Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs
April 5, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 2012 at Wrigley Field. The Washington Nationals 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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Washington Nationals 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Desmond ss 5 1 3 1
Espinosa 2b 3 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 2 0 0 0
LaRoche 1b 3 0 0 0
  Clippard p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Werth rf 3 0 0 1
DeRosa lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Bernadina cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Ramos c 4 0 0 0
Strasburg p 2 0 0 0
  Tracy ph,1b 2 0 1 0
  Carroll pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus rf 4 0 1 0
Barney 2b 4 0 0 0
Castro ss 4 0 1 0
Soriano lf 3 0 1 0
  Johnson lf 1 0 0 0
Stewart 3b 4 1 1 0
  Mather pr 0 0 0 0
Baker 1b 3 0 1 0
Byrd cf 4 0 1 1
Soto c 3 0 0 0
Dempster p 2 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  DeWitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Washington 000 000 011241
Chicago 000 100 000161
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Strasburg   7.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Clippard  W(1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lidge  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster   7.2 2 1 1 3 10
  Wood   0.1 0 0 0 3 0
  Marmol  L(0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
0
0

  E–Espinosa (1), Stewart (1).  DP–Washington 1. Zimmerman-Espinosa-LaRoche.  2B–Washington Tracy (1,off Marmol).  3B–Chicago Stewart (1,off Lidge).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  SB–Desmond (1,2nd base off K. Wood/Soto).  CS–Soriano (1,3rd base by Strasburg/Ramos).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–2:35.  A–41,176.
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