New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 21, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 2008 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 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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New York Mets 1, Chicago Cubs 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 4 0 1 0
Castillo 2b 3 0 1 0
Wright 3b 3 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 3 0 1 0
Church rf 3 0 1 0
Casanova c 3 0 0 0
Chavez lf 3 1 1 0
Maine p 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 5 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Fontenot 2b 3 0 0 0
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 2 1 0
Ramirez 3b 2 2 1 2
Fukudome rf 4 1 2 0
DeRosa lf,2b 4 0 1 0
Soto c 4 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 4 1 1 2
Zambrano p 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Pie cf 1 1 1 3
Totals 33 7 8 7
New York 000 001 000152
Chicago 000 200 05x780
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Maine  L(1-2) 6.0 5 2 2 2 6
  Sanchez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Heilman   0.2 2 4 0 0 1
  Sosa   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
0
0
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W(3-1) 7.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Marmol   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wood   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–J. Reyes (2), Wright (4).  DP–Chicago 4. Soto-Cedeno, Ramirez-Fontenot-Lee, Fontenot-Lee-Cedeno, Cedeno-Lee.  2B–New York Chavez (1,off Zambrano).  HR–Chicago Ramirez (5,4th inning off Maine 1 on 0 out); Pie (1,8th inning off Sosa 2 on 2 out).  SH–Maine (1,off Zambrano).  Team LOB–3.  HBP–Johnson (3,by Maine); Ramirez (4,by Heilman).  Team–6.  SB–Castillo (4,2nd base off Zambrano/Soto).  CS–Church (1,2nd base by Zambrano/Soto); Johnson (2,2nd base by Maine/Casanova).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Marty Foster, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:45.  A–40,582.
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