Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
October 2, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 2004 at Wrigley Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 8, Chicago Cubs 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 1 1 1
Giles 2b 4 1 2 2
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
Drew J. rf 4 1 1 2
Jones C. 3b 2 1 1 0
  Betemit pr,3b 1 0 1 1
Estrada c 4 0 2 0
  Drew T. pr 0 0 0 0
  Perez c 1 0 0 0
LaRoche 1b 4 0 0 1
Jones A. cf 5 0 0 0
Marrero lf 5 2 2 1
Thomson p 1 0 1 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Wise ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 1 1 0
  Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Gryboski p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 1 0
  Green pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Macias cf 3 0 0 0
  Patterson cf 0 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 4 1 0 0
Alou lf 5 1 3 4
Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 1
Sosa rf 4 1 2 1
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 2 0 0 0
Barrett c 4 0 0 0
Zambrano p 2 2 2 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Leicester p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Atlanta 000 113 0308140
Chicago 001 140 000690
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson   3.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Cruz   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Smith   1.0 3 4 4 1 2
  Colon   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Martin   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Gryboski  W (3-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Smoltz  SV (44) 1.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano   5.2 9 5 5 1 5
  Mercker   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rusch   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Dempster   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth  L (4-5) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Remlinger   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Leicester   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Furcal (24,off Zambrano), Chicago Sosa (21,off Thomson).  3B–Atlanta J Drew (8,off Remlinger).  HR–Atlanta Marrero (10,6th inning off Zambrano 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Sosa (35,4th inning off Cruz 0 on, 0 out); Alou (38,5th inning off Smith 2 on, 1 out); Ramirez (36,5th inning off Smith 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Furcal (5,off Zambrano).  SF–LaRoche (2,off Zambrano); Betemit (1,off Remlinger).  HBP–Giles (9,by Zambrano); C Jones (4,by Zambrano); Macias (2,by Thomson).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  SB–Macias (4,2nd base off Thomson/Estrada).  WP–Thomson (3).  HBP–Thomson (6,Macias); Zambrano 2 (20,Giles,C Jones).  U-HP–Alfonso Marquez, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–3:17.  A–38,695.
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