Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 28, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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 4, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alvarez lf 3 0 1 1
  Giles ph,lf 1 1 1 2
Mackowiak cf 4 0 1 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
  Reese 2b 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Rios rf 4 0 1 0
Wilson C. 1b 4 1 1 1
  Young 1b 0 0 0 0
Cota c 4 0 1 0
Nunez ss 3 0 1 0
  Beimel p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Brown cf 1 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b 3 1 1 0
  Hyzdu ph 1 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
Wells p 2 0 0 0
  Wilson J. ss 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hill 2b 5 1 2 1
Bellhorn 3b 4 1 1 1
Sosa rf 3 0 0 0
Choi 1b 4 1 1 2
Brown lf 2 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Patterson cf 3 0 0 0
  Echevarria ph 1 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 2 1
  Mahomes pr 0 1 0 0
Benes p 1 0 0 0
  Stynes ph 1 0 0 0
  Hermansen lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Pittsburgh 001 100 020481
Chicago 000 003 002570
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   6.0 3 3 3 1 5
  Beimel   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Reyes   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Sauerbeck   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lincoln   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Villone   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Boehringer  L (4-4) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.1
7
5
5
4
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   6.0 5 2 2 0 8
  Alfonseca   2.0 1 2 2 1 2
  Cruz  W (3-11) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
12

  E–Nunez (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Alvarez (2,off Benes); Nunez (14,off Benes).  HR–Pittsburgh C Wilson (16,4th inning off Benes 0 on, 2 out); Giles (38,8th inning off Alfonseca 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Choi (2,6th inning off Wells 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Gonzalez (4,off Boehringer).  SB–Hill (6,2nd base off Wells/Cota).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Martin Foster, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Andrew Fletcher.  T–2:47.  A–38,617.
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