Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 18, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2005 at PNC Park. 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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Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 3 0 1 0
Perez ss 2 0 1 1
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 3 0 0 0
Barrett c 4 1 2 0
  Blanco c 0 0 0 0
Patterson cf 3 1 0 0
Dubois lf 2 0 0 0
  Hollandsworth ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Macias 3b 3 0 1 1
Rusch p 2 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 0 0 0 0
  Fontenot pr 0 1 0 0
  Bartosh p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lawton rf 3 0 0 1
Wilson ss 4 1 3 0
Bay cf 3 0 0 0
Ward 1b 3 0 1 1
Castillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 3 1 0 0
Restovich lf 3 0 2 0
  Redman ph 1 0 1 0
Cota c 1 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph 0 0 0 0
Wells p 3 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Chicago 000 000 012361
Pittsburgh 110 000 000270
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch   6.0 4 2 2 6 7
  Hawkins   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bartosh   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Dempster  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   8.0 4 1 1 3 6
  Mesa  L (0-3) 1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
7

  E–Hairston (4).  DP–Chicago 4. Perez-Hairston-Lee, Perez-Hairston-Lee, Wuertz-Perez-Lee, Perez-Hairston-Lee, Pittsburgh 2. J. Wilson-Castillo-Ward, Wells-J. Wilson-Ward.  2B–Chicago Perez (5,off Wells); Barrett (6,off Mesa), Pittsburgh Restovich (3,off Rusch); T. Redman (1,off Dempster).  3B–Pittsburgh J. Wilson (2,off Rusch).  SF–Perez (1,off Wells); Macias (1,off Mesa); Ward (2,off Rusch); Lawton (2,off Rusch).  HBP–Hairston (7,by Wells).  IBB–Patterson (1,by Mesa); Cota (1,by Rusch).  Team LOB–6.  Team–9.  SB–Hairston (4,2nd base off Wells/Cota).  CS–Burnitz (2,2nd base by Mesa/Cota).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:37.  A–21,142.
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