Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 2, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 2011 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Presley lf,cf 4 2 3 0
Harrison 3b 4 0 2 1
Walker 2b 3 1 0 0
McCutchen cf 0 0 0 0
  Tabata lf 4 0 1 1
Jones 1b 4 0 1 1
  Doumit ph 1 0 0 0
  Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0
Paul rf 3 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 3 0 1 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Leroux p 0 0 0 0
  Lincoln ph 1 0 0 0
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Wood 1b 0 0 0 0
McKenry c 4 0 0 0
Burres p 2 0 0 0
  d'Arnaud ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Castro ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0
Pena 1b 3 1 1 1
Soriano lf 4 0 0 0
Byrd cf 3 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Samardzija p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  DeWitt ph 1 0 0 0
Soto c 3 0 1 0
Barney 2b 3 0 0 0
Dempster p 2 0 1 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Colvin rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Pittsburgh 002 000 100380
Chicago 010 000 000152
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Burres  W(1-0) 5.1 5 1 1 1 5
  Grilli   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Leroux   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Veras   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hanrahan  SV(33) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
10
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster  L(10-11) 6.1 7 3 3 1 9
  Wood   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Marshall   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Samardzija   1.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Russell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
10

  E–Castro (25), Pena (8).  2B–Pittsburgh Harrison (10,off Dempster); Jones (28,off Dempster).  3B–Pittsburgh Presley 2 (5,off Dempster 2).  HR–Chicago Pena (25,2nd inning off Burres 0 on 0 out).  SH–Harrison (4,off Samardzija).  HBP–A. McCutchen (9,by Dempster).  Team LOB–11.  Team–5.  U-HP–D.J. Reyburn, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–3:24.  A–35,153.
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