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Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee Brewers

2003-09-05 · Night game · Miller Park · Att: 42909 · 69°F, sunny · Wind 16 mph · 2:45

Chicago Cubs defeated Milwaukee Brewers 4–2. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 1st. Juan Cruz earned the win and Joe Borowski picked up the save. Sammy Sosa went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6
ML4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6

W: Juan Cruz L: Ben Sheets SV: Joe Borowski

Umpires — HP: Gerry Davis · 1B: Ed Rapuano · 2B: Kevin Kelley · 3B: Mark Carlson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Grudzielanek	3	2	1	0	1	0
Sammy Sosa	4	1	2	2	0	0
Eric Karros	4	0	0	0	0	1
Aramis Ramirez	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Goodwin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	1	1
Damian Miller	4	0	0	0	0	1
Juan Cruz	3	0	1	0	0	2

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Scott Podsednik	4	2	1	0	1	1
Keith Ginter	4	0	3	1	0	0
Brady Clark	2	0	1	0	2	0
Richie Sexson	3	0	1	1	0	1
Mark Smith	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wes Helms	4	0	0	0	0	2
Keith Osik	3	0	0	0	1	2
Bill Hall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Sheets	2	0	0	0	0	1
Peter Zoccolillo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brooks Kieschnick	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Juan Cruz	6.2	6	3	6
Antonio Alfonseca	0.1	0	1	1
Kyle Farnsworth	1.0	0	0	1
Joe Borowski	1.0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ben Sheets	7.0	6	1	4
Luis Vizcaino	1.0	0	1	1
Mike Crudale	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: S4/G4MD
Mark Grudzielanek: 8/F8RD
Sammy Sosa: HR/F8RXD+.1-H
Eric Karros: 9/F89D+
Aramis Ramirez: S6/G6MD
Tom Goodwin: 8!/F8RS

Bot 1

Scott Podsednik: D8/F8LXD+
Keith Ginter: 63/G6
Brady Clark: S7/L6D.2-3
Richie Sexson: E4/G4+.3-H;1-3
Mark Smith: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 2

Alex Gonzalez: W
Damian Miller: K
Juan Cruz: K
Kenny Lofton: 8/P8RS+

Bot 2

Wes Helms: K
Keith Osik: K
Bill Hall: 3/P34S+

Top 3

Mark Grudzielanek: D7/G5+
Sammy Sosa: S8/L89S.2-3
Eric Karros: 5!/L5+
Aramis Ramirez: 5!3/G5S-.3-H;1-2
Tom Goodwin: 8/F8LM

Bot 3

Ben Sheets: K
Scott Podsednik: K
Keith Ginter: S7/G6+
Brady Clark: W.1-2
Richie Sexson: HP.2-3;1-2
Mark Smith: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 4

Alex Gonzalez: HP
Damian Miller: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+
Juan Cruz: S6/G6S-
Kenny Lofton: 7/F7M

Bot 4

Wes Helms: 7/F78M
Keith Osik: W
Bill Hall: 5/P5SF/FL
Ben Sheets: 2/INT

Top 5

Mark Grudzielanek: 5/P25+
Sammy Sosa: 63/G6+
Eric Karros: 53/G56

Bot 5

Scott Podsednik: 63/G6MS
Keith Ginter: S7/L5D+
Brady Clark: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+

Top 6

Aramis Ramirez: 43/G4+
Tom Goodwin: K
Alex Gonzalez: 9/F89XD+

Bot 6

Richie Sexson: S7/G5+
Mark Smith: K
Wes Helms: 7/F8LXD+
Keith Osik: K

Top 7

Damian Miller: 63/G6M
Juan Cruz: K
Kenny Lofton: 5/P5F/FL

Bot 7

Bill Hall: 7/F78D+
Peter Zoccolillo: 9/F9M+
Scott Podsednik: W
Keith Ginter: SB2
Keith Ginter: D7/G5+.2-H
Brady Clark: W
Richie Sexson: K

Top 8

Mark Grudzielanek: W
Sammy Sosa: 7/F78M+
Eric Karros: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Eric Karros: K
Aramis Ramirez: WP.3-H(NR)(UR)
Aramis Ramirez: 2/P2RF+/FL

Bot 8

Mark Smith: 53/G5+
Wes Helms: K
Keith Osik: 63/G6+

Top 9

Tom Goodwin: 43/G4
Alex Gonzalez: K
Damian Miller: 8/F8RM

Bot 9

Bill Hall: K
Brooks Kieschnick: 43/G4
Scott Podsednik: 8/F8LXD

Notes & reviews

Bill Hall batted out of turn for the first pitch, then Keith Osik came up (correct batter) with 1-0 count
Ben Sheets called for interference
Debut game for Peter Zoccolillo

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