Florida Marlins vs Chicago Cubs
October 7, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 2003 at Wrigley Field. The Florida Marlins defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Florida Marlins 9, Chicago Cubs 8

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 5 2 1 0
Castillo 2b 5 1 3 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 2 5
Lee 1b 5 0 0 0
Cabrera 3b 6 2 2 1
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
Encarnacion rf 5 1 2 1
Conine lf 4 0 1 1
Gonzalez ss 5 0 0 0
Beckett p 3 0 1 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Hollandsworth ph 1 1 1 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
  Lowell ph,3b 1 1 1 1
Totals 45 9 14 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 2 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 2 1
Sosa rf 5 1 1 2
Alou lf 4 1 1 2
Ramirez 3b 5 1 1 0
Simon 1b 5 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 5 1 3 3
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
Bako c 3 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ss 1 0 0 0
Zambrano p 2 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Miller c 3 0 1 0
Totals 43 8 11 8
Florida 005 001 002 019141
Chicago 400 002 002 008111
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett   6.1 8 6 6 1 5
  Fox   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Urbina  W (1-0) 2.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Looper  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
8
8
2
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano   6.0 9 6 5 1 3
  Remlinger   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Borowski   2.0 2 2 1 1 1
  Guthrie  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Alfonseca   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
11.0
14
9
7
4
7

  E–Gonzalez (1), Grudzielanek (1).  DP–Florida 1, Chicago 1.  PB–Bako (1).  2B–Florida Castillo (1,off Zambrano); Hollandsworth (1,off Borowski), Chicago Gonzalez (1,off Beckett); Simon (1,off Beckett); Miller (1,off Beckett); Lofton (1,off Urbina).  3B–Florida Conine (1,off Zambrano); Pierre (1,off Zambrano), Chicago Grudzielanek (1,off Beckett); Ramirez (1,off Beckett).  HR–Florida Rodriguez (1,3rd inning off Zambrano 2 on, 1 out); Cabrera (1,3rd inning off Zambrano 0 on, 2 out); Encarnacion (1,3rd inning off Zambrano 0 on, 2 out); Lowell (1,11th inning off Guthrie 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Alou (1,1st inning off Beckett 1 on, 1 out); Gonzalez (1,6th inning off Beckett 1 on, 2 out); Sosa (1,9th inning off Urbina 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Conine (1,off Zambrano).  IBB–Rodriguez (1,by Alfonseca).  SH–Lofton (1,off Beckett).  SB–Castillo 2 (2,2nd base off Farnsworth/Miller,2nd base off Alfonseca/Miller).  CS–Pierre (1,2nd base by Zambrano/Bako).  IBB–Alfonseca (1,Rodriguez).  U–Jerry Crawford, Chuck Meriwether, Fieldin Culbreth, Mike Everitt, Mike Reilly, Larry Poncino.  T–3:44.  A–39,567.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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