Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 24, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 2008 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, New York Mets 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 5 0 2 1
  Pie cf 0 0 0 0
Theriot ss 6 2 3 0
Lee 1b 3 2 1 1
Ramirez 3b 3 2 2 2
DeRosa rf 3 1 2 3
  Fukudome pr,rf 3 1 0 0
Johnson cf,lf 5 0 2 1
Cedeno 2b 5 1 0 0
Blanco c 3 0 2 0
  Hoffpauir ph 1 0 1 0
  Hart p 0 0 0 0
  Samardzija p 0 0 0 0
  Edmonds ph 1 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Zambrano p 3 0 0 0
  Cotts p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Hill c 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 15 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes J. ss 5 1 1 0
Murphy lf 4 1 1 0
Wright 3b 4 1 1 1
Delgado 1b 4 2 2 4
Beltran cf 3 0 1 0
Church rf 5 0 0 0
Schneider c 2 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Castro c 2 0 0 0
Reyes A. 2b 3 0 1 0
  Stokes p 0 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez ph 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
Perez p 1 1 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez 2b 2 0 1 1
Totals 37 6 8 6
Chicago 010 040 100 39150
New York 005 000 010 0681
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano   4.2 3 5 5 4 2
  Cotts   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Hart   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Samardzija   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Howry  W(7-4) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Wood  SV(34) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
0
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   4.1 6 5 5 5 6
  Sanchez   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Smith   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Rincon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Stokes   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Parnell   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ayala  L(2-10) 2.0 3 3 3 0 2
Totals
10.0
3
3
3
0
2

  E–Murphy (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Lee, New York 2. J. Reyes-Delgado, R. Martinez-J. Reyes-Delgado.  2B–Chicago DeRosa (30,off Perez); Soriano (27,off Stokes); Lee (41,off Ayala), New York R. Martinez (1,off Hart); Delgado (32,off Samardzija).  3B–New York Murphy (3,off Howry).  HR–Chicago DeRosa (21,2nd inning off Perez 0 on 0 out); Ramirez (27,10th inning off Ayala 1 on 2 out), New York Delgado (38,3rd inning off Zambrano 3 on 2 out).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–Chavez (3,by Samardzija); Delgado (18,by Howry); Beltran (13,by Howry).  Team–10.  SB–Theriot (22,2nd base off Ayala/Castro); Beltran 3 (24,2nd base off Cotts/Blanco,3rd base off Cotts/Blanco,2nd base off Samardzija/K. Hill).  U-HP–Jim Wolf, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–4:04.  A–54,416.
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