Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 14, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 2009 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 2, Chicago Cubs 17

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McCutchen cf 2 0 1 0
  Salazar ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ss 1 0 0 0
Jones 1b 4 1 2 0
Young 2b 3 0 1 0
Milledge lf 4 0 0 0
Moss rf 3 1 1 1
LaRoche 3b 3 0 1 0
Jaramillo c 4 0 1 1
Morton p 0 0 0 0
  Bootcheck p 2 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Theriot ss 6 2 3 1
Fuld cf 3 3 2 0
Lee 1b 3 2 3 7
  Fontenot 2b 2 0 0 0
Fox 3b,lf 4 2 2 2
Fukudome rf 4 2 1 3
Soriano lf 3 1 1 1
  Miles ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Baker 2b,1b 5 1 1 2
Hill c 5 2 2 0
Wells p 3 2 2 1
  Caridad p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Soto ph 1 0 1 0
  Gregg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 17 18 17
Pittsburgh 000 200 000270
Chicago 4100 300 00x17180
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  L(2-6) 1.0 7 10 10 3 1
  Bootcheck   2.1 7 7 7 2 3
  Jackson   4.2 4 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
18
17
17
6
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W(9-5) 6.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Caridad   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Grabow   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Gregg   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Cruz-Jones, Chicago 2. Baker-Theriot-Lee, Theriot-Fontenot-Baker.  2B–Pittsburgh Jaramillo (13,off Wells), Chicago J. Fox (10,off Morton); Lee 2 (24,off Bootcheck 2); Wells (2,off Jackson); Soto (11,off Jackson).  3B–Chicago Fuld (1,off Morton); Hill (2,off Morton).  HR–Chicago Fukudome (10,1st inning off Morton 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Fuld (1,by Bootcheck).  Team–7.  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Laz Diaz, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:37.  A–41,619.
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