New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 5, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 2010 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 18, Chicago Cubs 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Pagan rf 6 1 2 3
Hernandez 2b 7 1 3 1
Beltran cf 4 2 2 1
Davis 1b 6 3 4 3
Hessman 3b 4 2 1 0
Duda lf 2 1 0 0
  Evans ph,lf 3 1 1 0
Thole c 5 3 2 0
Tejada ss 4 2 2 5
Niese p 4 0 2 2
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Arias ph 1 1 1 1
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
  Carter ph 1 1 1 2
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 18 21 18
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baker 2b 3 1 3 0
  DeWitt ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Castro ss 4 0 0 0
Byrd cf 3 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 3
  Hill 3b 0 0 0 0
Nady 1b 4 0 1 0
Soriano lf 3 0 1 0
Colvin rf 4 1 1 0
Soto c 2 1 1 2
Dempster p 2 0 0 0
  Maine p 0 0 0 0
  Mateo p 0 0 0 0
  Barney ph 1 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Diamond p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffpauir ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
New York 020 050 15518210
Chicago 102 100 1005101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Niese  W(9-7) 6.0 8 5 5 3 4
  Dessens   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Parnell   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Acosta   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster  L(12-10) 4.2 9 7 3 4 5
  Maine   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Mateo   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Russell   0.2 5 5 5 1 0
  Diamond   1.0 4 5 5 3 2
  Marshall   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
21
18
14
9
8

  E–Colvin (6).  DP–New York 4. Hessman-Hernandez-Davis, Hessman-Hernandez-Davis, Davis-Tejada, Davis-Tejada-Davis, Chicago 1. Baker-Castro-Nady.  2B–New York Thole (5,off Dempster); Davis (27,off Maine); Hessman (2,off Russell); Pagan (28,off Russell).  3B–Chicago Colvin (4,off Niese).  HR–New York Tejada (1,7th inning off Mateo 0 on 0 out); Davis (17,8th inning off Russell 1 on 0 out), Chicago Ramirez (22,3rd inning off Niese 1 on 2 out); Soto (16,7th inning off Niese 0 on 0 out).  SF–Tejada (3,off Dempster); Soto (3,off Niese).  IBB–Hessman (1,by Maine).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–DeWitt (4,by P. Feliciano).  Team–5.  SB–Hernandez (1,3rd base off Dempster/Soto); Beltran (3,2nd base off Dempster/Soto).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–3:27.  A–40,788.
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