Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 5, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 2009 at Citi Field. 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 5, New York Mets 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Fukudome cf 4 1 1 0
Theriot ss 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 3 3 3
Ramirez 3b 4 1 1 2
Bradley rf 4 0 0 0
Baker 2b 4 0 2 0
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
Scales lf 2 0 1 0
  Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 0
  Fox ph 1 0 0 0
  Blanco 2b 0 0 0 0
Hill c 4 0 0 0
Harden p 2 0 0 0
  Fuld lf 2 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Pagan cf 5 0 1 0
Castillo 2b 5 0 2 0
Wright 3b 4 0 1 1
Murphy 1b 5 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 0 1 0
Sullivan lf 2 2 1 1
Thole c 4 0 2 0
Hernandez ss 2 0 1 1
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdez ss 0 0 0 0
Figueroa p 2 0 0 0
  Takahashi p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis ph 1 1 1 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Santos ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed ph 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Chicago 000 220 010591
New York 010 100 1003100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Harden  W(9-8) 5.0 7 2 1 1 10
  Gorzelanny   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Heilman   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Grabow   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Marmol  SV(9) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
4
13
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L(2-4) 6.0 7 4 4 2 8
  Takahashi   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Dessens   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Feliciano   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
9

  E–Harden (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Gorzelanny-Theriot-Lee.  2B–Chicago Scales (3,off Figueroa); Fuld (4,off Feliciano).  HR–Chicago Ramirez (12,4th inning off Figueroa 1 on 0 out); Lee 2 (29,5th inning off Figueroa 1 on 2 out,8th inning off Dessens 0 on 0 out), New York Sullivan (2,2nd inning off Harden 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Wright (5,off Heilman).  Team–10.  CS–Fukudome (9,2nd base by Figueroa/Thole).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Adrian Johnson.  T–3:00.  A–38,759.
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