Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
April 18, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2004 at Wrigley Field. 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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Cincinnati Reds 11, Chicago Cubs 10

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Jimenez 2b 6 0 0 0
Larkin ss 5 1 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 6 0 2 0
Casey 1b 3 2 1 0
Dunn lf 5 2 2 5
Freel 3b,rf 5 2 3 1
LaRue c 4 2 1 0
Pena rf 4 0 1 1
  Norton p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Valentin ph 0 1 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
  Kearns ph 1 1 1 2
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Castro 3b 2 0 1 2
Totals 43 11 13 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 5 1 2 2
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Patterson cf 6 1 2 1
Sosa rf 6 2 2 2
Alou lf 5 2 3 1
Ramirez 3b 5 1 2 2
Lee 1b 5 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 2 2 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Macias ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Bako c 3 0 2 1
  Hollandsworth ph 1 0 1 0
  Barrett c 0 0 0 0
Maddux p 2 1 0 1
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 45 10 17 10
Cincinnati 300 202 200 211130
Chicago 111 041 100 110170
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   4.2 11 7 6 2 2
  Riedling   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Norton   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Jones  W (1-0) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Graves  SV (6) 1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
17
10
8
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux   6.0 8 7 7 2 5
  Mercker   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Hawkins   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Borowski  L (1-1) 1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
10.0
13
11
11
4
8

  E–None.  PB–LaRue 2 (4).  2B–Cincinnati Larkin (1,off Maddux), Chicago Alou (5,off Wilson); Walker 2 (5,off Wilson 2); Ramirez (8,off Van Poppel); Patterson 2 (4,off Norton,off Graves).  3B–Cincinnati Pena (1,off Maddux); Castro (1,off Borowski), Chicago Alou (1,off Van Poppel).  HR–Cincinnati Dunn 2 (7,1st inning off Maddux 2 on, 2 out,7th inning off Mercker 1 on, 1 out); Freel (1,4th inning off Maddux 0 on, 1 out); Kearns (2,6th inning off Maddux 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Sosa 2 (4,1st inning off Wilson 0 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Wilson 0 on, 1 out); Alou (6,5th inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–LaRue (2,by Maddux); Bako (1,by Wilson).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Maddux (1,off Wilson).  SF–Ramirez (1,off Graves).  Team–11.  SB–Larkin (1,3rd base off Maddux/Bako); Griffey (1,2nd base off Maddux/Bako); Freel 2 (3,2nd base off Hawkins/Bako,2nd base off Borowski/Barrett).  WP–Wilson (3).  HBP–Wilson (1,Bako); Maddux (4,LaRue).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–CB Bucknor, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–3:13.  A–39,624.
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