Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 20, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 2004 at PNC Park. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 4 2 1 1
Patterson cf 4 1 1 2
  Macias ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Sosa rf 5 1 1 0
  Hollandsworth rf 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 1 3 1
  Goodwin pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 1 0
  Martinez ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Lee 1b 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 1 2 4
Barrett c 3 1 1 1
Zambrano p 4 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Redman cf 4 1 2 0
Wilson J. ss 4 0 2 1
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
  Boyd p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnston p 0 0 0 0
Mondesi lf 3 0 1 0
  Davis lf 1 0 0 0
Mackowiak 3b 4 0 1 0
Wilson C. rf 3 0 0 0
Simon 1b 4 0 1 0
Castillo 2b 2 0 0 0
Vogelsong p 1 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Cota c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Chicago 400 130 0109110
Pittsburgh 000 001 000171
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W (2-0) 8.0 7 1 1 2 4
  Beltran   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Vogelsong  L (1-2) 5.0 9 8 8 3 4
  Grabow   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Boyd   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Johnston   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
4
9

  E–J Wilson (4).  DP–Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Chicago Gonzalez (3,off Vogelsong); Sosa (9,off Vogelsong); Alou 2 (7,off Vogelsong,off Johnston).  3B–Pittsburgh Redman (2,off Zambrano).  HR–Chicago Patterson (3,1st inning off Vogelsong 1 on, 0 out); Walker (1,4th inning off Vogelsong 0 on, 2 out); Gonzalez (2,5th inning off Vogelsong 1 on, 2 out); Barrett (4,8th inning off Boyd 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  WP–Zambrano (1).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Tim Timmons, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:24.  A–11,746.
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