New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
May 9, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 2005 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 5 0 1 0
Cameron rf 5 1 2 0
Beltran cf 4 2 2 0
Floyd lf 5 1 2 0
Piazza c 5 1 2 4
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 5 1 2 2
Wright 3b 4 0 0 0
Matsui 2b 3 1 1 1
  Koo p 0 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 1 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Castro c 0 0 0 0
Heilman p 1 0 0 0
  Cairo 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 13 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 5 0 2 0
Perez ss,2b 4 1 1 0
Lee 1b 3 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0
Burnitz rf 4 1 2 1
Barrett c 4 1 1 3
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 0 0
Hairston 2b 3 0 1 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Leicester p 0 0 0 0
  Wellemeyer p 0 0 0 0
  Dubois ph 1 0 0 0
  Bartosh p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ss 1 0 0 0
  Macias ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
New York 310 000 0127131
Chicago 000 004 0004100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Heilman   5.1 5 2 2 2 4
  Koo   1.1 3 2 2 0 2
  DeJean  W (2-1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Bell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Looper  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Leicester   3.0 5 4 4 1 3
  Wellemeyer   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Bartosh   1.1 2 0 0 0 3
  Remlinger   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins  L (1-4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Dempster   1.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
2
12

  E–Wright (5).  DP–New York 1. Mientkiewicz-Reyes-Mientkiewicz.  2B–New York Cameron (3,off Bartosh), Chicago Perez (3,off Heilman); Macias (2,off Looper).  HR–New York Piazza (6,1st inning off Leicester 2 on 2 out); Matsui (2,2nd inning off Leicester 0 on 1 out); Mientkiewicz (6,8th inning off Hawkins 0 on 1 out), Chicago Barrett (4,6th inning off Koo 2 on 1 out).  HBP–Wright (2,by Bartosh).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Leicester (1,off Heilman).  IBB–Lee (4,by DeJean).  Team–8.  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Larry Vanover.
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