Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
September 18, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 2004 at Great American Ballpark. 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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Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 5 0 1 0
Perez ss 5 0 2 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 0 0
Alou lf 5 2 2 3
Lee 1b 4 1 2 0
Sosa rf 4 1 2 1
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0
Bako c 1 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 1 0
  Goodwin pr 0 0 0 0
  Barrett c 0 0 0 0
Maddux p 3 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 1 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 3b,2b 4 1 1 0
Larkin ss 3 0 0 0
  Lopez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Casey 1b 4 1 3 1
Dunn lf 3 0 0 0
Jimenez 2b 4 1 1 2
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Kearns rf 4 1 1 0
Pena cf 4 2 2 3
LaRue c 3 0 1 0
  Valentine p 0 0 0 0
  Castro 3b 0 0 0 0
Harang p 2 0 1 0
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
  Valentin c 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Chicago 010 003 0105120
Cincinnati 000 015 00x6100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  L (14-10) 6.0 9 6 6 0 6
  Wuertz   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Remlinger   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Dempster   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
10
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harang  W (9-9) 6.0 6 4 4 3 6
  Riedling   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Valentine   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Graves  SV (41) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Freel (21,off Maddux); Casey (43,off Maddux).  HR–Chicago Alou 2 (37,2nd inning off Harang 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Harang 1 on, 0 out); Sosa (33,8th inning off Valentine 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Pena 2 (26,5th inning off Maddux 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Maddux 1 on, 2 out); Jimenez (11,6th inning off Maddux 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bako (3,by Harang).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Patterson (32,2nd base off Valentine/Valentin).  WP–Harang 2 (7).  IBB–Harang (5,Bako).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–2:46.  A–41,829.
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