Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
May 16, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2007 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Theriot 2b 4 0 0 0
Floyd rf 3 0 1 1
Soriano lf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Ward 1b 3 0 0 0
Barrett c 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Izturis ss 2 1 1 0
Hill p 1 0 0 0
  Cotts p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 5 1 2 0
  Gotay pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Easley 2b 4 2 2 2
Beltran cf 4 1 1 0
Delgado 1b 4 1 1 1
Wright 3b 4 1 2 2
Lo Duca c 2 1 1 1
Green rf 4 0 1 0
Gomez lf 4 0 2 2
Sosa p 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Chicago 000 000 010120
New York 011 200 31x8121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  L (4-3) 6.0 7 4 4 4 6
  Cotts   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Howry   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
5
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Sosa  W (3-0) 7.0 1 1 1 3 5
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
3
6

  E–Easley (3).  2B–New York Wright (10,off Cotts); Gomez (2,off Cotts).  HR–New York Easley (6,4th inning off R. Hill 1 on 2 out).  SH–R. Hill (2,off Sosa).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Wright (1,off R. Hill); Lo Duca (3,off Cotts).  IBB–Lo Duca (1,by R. Hill).  Team–9.  SB–Beltran (6,3rd base off R. Hill/Barrett); Delgado (1,2nd base off R. Hill/Barrett); Wright (8,2nd base off R. Hill/Barrett).  U-HP–Chad Fairchild, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:36.  A–37,483.
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