Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
September 25, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1998 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, Houston Astros 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 3 0 2 0
Morandini 2b 3 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 1
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Houston c 3 1 2 1
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Karchner p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Tapani p 2 0 0 0
  Haney p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ss 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0
  Blauser ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 0 1 0
Spiers 3b 4 2 2 0
Bell rf 4 2 3 2
Bagwell 1b 4 1 3 1
Alou lf 2 0 1 1
Everett cf 2 0 0 1
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 1 0
Lima p 1 0 0 1
  Clark ph 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
  Meluskey ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 11 6
Chicago 010 100 000250
Houston 200 111 10x6110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  L (19-9) 6.0 8 5 5 3 2
  Haney   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Karchner   0.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  W (16-8) 7.0 5 2 2 0 5
  Elarton   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Johnson 2 (8,off Lima 2), Houston Bagwell (33,off Tapani).  3B–Houston Ausmus (4,off Tapani).  HR–Chicago Houston (9,2nd inning off Lima 0 on, 2 out); Sosa (66,4th inning off Lima 0 on, 0 out), Houston Bell (22,1st inning off Tapani 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Morandini (4,off Lima).  SF–Lima (1,off Tapani); Everett (2,off Tapani).  IBB–Alou (10,by Tapani).  SB–Bagwell (19,3rd base off Tapani/Houston).  CS–Biggio (8,2nd base by Tapani/Houston).  WP–Lima (4).  IBB–Tapani (4,Alou).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:38.  A–51,831.
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