Chicago Cubs vs Florida Marlins
October 12, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 2003 at Pro Player Stadium. The Florida Marlins 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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Chicago Cubs 0, Florida Marlins 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Alou lf 3 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 2 0 0 0
Simon 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0
Bako c 3 0 0 0
Zambrano p 1 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 4 0 1 0
Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 1 1
Cabrera rf 2 1 1 0
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 4 1 2 2
Conine lf 3 1 1 1
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Beckett p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Chicago 000 000 000020
Florida 000 020 11x480
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  L (0-1) 5.0 5 2 2 4 5
  Veres   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Alfonseca   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
5
5
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  W (1-0) 9.0 2 0 0 1 11
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
11

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  HR–Florida Lowell (2,5th inning off Zambrano 1 on, 2 out); Rodriguez (2,7th inning off Veres 0 on, 1 out); Conine (1,8th inning off Remlinger 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cabrera (1,by Zambrano).  WP–Zambrano (1).  HBP–Zambrano (1,Cabrera).  U–Larry Poncino, Mike Reilly, Jerry Crawford, Chuck Meriwether, Mike Everitt, Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:42.  A–65,279.
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