Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves
August 31, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2001 at Turner Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 8, Atlanta Braves 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 1 3 1
Mueller 3b 3 0 1 1
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 1 1 1
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
Tucker cf,lf 5 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 2 2 1
Stairs lf 2 1 1 2
  Patterson pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Hundley c 4 1 2 1
  Machado c 1 0 0 0
Cruz p 3 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  DeShields ph 1 1 1 1
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Coomer ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Giles 2b 3 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 5 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 3 0 1 0
Jordan rf 2 0 0 0
  Gilkey rf 1 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 2 1 1 0
Lopez c 4 1 2 2
Helms 1b 4 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 2 0
Burkett p 1 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Chicago 100 202 0308120
Atlanta 000 101 000260
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cruz  W (2-1) 6.0 4 2 2 3 1
  Weathers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Van Poppel   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Mahay   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals 9.0 6 2 2 5 6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  L (11-9) 5.2 7 5 5 4 7
  Ligtenberg   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Reed   1.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Cabrera   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 12 8 8 6 9

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Hundley (10,off Reed); Mueller (9,off Reed), Atlanta Surhoff (27,off Cruz); C Jones (27,off Van Poppel).  3B–Chicago Gutierrez (3,off Burkett).  HR–Chicago Stairs (13,6th inning off Burkett 1 on, 0 out), Atlanta Lopez (14,6th inning off Cruz 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Sosa (6,by Burkett); Jordan (5,by Cruz).  IBB–Stairs (7,by Burkett); McGriff (3,by Reed).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Burkett (5,off Cruz).  Team–9.  SB–Young 2 (29,2nd base off Burkett/Lopez 2); DeShields (8,2nd base off Reed/Lopez).  CS–C Jones (7,2nd base by Cruz/Hundley).  HBP–Cruz (2,Jordan); Burkett (5,Sosa).  IBB–Burkett (10,Stairs); Reed (3,McGriff).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Andrew Fletcher.  T–3:06.  A–37,045.

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