Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 24, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 2005 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 2, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lawton rf 2 0 1 0
Mackowiak 2b 4 0 0 0
Bay cf 4 0 0 0
Ward 1b 2 0 1 0
Hill 3b 4 1 1 0
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Cota c 4 1 1 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 2 2
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Wigginton ph 1 0 0 0
  Vogelsong p 0 0 0 0
  Redman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston cf,2b 3 0 0 0
Perez 2b,ss 4 1 3 2
Lee 1b 4 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 3 1 1 0
Dubois lf 3 0 0 0
  Hollandsworth ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 4 1 1 3
Barrett c 3 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Wood p 1 0 0 0
  Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson cf 1 1 1 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Pittsburgh 020 000 000260
Chicago 000 400 01x570
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (1-2) 6.0 5 4 4 1 5
  Vogelsong   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (1-1) 5.0 3 2 2 3 8
  Rusch   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Wuertz   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Fox  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
12

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Mackowiak-Ward, Chicago 2. Barrett-Cedeno, Lee-Perez-Lee.  PB–Cota (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Cota (1,off Wood); Sanchez 2 (4,off Wood,off Rusch); Lawton (6,off Wood), Chicago Perez (2,off Williams).  HR–Chicago Perez (2,4th inning off Williams 0 on 0 out); Burnitz (3,4th inning off Williams 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Hairston (2,off Vogelsong).  IBB–Ramirez (1,by Vogelsong).  Team–4.  CS–Lawton (2,2nd base by Wood/Barrett).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:14.  A–37,452.
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