Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 20, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 2002 at PNC Park. 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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Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hill 2b 1 0 0 0
  Bellhorn 2b 3 0 0 0
Brown cf 5 0 2 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
Sosa rf 3 1 1 1
Choi 1b 3 2 1 0
Echevarria lf 4 0 2 0
Orie 3b 3 1 2 1
Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0
Mahoney c 3 0 0 0
  Stynes ph 1 0 1 1
  Girardi c 0 0 0 0
Zambrano p 2 0 0 0
  Hermansen ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 0 0 0 0
  Patterson pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Reese 2b 4 0 1 0
Nunez ss 1 0 0 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 1 1 0
Giles lf 4 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 3 1 1 1
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Rios rf 4 0 2 1
  Benjamin pr 0 1 0 0
Alvarez cf 3 0 0 0
Torres p 2 0 0 0
  Wilson ss 2 0 1 1
Totals 32 5 8 3
Chicago 000 002 0204102
Pittsburgh 200 001 002581
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano   6.0 4 3 1 3 4
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Borowski   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca  L (2-5) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.1
8
5
3
3
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Torres   5.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Lincoln   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Boehringer   1.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Sauerbeck  W (4-3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
6

  E–Orie 2 (2), Reese (8).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 3.  PB–Mahoney (1); Kendall (7).  2B–Chicago Echevarria (6,off Torres); Orie (3,off Boehringer), Pittsburgh Giles (35,off Zambrano); Rios 2 (11,off Zambrano,off Alfonseca).  HR–Chicago Sosa (48,6th inning off Torres 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Ramirez (16,6th inning off Zambrano 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gonzalez (3,by Torres).  SH–Alvarez (1,off Alfonseca).  WP–Zambrano (6).  HBP–Torres (3,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:38.  A–22,299.
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