Oakland Athletics vs Chicago Cubs
June 20, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 2004 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago Cubs 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Byrnes lf 4 1 1 1
McLemore 3b 3 0 2 1
Kotsay cf 4 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 1 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 3 0 1 1
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
Crosby ss 4 0 0 0
Melhuse c 4 0 2 0
Scutaro 2b 4 0 0 0
Zito p 2 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
  Karros ph 1 0 0 0
  Lehr p 0 0 0 0
  Durazo 1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Barrett c 5 0 0 0
Walker 2b 3 2 2 0
  Grudzielanek ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 5 1 1 2
Sosa rf 2 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 3 1 1 1
Lee 1b 3 1 3 1
Patterson cf 4 0 1 1
Martinez ss 3 0 1 0
Zambrano p 2 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Macias ph 1 0 1 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Oakland 010 000 002380
Chicago 300 010 01x5100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  L (4-4) 5.0 7 4 4 3 2
  Mecir   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lehr   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Rhodes   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
5
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W (8-2) 6.2 5 1 1 4 8
  Mercker   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
11

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Oakland Dye (16,off Zambrano); Hatteberg (13,off Zambrano); Durazo (11,off Hawkins); Byrnes (17,off Hawkins); McLemore (4,off Hawkins), Chicago Patterson (11,off Zito); Lee (25,off Zito); Martinez (11,off Mecir).  3B–Chicago Walker (2,off Zito).  HR–Chicago Alou (17,1st inning off Zito 1 on, 1 out); Lee (9,8th inning off Rhodes 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Byrnes (3,by Zambrano); Walker (4,by Zito).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Zambrano (4,off Mecir).  SF–Ramirez (4,off Zito).  Team–10.  CS–McLemore (1,2nd base by Zambrano/Barrett); Walker (1,2nd base by Zito/Melhuse).  HBP–Zito (7,Walker); Zambrano (9,Byrnes).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Rob Drake.  T–2:45.  A–40,145.
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