San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs
May 12, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 2008 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 3, Chicago Cubs 12

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gerut cf 3 1 2 1
Iguchi 2b 5 0 1 1
Giles rf 3 0 0 0
  McAnulty rf 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez A. 1b 4 0 1 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 3 0 0 0
  Germano p 1 0 1 0
Greene ss 4 0 1 0
Hairston lf 4 1 2 0
Bard c 4 0 1 0
Wolf p 2 1 0 0
  Henn p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez E. 3b 2 0 1 1
Totals 36 3 10 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 5 2 2 2
  Pie cf 0 0 0 0
Theriot ss 3 3 2 0
Lee 1b 4 1 2 1
  Ward ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 3 2 1 1
  Cedeno 2b 1 0 0 0
Fukudome rf 2 2 0 1
Soto c 3 0 1 2
  Blanco c 1 0 0 0
DeRosa 2b,3b 4 1 2 2
Johnson cf,lf 4 0 1 1
Zambrano p 4 1 2 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 13 10
San Diego 001 010 1003101
Chicago 100 065 00x12130
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf  L (2-3) 4.0 8 7 7 5 2
  Henn  1.2 3.0 5 5 3 2 0
  Germano  2.1 2.0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
12
12
9
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W (6-1) 7.0 6 3 3 2 5
  Eyre  0.2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Howry  1.1 3.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
10
3
3
2
6

  E–Kouzmanoff (4).  DP–San Diego 3. Kouzmanoff-Iguchi-A. Gonzalez, Iguchi-A. Gonzalez, Greene-Iguchi-A. Gonzalez, Chicago 1. Theriot-Cedeno-Ward.  2B–San Diego Germano (1,off Eyre), Chicago Lee (10,off Wolf); Zambrano (2,off Wolf); Soriano (6,off Henn)..  HR–San Diego Gerut (1,5th inning off Zambrano 0 on 2 out), Chicago Soriano (4,5th inning off Wolf 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Lee (3,3rd base off Wolf/Bard).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Brian Knight.  T–2:40.  A–39,528.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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