Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Cubs
Extended Box How They Scored Game Story
NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 3
CHICAGO CUBS 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x 7 7 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: PIT - FRANK BROOKS, NELSON FIGUEROA (2ND), MARK COREY (5TH), JOHN
GRABOW (7TH), BRIAN MEADOWS (8TH) AND JASON KENDALL
CHN - GREG MADDUX, RYAN DEMPSTER (8TH), LATROY HAWKINS
(9TH) AND PAUL BAKO
WP - GREG MADDUX (14-9)
LP - FRANK BROOKS (0-1)
SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: PIT - NONE
CHN - NEIFI PEREZ (3) OFF FRANK BROOKS IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
SAMMY SOSA (30) OFF FRANK BROOKS IN THE 1ST, 1 ON
MOISES ALOU (35) OFF BRIAN MEADOWS IN THE 8TH, 0 ON
TIME: 2:23 ATT: 38,326
PROBABLES: PIT - JOSH FOGG (9-10, 5.03)
CHN - MATT CLEMENT (9-12, 3.49)
Extended BoxPITTSBURGH (2) VS CHICAGO CUBS (7) - FINAL PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Kendall c 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .312 J Wilson ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .308 D Ward 1b 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 .255 C Wilson rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .268 J Bay lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .297 T Redman cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .276 T Wigginton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260 J Castillo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 c-B Hill ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 F Brooks p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 N Figueroa p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 a-A Nunez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .246 M Corey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-J House ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 J Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B Meadows p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 d-R Mackowiak ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Totals 35 2 8 2 1 4 10 a-doubled to right for N Figueroa in the 5th; b-grounded to second for M Corey in the 7th; c-struck out swinging for J Castillo in the 9th; d-grounded to second for B Meadows in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - J Bay (22, G Maddux); A Nunez (8, G Maddux); C Wilson (31, G Maddux); D Ward (16, R Dempster). RBI - D Ward 2 (55). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Wigginton 1, J Kendall 1, D Ward 1, T Redman 2. Team LOB - 7. BASERUNNING: SB - J Bay (3, 2nd base off R Dempster/P Bako). FIELDING: E - J Wilson 2 (15, ground ball, throw); T Wigginton (21, ground ball). CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Patterson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 N Perez ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .246 A Ramirez 3b 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .313 M Alou lf 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 .289 D Lee 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .291 S Sosa rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 .255 M Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308 P Bako c 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .207 G Maddux p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 R Dempster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-T Walker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .274 L Hawkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 7 7 7 3 4 7 a-struck out swinging for R Dempster in the 8th. BATTING: HR - N Perez (3, 1st inning off F Brooks 0 on, 1 Out), S Sosa (30, 1st inning off F Brooks 1 on, 1 Out), M Alou (35, 8th inning off B Meadows 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - N Perez (35), D Lee 3 (89), S Sosa 2 (68), M Alou (92). 2-out RBI - D Lee. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Walker 1, S Sosa 1. Team LOB - 5. ----------------------------------------------------- PITTSBURGH - 000 000 020 -- 2 CHICAGO CUBS - 500 010 01x -- 7 ----------------------------------------------------- PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era F Brooks (L, 0-1) 1 3 5 4 1 1 2 4.22 N Figueroa 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.03 M Corey 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 3.95 J Grabow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.17 B Meadows 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3.59 CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era G Maddux (W, 14-9) 7 5 0 0 1 2 0 3.51 R Dempster 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4.50 L Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.65 Pitches-strikes: F Brooks 41-26; N Figueroa 30-19; M Corey 34-20; J Grabow 7-6; B Meadows 20-12; G Maddux 92-65; R Dempster 23-16; L Hawkins 16-11. Ground balls-fly balls: F Brooks 1-1; N Figueroa 5-3; M Corey 2-3; J Grabow 1-2; B Meadows 1-1; G Maddux 11-8; R Dempster 3-0; L Hawkins 1-0. Batters faced: F Brooks 8; N Figueroa 10; M Corey 9; J Grabow 3; B Meadows 6; G Maddux 27; R Dempster 6; L Hawkins 3. UMPIRES: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Paul Schrieber. 3B--Jerry Layne. T--2:23. Att--38,326. Weather: 83 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, out to left.
