New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
June 26, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 2012 at Wrigley 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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New York Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Nieuwenhuis cf 3 0 0 0
  Hampson p 0 0 0 0
  Batista p 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Wright 3b 3 0 0 1
Duda rf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
  Quintanilla 2b 1 0 0 0
Hairston lf 4 1 1 0
Murphy 2b,1b 4 1 1 0
Thole c 4 1 2 1
Gee p 1 0 1 1
  Cedeno ph 1 0 1 0
  Hefner p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 1 0
  Torres pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 5 1 2 0
Castro ss 4 1 1 0
Rizzo 1b 4 0 2 1
Soriano lf 2 0 0 1
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
LaHair rf 3 1 0 0
  Mather rf 0 0 0 0
Valbuena 3b 4 0 2 1
Barney 2b 4 1 2 1
Clevenger c 4 1 2 0
Wells p 1 0 0 0
  Maine p 1 0 0 0
  Russell p 1 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 12 4
New York 020 100 000381
Chicago 003 100 01x5122
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gee  L(5-6) 5.0 9 4 4 2 6
  Hefner   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Byrdak   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hampson   0.1 2 1 0 0 0
  Batista   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   3.0 6 3 3 4 3
  Maine  W(1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Russell   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Camp   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Marmol  SV(5) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
2

  E–Tejada (4), Valbuena 2 (5).  2B–New York Davis (9,off Wells), Chicago Valbuena (3,off Gee); Rizzo (1,off Gee).  SH–Nieuwenhuis (2,off Maine).  SF–Wright (2,off Maine).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–Soriano 2 (5,by Gee,by Hefner).  Team–9.  SB–Hairston (4,2nd base off Maine/Clevenger); Torres (6,2nd base off Camp/Clevenger).  CS–Nieuwenhuis (3,2nd base by Wells/Clevenger).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Manny Gonzalez, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:17.  A–34,064.
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