Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 15, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 2004 at Wrigley Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 13

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 4 0 2 1
Wilson J. ss 4 0 1 1
Bay lf 3 0 0 0
Wilson C. rf 5 0 1 0
Ward 1b 4 1 0 0
Redman cf 4 2 3 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Corey p 0 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 2 1
Castillo 2b 4 1 2 2
Perez p 2 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Mackowiak cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 6 1 1 0
Perez ss 6 2 3 2
Alou lf 3 2 2 0
  Goodwin ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Lee 1b 2 2 1 2
Sosa rf 4 2 3 5
  Murray rf 0 0 0 0
Barrett c 5 2 2 1
Grudzielanek 2b 5 2 3 0
Martinez 3b 2 0 1 0
  Macias 3b 3 0 2 3
Prior p 1 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Dubois ph 1 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempster p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 18 13
Pittsburgh 041 000 0005110
Chicago 400 002 16x13180
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (10-9) 5.2 10 6 6 4 5
  Meadows   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Grabow   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Corey   1.0 5 4 4 1 1
Totals
8.0
18
13
13
6
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Prior   5.0 9 5 5 3 5
  Wuertz  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Remlinger   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Dempster  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
11

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Redman (17,off Prior); Wigginton (27,off Prior); Kendall (27,off Wuertz); J Wilson (37,off Dempster), Chicago Alou (31,off Perez); Martinez (15,off Perez); Patterson (30,off Perez); Grudzielanek 2 (11,off Meadows,off Corey); Macias (6,off Meadows).  3B–Chicago Alou (3,off Perez).  HR–Chicago Lee (30,1st inning off Perez 1 on, 2 out); Sosa 2 (32,1st inning off Perez 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Corey 3 on, 0 out); Barrett (15,1st inning off Perez 0 on, 2 out); Perez (4,6th inning off Perez 1 on, 2 out).  SF–J Wilson (4,off Prior).  HBP–Kendall (19,by Prior).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Prior (5,off Perez).  Team–11.  CS–Bay (6,2nd base by Prior/Barrett).  WP–Wuertz (2).  HBP–Prior (2,Kendall).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–3:14.  A–38,395.
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