Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 2008 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rivas 2b 5 0 0 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 4 1 1 0
McLouth cf 3 1 0 0
Doumit c 4 1 2 1
LaRoche 3b 4 1 1 2
Moss lf 3 1 1 1
Pearce rf 4 0 2 0
Wilson ss 3 0 0 0
Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista ph 1 0 0 0
  Beam p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 5 1 3 1
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
Theriot ss 4 0 1 0
Lee 1b 3 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 1 1
Fukudome rf 4 0 0 0
DeRosa 2b 4 1 1 0
Edmonds cf 3 2 1 0
Soto c 3 2 2 2
Zambrano p 2 0 1 1
  Samardzija p 1 0 0 0
  Cotts p 0 0 0 0
  Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,lf 1 1 1 2
Totals 34 8 12 7
Pittsburgh 110 000 030570
Chicago 020 210 03x8121
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Snell   4.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Beam   2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Hansen  L(0-1) 1.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Burnett   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
2
2
2
0
0
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano   5.0 3 2 1 1 2
  Samardzija   2.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Cotts   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Gaudin  W(3-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Marmol  SV(6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Soriano (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Andy LaRoche-Rivas-Mientkiewicz, Andy LaRoche-Rivas-Mientkiewicz.  2B–Pittsburgh Mientkiewicz (16,off Cotts), Chicago Edmonds (13,off Snell); Soto (27,off Snell); Zambrano (4,off Snell).  HR–Pittsburgh Moss (1,2nd inning off Zambrano 0 on 0 out); Andy LaRoche (3,8th inning off Gaudin 1 on 2 out), Chicago Ramirez (19,5th inning off Beam 0 on 0 out); Johnson (6,8th inning off Burnett 1 on 2 out); Soriano (19,8th inning off Burnett 0 on 2 out).  SH–Snell (5,off Zambrano).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  SB–Soriano (11,2nd base off Beam/Doumit).  U-HP–Brian Knight, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:49.  A–41,200.
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