Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs
May 16, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2006 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Washington Nationals 0, Chicago Cubs 4

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 4 0 0 0
Vidro 2b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Church cf 4 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez c 3 0 1 0
Clayton ss 2 0 0 0
Hernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 0 0 0 0
  Eischen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 5 1 2 0
Murton lf 3 1 0 0
Walker 2b 3 1 2 2
Barrett c 4 0 2 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 2
Jones rf 4 0 1 0
Mabry 1b 2 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0
Zambrano p 3 1 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 1 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Washington 000 000 000042
Chicago 000 130 00x491
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (1-5) 7.0 8 4 2 3 1
  Eischen   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
2
4
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W (2-2) 8.0 4 0 0 2 8
  Dempster   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
9

  E–Soriano (5), Clayton (5), Cedeno (8).  DP–Washington 2. Soriano-Vidro, Hernandez-Johnson, Chicago 1. Zambrano-Cedeno-Mabry.  2B–Chicago Barrett (6,off Hernandez); Walker (6,off Hernandez); Ramirez (8,off Hernandez)..  Team LOB–6.  SH–Murton (1,off Hernandez).  Team–9.  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Marvin Hudson, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:32.  A–39,298.
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