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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-09-30 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 43458 · 67°F, sunny · Wind from RF · 2:24

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. Todd Ritchie earned the win and Mike Williams picked up the save. Kevin Young went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	11
PIT	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		4	7

W: Todd Ritchie L: Ruben Quevedo SV: Mike Williams

Umpires — HP: Ed Montague · 1B: Jerry Layne · 2B: Ted Barrett · 3B: Tony Randazzo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Young	2	0	0	0	0	0
Augie Ojeda	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	5	0	2	0	0	2
Mark Grace	5	0	0	0	0	0
Roosevelt Brown	3	1	2	1	0	0
Corey Patterson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Willie Greene	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Mahoney	3	0	2	1	1	0
Ruben Quevedo	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Huson	3	0	2	0	0	0
Jeff Reed	0	0	0	0	1	0
Damon Buford	0	0	0	0	1	0
Shane Andrews	1	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Zuleta	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Gload	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ricky Gutierrez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adrian Brown	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jason Kendall	4	1	1	1	0	0
Brian Giles	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Vander Wal	2	1	1	1	1	0
Kevin Young	4	1	1	2	0	1
Warren Morris	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Benjamin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Meares	3	0	1	0	0	0
Todd Ritchie	1	0	0	0	1	1
Adam Hyzdu	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Quevedo	5.0	6	1	2
Jamie Arnold	2.0	1	0	0
Felix Heredia	1.0	0	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Ritchie	7.0	9	1	3
Scott Sauerbeck	0.2	0	2	0
Rich Loiselle	0.1	0	0	0
Mike Williams	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eric Young: 4/P4
Augie Ojeda: E4/G4
Sammy Sosa: S9/G4.1-2
Mark Grace: 9/F89M
Roosevelt Brown: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Adrian Brown: S7/L7S
Jason Kendall: D7/L5.1-H
Brian Giles: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
John Vander Wal: 8/SF/F8LD+.3-H
Kevin Young: 63/G6S

Top 2

Corey Patterson: 7/F7D+
Willie Greene: 31/G34
Mike Mahoney: S9/L4D
Ruben Quevedo: 53/G56

Bot 2

Warren Morris: 43/G4S
Mike Benjamin: 8/F8RM
Pat Meares: 53/G56

Top 3

Eric Young: 4/L4
Augie Ojeda: S7/L78S
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 8/F78XD+

Bot 3

Todd Ritchie: W
Adrian Brown: 36(1)/FO/G3
Jason Kendall: 8/F8RS
Brian Giles: 4/P4M

Top 4

Roosevelt Brown: S8/G4M
Corey Patterson: K
Willie Greene: 7/F7M+
Mike Mahoney: 8/F78M+

Bot 4

John Vander Wal: S/F7S
Kevin Young: HR/F7D+.1-H
Warren Morris: 31/G3
Mike Benjamin: 9/F89M
Pat Meares: D9/L9LM
Todd Ritchie: K/C

Top 5

Ruben Quevedo: K/C
Jeff Huson: S/G4M
Augie Ojeda: 9/F9LD
Sammy Sosa: S/G6S.1-2
Mark Grace: 43/G4S

Bot 5

Adrian Brown: K/C
Jason Kendall: 8/F8LD
Brian Giles: D/F8LD+
John Vander Wal: 3/G

Top 6

Roosevelt Brown: HR/F8RXD+
Corey Patterson: S9/G34
Willie Greene: 23.1-2
Mike Mahoney: D/L8RM.2-H
Jeff Reed: W
Jeff Huson: 6(1)3/GDP/G6MS

Bot 6

Kevin Young: 7/F7S
Warren Morris: S8/G4
Mike Benjamin: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 7

Augie Ojeda: 6/P6D
Sammy Sosa: 43/G4-
Mark Grace: 8/F8RS

Bot 7

Pat Meares: 63/G6S
Adam Hyzdu: 6/P6
Adrian Brown: 43/G4S

Top 8

Damon Buford: W
Corey Patterson: 4(1)/FO/G4M
Shane Andrews: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Mike Mahoney: W.1-2
Julio Zuleta: 53/G5-

Bot 8

Jason Kendall: 7/F7D+
Brian Giles: 63/G6S
John Vander Wal: W
Kevin Young: K

Top 9

Jeff Huson: D9/L9LS
Ross Gload: S/L56.2-3
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 5/P5
Ricky Gutierrez: 63/G6S