Cubs 6, NY Mets 3
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cubs « 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 1 NY Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 
Cubs AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Mark Grudzielanek 2B 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .833 Alex Gonzalez SS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 Sammy Sosa RF 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 .429 Moises Alou LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .455 Eric Karros 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Corey Patterson CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 Mark Bellhorn 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 Paul Bako C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Mark Prior P 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500   Troy O`Leary PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Kyle Farnsworth P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Mike Remlinger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Dave Veres P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 6 9 2 0 0 6 4 7     NY Mets AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Roger Cedeno CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 Jay Bell 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 Roberto Alomar 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Cliff Floyd LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 Ty Wigginton 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Jeromy Burnitz RF 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Vance Wilson C 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .286 Rey Sanchez SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Steve Trachsel P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000   Timo Perez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333   Jaime Cerda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Tsuyoshi Shinjo PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Scott Strickland P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Mike Bacsik P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Mo Vaughn PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 33 3 7 1 0 0 3 3 9  
E–M.Prior. LOB–Cubs 2, NY Mets 6. 2B–M.Grudzielanek, M.Alou,
J.Burnitz. DP–Chicago 1 (Grudzielanek and Karros); New York 2 (Trachsel and
Bell), (Floyd and Wilson).Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Mark Prior (W 1-0) 6.0 4 1 1 2 7 0 105-70 1.50 Kyle Farnsworth 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14-10 0.00 Mike Remlinger 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18-11 0.00 Dave Veres 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 25-14 18.00   NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Steve Trachsel (L 0-1) 5.0 9 5 5 2 1 0 91-51 9.00 Jaime Cerda 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22-16 0.00 Scott Strickland 1.0 0 1 1 2 1 0 22-11 9.00 Mike Bacsik 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11-7 27.00
IBB–off S.Strickland (S.Sosa).
WP–S.Trachsel, S.Strickland.
T–2:53. A–17244.
Umpires–Home,Kerwin Danley; First, Bill Welke; Second, John Hirschbeck; Third, Wally Bell.
How they scored
Cubs first: Grudzielanek doubled to left. Gonzalez singled to center, Grudzielanek to third. On Trachsel’s wild pitch, Gonzalez to second. Sosa singled to left, Grudzielanek scored, Gonzalez scored. Alou lined into a double play, pitcher Trachsel to first baseman Bell, Sosa out. Karros flied out to center fielder Cedeno. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 2, Mets 0
Mets second: Wigginton struck out. Burnitz infield single to third. Wilson singled to center, Burnitz to third. Sanchez grounded out, second baseman Grudzielanek to first baseman Karros, Burnitz scored, Wilson to second. Trachsel struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 2, Mets 1
Cubs third: Prior infield single to short. Grudzielanek singled to right, Prior to second. Gonzalez singled to center, Prior to third, Grudzielanek to second. Sosa infield single to third, Prior scored, Grudzielanek to third, Gonzalez to second. Alou doubled to left, Grudzielanek scored, Gonzalez scored, Sosa to third. Sosa was out advancing, center fielder Cedeno to shortstop Sanchez to catcher Wilson, Sosa out, Alou to third. Karros flied into a double play, left fielder Floyd to catcher Wilson, Alou out. 3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 5, Mets 1
Cubs eighth: Strickland pitching. Grudzielanek walked on a full count. On Strickland’s wild pitch, Grudzielanek to second. Gonzalez grounded out, third baseman Wigginton to first baseman Bell, Grudzielanek to third. Sosa was intentionally walked. Alou grounded out, third baseman Wigginton to first baseman Bell, Grudzielanek scored, Sosa to second. Karros struck out. 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 6, Mets 1
Mets ninth: Veres pitching. Floyd grounded out, second baseman Grudzielanek to first baseman Karros. Wigginton singled to center. Burnitz doubled to right, Wigginton to third. Wilson singled to center, Wigginton scored, Burnitz scored. Sanchez flied out to right fielder Sosa. Vaughn pinch-hitting for Bacsik. Vaughn popped out to shortstop Gonzalez. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 6, Mets 3.
