Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
September 12, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 2003 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, Chicago Cubs 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Castro ss 2 1 1 0
  Valent ph 1 0 0 0
  Cerros p 0 0 0 0
  Stenson ph 1 0 1 2
  Randall p 0 0 0 0
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
  Smitherman ph 1 0 0 0
Hummel 3b 4 0 0 0
Jimenez 2b 5 1 2 0
Casey 1b 4 1 2 0
Branyan lf 4 1 2 2
Mateo rf 4 1 1 2
LaRue c 1 0 0 0
  Miller c 2 1 1 0
  Serafini pr 0 0 0 0
Pena cf 4 0 1 0
Etherton p 1 0 0 0
  Reith p 1 0 0 0
  Olmedo ph,ss 3 0 1 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 2 2 1
Grudzielanek 2b 5 0 3 1
Sosa rf 5 0 0 0
Alou lf 2 1 0 1
Simon 1b 3 1 2 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 1
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0
Bako c 3 1 1 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 1 2
  Miller c 0 0 0 0
Wood p 1 1 1 0
  Womack ph 1 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Karros ph 1 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 13 6
Cincinnati 000 010 5006120
Chicago 121 100 20x7131
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Etherton   2.0 7 4 4 1 1
  Reith   3.0 3 1 1 0 5
  Cerros   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Randall  L (2-2) 0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Riedling   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
3
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood   6.0 5 1 1 4 9
  Guthrie   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Alfonseca  W (2-1) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Remlinger   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Borowski  SV (27) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
13

  E–Bako (6).  2B–Cincinnati Castro (14,off Wood); Branyan (10,off Guthrie); Mateo (9,off Alfonseca); Stenson (4,off Alfonseca), Chicago Lofton 2 (30,off Etherton 2); Wood (1,off Reith).  SH–Pena (1,off Alfonseca); Wood (7,off Etherton).  HBP–Miller (1,by Wood); Casey (2,by Wood).  SF–Alou (3,off Etherton).  SB–Castro (2,2nd base off Wood/Bako).  CS–Lofton (9,2nd base by Riedling/Miller).  WP–Reith (1).  HBP–Wood 2 (20,Miller,Casey).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–3:14.  A–38,219.
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