Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 25, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 2008 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."
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Chicago Cubs 6, New York Mets 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Pie lf 5 1 1 0
Theriot ss 2 2 0 0
Hoffpauir 1b 5 2 5 5
Edmonds cf 4 1 0 0
Fontenot 2b 4 0 3 0
McGehee 3b 5 0 1 1
Fukudome rf 3 0 0 0
Hill c 5 0 0 0
Harden p 3 0 1 0
  Gaudin p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Cotts p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Hart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 4 2 1 1
Murphy lf 5 0 0 0
Wright 3b 2 1 1 1
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 2 2 1
Church rf 3 1 3 2
Martinez R. 2b 4 0 1 1
Cancel c 4 1 2 1
Martinez P. p 2 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Stokes p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0
  Easley ph 1 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Chicago 201 000 3006111
New York 100 200 1217101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Harden   6.0 2 3 2 5 4
  Gaudin   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Cotts   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Howry   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Hart  L (2-2) 0.2 2 1 1 1 2
Totals 8.2 10 7 6 6 7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   6.0 7 5 5 4 9
  Rincon   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Stokes   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Schoeneweis   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Feliciano   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith  W (6-3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 11 6 6 7 12

  E–Hoffpauir (2), Wright (16).  DP–Chicago 1. McGehee-Theriot-Hoffpauir, New York 1. R. Martinez-J. Reyes-Delgado.  2B–Chicago Hoffpauir (8,off P. Martinez); Fontenot (22,off Rincon), New York Church (14,off Harden); Cancel (2,off Gaudin).  HR–Chicago Hoffpauir 2 (2,1st inning off P. Martinez 0 on 2 out,7th inning off Rincon 2 on 0 out).  IBB–Fukudome 2 (9,by Stokes,by Smith); Delgado (19,by Hart).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Wright (11,off Harden).  Team–8.  SB–Pie (3,2nd base off P. Martinez/Cancel); J. Reyes 3 (55,2nd base off Harden/K. Hill 2,2nd base off Hart/K. Hill); Beltran (25,3rd base off Howry/K. Hill).  CS–Church (3,2nd base by Harden/K. Hill).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–3:20.  A–51,174.

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