Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
April 3, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 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 6, New York Mets 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek 2b 3 3 2 0
Gonzalez ss 4 2 2 0
Sosa rf 3 0 2 3
Alou lf 4 0 1 3
Karros 1b 4 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 0 1 0
Bellhorn 3b 3 0 0 0
Bako c 3 0 0 0
Prior p 2 1 1 0
  O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
Bell 1b 4 0 2 0
Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0
Floyd lf 3 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 1 0
Burnitz rf 4 2 2 0
Wilson c 4 0 2 2
Sanchez ss 4 0 0 1
Trachsel p 1 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Shinjo ph 1 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
  Vaughn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Chicago 203 000 010691
New York 010 000 002370
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Prior  W (1-0) 6.0 4 1 1 2 7
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Remlinger   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Veres   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  L (0-1) 5.0 9 5 5 2 1
  Cerda   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Strickland   1.0 0 1 1 2 1
  Bacsik   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
7

  E–Prior (1).  DP–Chicago 1, New York 2.  2B–Chicago Grudzielanek (1,off Trachsel); Alou (3,off Trachsel), New York Burnitz (3,off Veres).  IBB–Sosa (1,by Strickland).  WP–Trachsel (1), Strickland (1).  IBB–Strickland (1,Sosa).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Bill Welke, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:53.  A–17,244.
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