4 4 4 1 0
  Boehringer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Beimel   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
0
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cruz  W (1-7) 6.0 4 3 2 2 5
  Borowski   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Fassero   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca  SV (6) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
3
7

  E–Sosa (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Osik (1,off Cruz), Chicago McGriff (6,off Fogg).  HR–Chicago Sosa (16,6th inning off Fogg 2 on, 1 out).  SF–C Wilson (1,off Cruz).  HBP–Giles (1,by Cruz).  IBB–McGriff (2,by Beimel).  SB–Nunez (3,2nd base off Borowski/Girardi).  CS–Brown (5,2nd base by Cruz/Girardi).  HBP–Cruz (6,Giles).  IBB–Beimel (2,McGriff).  U-HP–Alfonso Marquez, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Mike VanVleet.  T–2:26.  A–37,175.
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