Florida Marlins vs Chicago Cubs
August 26, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 2005 at Wrigley Field. The Florida Marlins defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 7, Chicago Cubs 5

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 3 3 1 0
Conine lf 4 3 3 2
Cabrera 3b 5 0 2 2
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 1
Encarnacion rf 3 0 1 1
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Treanor c 4 0 0 0
  Lo Duca c 0 0 0 0
Vargas p 3 1 2 0
  Messenger p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 0 0 0 0
  Aguila ph 1 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston cf 4 1 2 3
Lawton lf 3 0 1 1
  Novoa p 0 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Barrett c 5 1 2 0
Garciaparra 3b 4 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Macias lf 1 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 3 1 1 1
Perez 2b,3b 4 1 3 0
Cedeno ss 4 1 1 0
Rusch p 2 0 1 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Hollandsworth ph 1 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Walker 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Florida 202 012 0007100
Chicago 000 005 0005111
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Vargas  W (5-1) 5.2 9 5 5 3 3
  Messenger   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Alfonseca   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Jones  SV (30) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
5
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch  L (5-7) 4.2 8 5 4 2 2
  Wuertz   1.1 2 2 2 1 2
  Williamson   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Ohman   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Novoa   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
3
7

  E–Garciaparra (7).  DP–Florida 1. Cabrera-Easley-Delgado, Chicago 2. Perez-Lee, Perez-Cedeno-Lee.  2B–Florida Conine (14,off Rusch); Delgado (31,off Rusch); Cabrera (36,off Wuertz), Chicago Rusch (2,off Vargas); Perez (25,off Vargas); Barrett (28,off Vargas); Hairston (20,off Vargas).  SH–Pierre (7,off Rusch); Hairston (7,off Vargas).  SF–Delgado (5,off Rusch).  HBP–Pierre (8,by Rusch).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  SB–Pierre 2 (44,2nd base off Rusch/Barrett,2nd base off Wuertz/Barrett).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:53.  A–38,544.
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