Chicago Cubs 5–3 New York Mets: MLB regular season, 29 March 2000

The game

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Mets 5–3 at Tokyo Dome on 29 March 2000 in the mlb regular season.

The visiting Chicago Cubs scored 5 runs, while the home New York Mets finished with 3. The winning margin was 2 runs.

How the scoring developed

In inning 1, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 1–0 New York Mets. In inning 3, New York Mets scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 1–1 New York Mets.

In inning 5, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 2–1 New York Mets. In inning 7, Chicago Cubs scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 4–1 New York Mets.

In inning 8, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half and New York Mets scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 5–3 New York Mets.

Pitching decisions

Jon Lieber was credited with the pitching win. Mike Hampton was charged with the loss.

Rick Aguilera recorded the save. The win, loss and save are the pitcher decisions recorded for this game.

Hits, errors and innings

Chicago Cubs finished with 12 hits and 2 errors, alongside 5 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

New York Mets finished with 7 hits and 0 errors, alongside 3 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

The season and series

The season record shown with this result was Chicago Cubs 1 wins and 0 losses.

The season record shown with this result was New York Mets 0 wins and 1 losses.

Inning by inning