Opening Day Boxscore

It's the first game of the Dusty era kiddies! The honeymoon with Dusty was outstanding. At that time I would have never imagined where we find ourselves today.

This opener at Shea wasn't just Dusty's first with the Cub it was billed as the coming out party for a young 5-tool centerfielder for the Cubs. Corey Patterson, going 4-6 with 2 HR and 7 RBi, had arrived. Take a look at who started the game that day. Yes, he was healthy one spring(not this one nor this one)! Actually this was one of two consecutive Opening Day starts for Kerry. The dreams and ambitions for Baker, Patterson, and Wood may be gone, but we still have the boxscore from a grand opener on a chilly March day in Queens.

Thanks as always to retrosheet.org for this boxscore.

Chicago Cubs 15, New York Mets 2

DayGame Played on
Monday, March 31, 2003 (D) at Shea Stadium
CHI N 4 0 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 - 15 16 0
NY N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 2

BATTING
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Grudzielanek 2b 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 2
Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Gonzalez ss 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 2
Sosa rf 2 3 1 1 3 0 0 0
Harris rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 3 2 2 2 2 0 1 0
Goodwin pr,lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Choi 1b 4 3 1 0 2 2 11 0
Bellhorn 3b 3 2 1 4 2 0 0 2
Patterson cf 6 2 4 7 0 1 3 0
Miller c 6 0 0 0 0 1 12 1
Wood p 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karros ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guthrie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 40 15 16 15 12 6 27 11

BATTING -
2B: Gonzalez (1,off T. Glavine); Alou (1,off T. Glavine); Choi (1,off T. Glavine).
3B: Bellhorn (1,off Bacsik).
HR: Patterson 2 (2,6th inning off Bacsik 2 on, 1 out,7th inning off Bacsik
1 on, 2 out).
SF: Bellhorn (1,off Bacsik).
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING -
SB: Bellhorn (1,2nd base off Strickland/Piazza).
CS: Patterson (1,2nd base by T. Glavine/Piazza).

New York Mets AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0
Alomar 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 6
Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Floyd lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Piazza c 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 1
Phillips 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Vaughn 1b 3 1 1 0 0 2 11 1
Bell 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wigginton 3b 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Burnitz rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 5
T. Glavine p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Strickland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McEwing ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bacsik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lloyd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 4 2 3 12 27 17

FIELDING -
DP: 2.
E: Weathers (1), Floyd (1).

BATTING -
2B: Burnitz 2 (2,off Wood,off Borowski).
HBP: Wigginton (1,by Wood).
Team LOB: 6.

PITCHING
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR
Wood W(1-0) 5 2 2 2 3 5 0
Cruz 2 1 0 0 0 6 0
Guthrie 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Borowski 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9 4 2 2 3 12 0

New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR
T. Glavine L(0-1) 3.2 8 5 5 4 2 0
Strickland 1.1 2 1 1 2 1 0
Bacsik 2 4 9 9 5 2 2
Lloyd 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Weathers 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9 16 15 15 12 6 2

HBP: Wood (1,Wigginton).
Umpires: John Hirschbeck, Wally Bell, Kerwin Danley, Bill Welke
Time of Game: 3:29 Attendance: 53586


BTW: Wasn't this the series where Ronnie's piece caught on fire? I think it was game two of the series. That is one of the funniest Ron and Pat moments I remember.