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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 15, 2001
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on April 15, 2001 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | April 15, 2001 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 15, 2001 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Todd Ritchie |
Home Starting Pitcher | Kerry Wood |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 21,061 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Phil Cuzzi 1B: Bruce Froemming 2B: Greg Bonin 3B: Jerry Meals |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Derek Bell | Right Fielder |
John Vander Wal | First Baseman |
Brian Giles | Center Fielder |
Aramis Ramirez | Third Baseman |
Enrique Wilson | Second Baseman |
John Wehner | Left Fielder |
Abraham Nunez | Shortstop |
Todd Ritchie | Pitcher |
Lloyd McClendon | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eric Young | Second Baseman |
Bill Mueller | Third Baseman |
Roosevelt Brown | Left Fielder |
Sammy Sosa | Right Fielder |
Todd Hundley | Catcher |
Ricky Gutierrez | Shortstop |
Matt Stairs | First Baseman |
Damon Buford | Center Fielder |
Kerry Wood | Pitcher |
Don Baylor | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 15, 2001
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Wood
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Wood
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stairs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vander Wal vs. Wood
Vander Wal is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ritchie
Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Ritchie
There goes Young. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Nunez applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Ritchie
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Ritchie
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Ritchie
Sosa takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Hundley vs. Ritchie
Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Wood
Giles strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Wood
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wood
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Ritchie
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Ritchie
Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Wehner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Ritchie
Buford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wehner vs. Wood
Wehner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nunez vs. Wood
Nunez hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Ritchie vs. Wood
There's a wild pitch. Nunez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Ritchie vs. Wood
Ritchie hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Nunez scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Wood
Kendall is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Wood
Bell is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Ritchie
Wood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Ritchie
Young takes first base on ball four. Wood moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Ritchie
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ritchie fields it and throws to third for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Ritchie
Brown takes first base on ball four. Young moves to third. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Sosa vs. Ritchie
Sosa hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Hundley vs. Ritchie
Hundley strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vander Wal vs. Wood
Vander Wal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Giles vs. Wood
There goes Vander Wal. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Vander Wal steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Giles vs. Wood
Giles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Ramirez vs. Wood
Ramirez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Wood
Wilson strikes out. There goes Vander Wal. The throw from Hundley and Vander Wal is out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Ritchie
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Ritchie
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Ritchie
Buford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Wehner vs. Wood
Wehner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Nunez vs. Wood
There goes Wehner. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Wehner steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Nunez vs. Wood
Nunez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Ritchie vs. Wood
Wood spins and fires to second, and Wehner is picked off. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Ritchie vs. Wood
Ritchie is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Wood
Kendall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hundley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Ritchie
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Ritchie
Young hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Ritchie
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Ritchie
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Wehner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sosa vs. Ritchie
Sosa strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Wood
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Vander Wal vs. Wood
Vander Wal strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Wood
Giles is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Ritchie
Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutierrez vs. Ritchie
Gutierrez bunts towards first. Vander Wal scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gutierrez for the out. Hundley moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stairs vs. Ritchie
Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hundley moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Buford vs. Ritchie
Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ritchie fields it and throws to first for the out. Stairs moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Ritchie
Rondell White pinch hits for Kerry Wood.
White hits a line drive into center field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Duncan
Courtney Duncan now pitching.
Ramirez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hundley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Duncan
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Wehner vs. Duncan
Wehner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Sauerbeck
Brian Giles now playing left field. Emil Brown now playing center field. Scott Sauerbeck now pitching.
Young is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Sauerbeck
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Sauerbeck
Gary Matthews pinch hits for Roosevelt Brown.
Matthews takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Sosa vs. Wilkins
Marc Wilkins now pitching.
Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Wilkins
Hundley hits a line drive towards third. Ramirez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Wilkins
Gutierrez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wilson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nunez vs. Duncan
Gary Matthews now playing left field.
Nunez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Duncan
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Duncan
Kendall takes first base on ball four. Nunez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Fyhrie
Mike Fyhrie now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fyhrie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Williams
Keith Osik now playing right field. Mike Williams now pitching.
Stairs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Buford vs. Williams
Buford strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Zuleta vs. Williams
Julio Zuleta pinch hits for Mike Fyhrie.
Zuleta hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Brown. Zuleta reaches second base with a double. Stairs goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Williams
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Osik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Williams
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Osik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vander Wal vs. Farnsworth
Kyle Farnsworth now pitching.
Vander Wal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sosa throws the ball in to Gutierrez who tags Vander Wal trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Farnsworth
Giles is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Farnsworth
Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/15/2001 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Kendall J, c 3 0 0 0 Young E, 2b 4 1 2 1 Bell D, rf 4 0 0 0 Mueller B, 3b 5 1 2 0 Williams M, p 0 0 0 0 Brown R, lf 1 0 0 0 Vander Wal J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Matthews G, ph-lf 0 1 0 0 Giles B, cf-lf 4 0 0 0 Sosa S, rf 3 1 1 3 Ramirez A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Hundley T, c 4 0 1 0 Wilson E, 2b 3 0 0 0 Gutierrez R, ss 3 0 1 0 Wehner J, lf 3 0 1 0 Stairs M, 1b 4 1 2 0 Sauerbeck S, p 0 0 0 0 Buford D, cf 4 0 0 0 Wilkins M, p 0 0 0 0 Wood K, p 2 0 1 0 Osik K, rf 0 0 0 0 White R, ph 1 0 0 0 Nunez A, ss 2 1 2 0 Duncan C, p 0 0 0 0 Ritchie T, p 2 0 1 1 Fyhrie M, p 0 0 0 0 Brown E, cf 1 0 0 0 Zuleta J, ph 1 0 1 1 Farnsworth K, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28 1 5 1 32 5 11 5 Pittsburgh 001 000 000 -- 1 Chicago 000 010 31x -- 5 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Ritchie T 6.0 7 1 1 4 2 Sauerbeck S (L) 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 Wilkins M 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 Williams M 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Wood K 6.0 3 1 1 3 10 Duncan C (W) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 Fyhrie M 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Farnsworth K 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 2 LOB -- Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 9 2B -- Zuleta J HR -- Young E, Sosa S SB -- Vander Wal J, Wehner J CS -- Young E, Vander Wal J SH -- Gutierrez R WP -- Wood K T -- 2:56 A -- 21061
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