Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
March 29, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 29, 2000 at Tokyo Dome. 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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Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 0 0
Buford cf 3 1 2 1
Grace 1b 3 1 1 1
Sosa rf 3 1 2 0
Rodriguez lf 3 0 0 0
  Brock lf 1 0 1 0
Andrews 3b 3 1 2 3
Nieves ss 5 0 1 0
  Huson ss 0 0 0 0
Girardi c 4 0 3 0
Lieber p 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Liniak ph 1 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 12 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Hamilton cf 3 0 0 1
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. 1b 1 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 3 1 1 0
Piazza c 4 1 2 2
Ventura 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Zeile 1b 4 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0
Hampton p 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Nunnally ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Chicago 100 010 2105122
New York 001 000 020370
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  W (1-0) 7.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Williams   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Aguilera  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L (0-1) 5.0 4 2 2 9 1
  Wendell   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Cook   1.1 3 2 2 0 2
  Rodriguez   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Franco   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
10
5

  E–Andrews 2 (2).  DP–Chicago 1, New York 4.  2B–Chicago Sosa (1,off Rodriguez), New York Alfonzo (1,off Lieber).  HR–Chicago Andrews (1,7th inning off Cook 1 on, 1 out); Grace (1,8th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 2 out), New York Piazza (1,8th inning off Williams 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Lieber (1,off Wendell); Hampton (1,off Lieber).  HBP–Grace (1,by Hampton).  SF–Hamilton (1,off Lieber).  SB–E Young (1,2nd base off Hampton/Piazza).  WP–Hampton (1).  HBP–Hampton (1,Grace).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–3:26.  A–55,000.
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