Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
March 31, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 2003 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 15, New York Mets 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek 2b 3 1 3 0
  Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 5 1 2 0
Sosa rf 2 3 1 1
  Harris rf 1 0 1 0
Alou lf 3 2 2 2
  Goodwin pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Choi 1b 4 3 1 0
Bellhorn 3b 3 2 1 4
Patterson cf 6 2 4 7
Miller c 6 0 0 0
Wood p 3 0 1 1
  O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Karros ph 1 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 15 16 15
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 2 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
Floyd lf 4 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 0 1 0
  Phillips 1b 0 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 3 1 1 0
  Bell 2b 1 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 3 1 0 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 2 1
Sanchez ss 4 0 0 1
Glavine p 1 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  McEwing ph 1 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson c 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Chicago 401 014 50015160
New York 020 000 000242
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (1-0) 5.0 2 2 2 3 5
  Cruz   2.0 1 0 0 0 6
  Guthrie   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Borowski   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
12
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine  L (0-1) 3.2 8 5 5 4 2
  Strickland   1.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Bacsik   2.0 4 9 9 5 2
  Lloyd   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Weathers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
15
15
12
6

  E–Weathers (1), Floyd (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Chicago Gonzalez (1,off T Glavine); Alou (1,off T Glavine); Choi (1,off T Glavine), New York Burnitz 2 (2,off Wood,off Borowski).  3B–Chicago Bellhorn (1,off Bacsik).  HR–Chicago Patterson 2 (2,6th inning off Bacsik 2 on, 1 out,7th inning off Bacsik 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Bellhorn (1,off Bacsik).  HBP–Wigginton (1,by Wood).  SB–Bellhorn (1,2nd base off Strickland/Piazza).  CS–Patterson (1,2nd base by T Glavine/Piazza).  HBP–Wood (1,Wigginton).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–3:29.  A–53,586.
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