How They ScoredCHICAGO CUBS 1ST: C Patterson flied out to center. N Perez homered to left. A Ramirez walked. M Alou safe at first on throwing error by shortstop J Wilson, A Ramirez advanced to second on play, A Ramirez to third, M Alou to second on throwing error by shortstop J Wilson. D Lee singled to left center, A Ramirez and M Alou scored. S Sosa homered to left center, D Lee scored. M Grudzielanek grounded out to second. P Bako struck out looking. (5 Runs, 3 Hits, 2 Errors) PITTSBURGH 0, CHICAGO CUBS 5. CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: M Corey relieved N Figueroa. C Patterson struck out swinging. N Perez grounded out to pitcher. A Ramirez safe at first on error by third baseman T Wigginton. M Alou walked, A Ramirez to second. D Lee singled to right, A Ramirez scored, M Alou to third. S Sosa flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) PITTSBURGH 0, CHICAGO CUBS 6. PITTSBURGH 8TH: R Dempster relieved G Maddux. J Kendall singled to center. J Wilson reached on infield single to third, J Kendall to second. D Ward doubled to deep left, J Kendall and J Wilson scored. C Wilson grounded out to third. J Bay grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Ward out at third. J Bay stole second. T Redman grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CHICAGO CUBS 6. CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: B Meadows relieved J Grabow. M Alou homered to center. D Lee grounded out to third. S Sosa flied out to center. M Grudzielanek singled to right. P Bako walked, M Grudzielanek to second. T Walker hit for R Dempster. T Walker struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) PITTSBURGH 2, CHICAGO CUBS 7.
Game StoryCHICAGO (Ticker) -- Greg Maddux threw seven scoreless innings as the Chicago Cubs stayed in the thick of the National League wild card race with a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Maddux (14-9) took advantage of five early runs scored off Pirates rookie starter Frank Brooks (0-1). The win moved the Cubs to within one-half game of the wild card-leading San Francisco Giants, who were idle Monday. The importance of the win increased after the game when the club announced that it will be without shortstop Nomar Garciaparra for at least the next five games due to a groin strain. "We got the MRI results back and it verifies what I thought was wrong," Garciaparra said. "I have a mild groin strain, nothing is torn, but it will take some time. I will miss at least five to seven games. From there we will re-evaluate it again. I can't say for sure when I did it, but it was coming on for about a week." Recording his 303rd career win, Maddux yielded five hits and issued one walk. The win was his first at Wrigley Field since July 22, a span of five starts. "The key was defense," Maddux said. "Everybody was making nice plays. Sometimes you can throw it down the middle and the other team hits it hard but it goes right at somebody. Well, that happened a lot tonight." "He's a future Hall of Famer and he pitched good," Pittsburgh shortstop Jack Wilson said about Maddux. "Everything we hit went right at somebody. He's always tough and when he's gets a five-run cushion it's even tougher to come back on him." Derrek Lee drove in three runs and Sammy Sosa added two for Chicago, which posted its third consecutive win over the Pirates. Lee delivered a two-run single and Sosa hit his 30th home run of the season in a five-run first, chasing Brooks from the contest. "He (Brooks) did get some balls up and that helped us and that opened up some things and we were off to the races," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "The main thing was that Greg was sharp and we played excellent defense." Sosa, who collected his 569th career homer, has reached the 30-homer plateau in each of the last 10 seasons. Brooks, who made his first major league start after six relief appearances, gave up five runs - four earned - and three hits in the first - his only inning. "Obviously it wasn't very good, when you only go one inning," Brooks said. "I hoped to go at least four or five innings, but I left my pitches up and they just hit them." Daryle Ward got Pittsburgh on the board in the eighth inning with a two-run double. The Pirates have dropped five straight road games.
