Atlanta Braves @ Chicago Cubs

95-65, 46-33 Away

Final

88-72, 44-36 Home


ATL
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	10	0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	8	2

BravesTop 1st
- K. Wood pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Strike Swinging
  3
  Ball
  4
  Fly Out
- J Drew safe at first on error by second baseman M Grudzielanek, M Giles to second.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
CubsBottom 1st
- M. Hampton pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
BravesTop 2nd
- K. Wood pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CubsBottom 2nd
- M. Hampton pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
BravesTop 3rd
- K. Wood pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CubsBottom 3rd
- M. Hampton pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
BravesTop 4th
- K. Wood pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CubsBottom 4th
- M. Hampton pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
BravesTop 5th
- K. Wood pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CubsBottom 5th
- M. Hampton pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
BravesTop 6th
- K. Wood pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CubsBottom 6th
- M. Hampton pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
BravesTop 7th
- K. Wood pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CubsBottom 7th
- T. Martin pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- J Dubois hit for K Wood.
  5
  1
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
BravesTop 8th
- M. Wuertz pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- J Franco hit for T Martin.
  5
  1
- D Wise stole second.
  5
  1
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CubsBottom 8th
- A. Alfonseca pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
BravesTop 9th
- M. Wuertz pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- K. Mercker pitching for CHC
  ATL
  CHC
- C Jones safe at first on error by second baseman M Grudzielanek.
  5
  1
- K. Mercker pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
CubsBottom 9th
- C. Reitsma pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- T Walker hit for M Grudzielanek.
  5
  1
- B Grieve hit for M Barrett.
  5
  1
- K. Gryboski pitching for ATL
  ATL
  CHC
- C Murray ran for B Grieve.
  5
  3
- J Macias hit for K Mercker.
  5
  3
- C Murray to third on wild pitch by K Gryboski.
  5
  3
- 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors

Braves
5
Cubs
4

Game 1

1/10

Braves
8
Cubs
6

Game 2

2/10

Braves
8
Cubs
10

Game 3

3/10

Wrigley Field

8:20 PM, 1 October 2004

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 38,795

Game Time:2:45

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ted Barrett
First Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
Second Base Umpire - Ed Rapuano
Third Base Umpire - Rick Reed

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Philadelphia	96	66	.593	-	W1
New York	83	79	.512	13	L1
Miami	79	83	.488	17	W1
Atlanta	76	86	.469	20	W1
Washington	66	96	.407	30	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Atlanta Braves @ Chicago Cubs

M. Hampton13-9

K. Wood8-9

K. Gryboski2

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Strike Swinging
3 Ball
4 Fly Out