Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 8, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1999 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 5 1 2 0
Bell rf 3 1 0 0
Everett cf 3 0 2 3
Mieske lf 4 0 2 1
  Hidalgo lf 1 0 0 0
Knorr c 3 0 2 0
  Bako ph,c 2 1 1 0
Bogar ss 5 1 1 0
Hampton p 3 0 1 0
  Spiers ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Totals 38 6 14 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Meyers cf 4 0 1 0
  Hill ph 0 0 0 0
Blauser 2b 3 0 0 1
  Houston ph 1 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 3 1 1 0
Nieves ss 4 0 2 0
Santiago c 3 1 1 0
Bowie p 1 0 0 1
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 0 0 0 0
  Rain p 0 0 0 0
  Serafini p 0 0 0 0
  Morandini ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Houston 003 010 0206140
Chicago 010 010 000270
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  W (16-3) 7.0 4 2 2 6 5
  Powell   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bowie  L (0-3) 5.1 10 4 4 3 5
  Beck   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Rain   1.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Serafini   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, Chicago 2.  PB–Santiago (9).  2B–Chicago Meyers (1,off Hampton).  HBP–Everett (8,by Serafini).  SB–Bagwell (23,3rd base off Bowie/Santiago).  WP–Hampton (4).  HBP–Serafini (1,Everett).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:04.  A–38,296.
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