Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
May 22, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 2002 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hermansen cf 4 0 1 0
Wilson J. ss 4 0 0 0
Giles lf 4 1 3 1
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
  Benjamin pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Mackowiak rf 2 1 0 0
  Wilson C. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 1 1
Young 1b 2 1 0 0
Reese 2b 4 0 1 1
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 1
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Girardi c 5 1 2 1
Sosa rf 2 3 1 1
McGriff 1b 4 1 2 2
Alou lf 3 0 2 1
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 3 0 0 1
Hill 2b 4 0 0 0
Ojeda ss 2 1 1 0
Prior p 2 0 0 0
  Stynes ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis lf 1 1 1 1
Totals 31 7 9 7
Pittsburgh 010 001 110471
Chicago 201 020 02x790
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (2-5) 4.1 7 5 5 2 2
  Villone   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Fetters   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sauerbeck   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Prior  W (1-0) 6.0 4 2 2 2 10
  Mahomes   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Fassero   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Alfonseca  SV (7) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
11

  E–Young (4).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago McGriff (7,off D Williams); Ojeda (2,off D Williams); Lewis (2,off Sauerbeck); Girardi (3,off Sauerbeck).  3B–Chicago Alou (1,off D Williams).  HR–Pittsburgh Giles (9,6th inning off Prior 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Sosa (17,3rd inning off D Williams 0 on, 1 out).  SH–J Wilson (4,off Prior); Ojeda (4,off D Williams).  HBP–Kendall (1,by Prior); Patterson (3,by Villone).  SF–Mueller (3,off Villone).  IBB–Sosa (8,by D Williams).  SB–Giles (5,2nd base off Prior/Girardi); Brown (7,2nd base off Mahomes/Girardi); Hill (1,2nd base off D Williams/Kendall).  WP–D Williams (2).  HBP–Villone (2,Patterson); Prior (1,Kendall).  IBB–D Williams (2,Sosa).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–2:49.  A–40,138.
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