New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
July 16, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 2006 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 13, Chicago Cubs 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Valentin 2b 6 1 1 0
Woodward ss 5 2 2 1
Beltran cf 4 2 1 4
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 2 2 0
Wright 3b 5 2 3 2
Floyd lf 4 2 2 5
Nady rf 3 1 1 0
Castro c 5 0 1 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver p 1 0 0 0
  Marrero ph 1 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez ph,cf 3 1 1 1
Totals 42 13 14 13
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 5 2 4 0
Walker 2b 5 0 0 0
Barrett c 5 2 3 2
Ramirez 3b 5 0 2 1
Jones rf 5 0 1 1
Mabry 1b 3 0 1 0
Murton lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 4 1 1 0
Marshall p 3 1 2 1
  Novoa p 0 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Nevin ph 1 1 1 2
  Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 15 7
New York 000 1111 00013140
Chicago 230 000 2007152
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   1.2 7 5 5 2 2
  Oliver   2.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Feliciano  W (3-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Bradford   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Heilman   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Bell   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Sanchez   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
4
10
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Marshall  L (5-8) 5.1 7 7 5 1 4
  Novoa   0.1 5 6 0 0 0
  Ohman   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Rusch   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
13
5
4
6

  E–Walker 2 (6).  DP–New York 1. Valentin-Delgado, Chicago 1. Walker-Mabry.  2B–New York Delgado (15,off Novoa); Wright (23,off Rusch), Chicago Barrett 2 (14,off O. Hernandez 2); Ramirez (20,off O. Hernandez); Pierre (18,off Oliver); Mabry (5,off Oliver)..  HR–New York Woodward (3,4th inning off Marshall 0 on 0 out); Floyd 2 (9,5th inning off Marshall 0 on 0 out,6th inning off Marshall 3 on 1 out); Beltran (26,6th inning off Novoa 3 on 2 out); Wright (21,6th inning off Novoa 1 on 2 out)., Chicago Marshall (1,2nd inning off O. Hernandez 0 on 0 out); Nevin (7,7th inning off Heilman 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–11.  SB–Chavez (7,2nd base off Novoa/Barrett); Pierre 2 (32,2nd base off O. Hernandez/Castro 2); Jones (5,2nd base off Oliver/Castro).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–CB Bucknor.  T–3:29.  A–40,157.
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