Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
May 27, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 2003 at Wrigley Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Chicago Cubs 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 3 3 1
Reboulet 2b 3 0 1 1
Giles lf 3 2 2 1
  Hyzdu pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 5 1 4 1
Simon 1b 4 0 2 2
  Young ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 1 0 1
Mackowiak rf 5 1 0 0
Nunez ss 5 1 2 2
Benson p 3 0 0 0
  Beimel p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0
  Martinez ss 1 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 1 1 2
Alou lf 3 0 1 0
Harris 3b 4 1 1 0
Karros 1b 4 1 1 2
O'Leary rf 4 0 1 0
Miller c 3 0 0 0
  Norton p 0 0 0 0
  Choi ph 0 0 0 0
Clement p 1 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Bako c 2 1 1 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Pittsburgh 103 121 1009140
Chicago 000 200 020471
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson  W (5-5) 7.2 7 4 4 1 4
  Beimel   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Torres   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Clement  L (2-6) 5.0 9 7 7 2 2
  Cruz   2.0 4 2 1 0 2
  Norton   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
8
3
4

  E–Cruz (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Lofton (10,off Clement); Simon (10,off Clement); Reboulet (2,off Clement); Nunez (1,off Clement).  HR–Chicago Karros (4,4th inning off Benson 1 on, 2 out); Patterson (10,8th inning off Benson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Reboulet 2 (2,off Clement,off Cruz); Benson (4,off Cruz).  HBP–Kendall (7,by Clement).  WP–Norton (1).  HBP–Clement (6,Kendall).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Tim Timmons, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–2:39.  A–35,961.
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