Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
April 4, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2003 at Great American Ballpark. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati Reds 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 2 0
Gonzalez ss 4 1 2 1
Sosa rf 4 1 1 1
Alou lf 4 1 3 0
Choi 1b 4 2 1 3
Patterson cf 5 1 1 0
Bellhorn 3b 2 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0
Miller c 5 1 2 2
Estes p 2 0 0 0
  Harris 3b 2 1 1 2
Totals 39 9 13 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 4 1 3 1
Boone 2b 5 2 1 2
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 1 1 0
Kearns rf 4 2 3 2
Casey 1b 4 1 0 0
Larson 3b 2 0 0 1
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Dunn lf 3 2 1 1
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
LaRue c 3 1 1 3
Graves p 2 0 0 0
  Lopez 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 11 10
Chicago 000 240 1209131
Cincinnati 016 100 11x10110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Estes   4.0 8 8 4 3 1
  Cruz   3.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Veres  L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Guthrie   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
6
3
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Graves   5.0 8 6 6 2 3
  Sullivan   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  White   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Riedling   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Williamson  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
4
8

  E–Alou (1).  2B–Chicago Gonzalez 2 (4,off Graves 2); Miller (1,off Riedling), Cincinnati Larkin (2,off Estes); LaRue (2,off Estes).  HR–Chicago Choi (1,5th inning off Graves 2 on, 1 out); Sosa (1,7th inning off Sullivan 0 on, 1 out); Harris (1,8th inning off Riedling 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Dunn (1,2nd inning off Estes 0 on, 2 out); Boone (2,3rd inning off Estes 1 on, 1 out); Kearns (2,7th inning off Cruz 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sosa (1,by Graves); LaRue (1,by Veres).  SH–Lopez (1,off Veres).  SF–Larson (1,off Estes).  BK–Veres (1).  HBP–Veres (1,LaRue); Graves (1,Sosa).  U-HP–Brian Runge, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Bruce Dreckman.  T–3:10.  A–29,048.
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