Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
September 11, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1999 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 3, Houston Astros 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Porter cf 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  McNichol p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Meyers 2b 3 0 0 0
  Morandini ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Grace 1b 3 1 1 1
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez lf 3 1 1 1
Liniak 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
  Gaetti 3b 0 0 0 0
Nieves ss 3 0 0 1
Molina c 3 0 0 0
  Blauser ph 1 0 0 0
Bowie p 2 0 1 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 2 1
Bagwell 1b 3 1 0 0
Everett cf,rf 2 1 0 0
Caminiti 3b 2 0 1 1
Thompson rf 3 0 1 1
  Berkman pr,rf,lf 1 0 1 0
Mieske lf 4 0 0 0
  Bako c 0 0 0 0
Eusebio c 3 1 2 2
  Barker pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Lima p 2 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Chicago 000 100 110371
Houston 012 110 00x572
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bowie  L (1-6) 4.2 6 5 5 4 5
  Myers   2.1 0 0 0 2 2
  McNichol   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Sanders   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
8
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  W (20-7) 7.1 7 3 2 0 7
  Powell   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Wagner  SV (36) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
1
9

  E–Myers (1), Gutierrez (7), Thompson (1).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Rodriguez (29,off Lima).  HR–Houston Eusebio (4,4th inning off Bowie 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Nieves (2,off Lima); Grace (9,off Lima).  HBP–Everett (9,by Bowie).  CS–Gutierrez (5,3rd base by Bowie/Molina); Biggio (12,2nd base by Myers/Molina).  WP–Bowie (1).  BK–Bowie (1).  HBP–Bowie (2,Everett).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:41.  A–52,010.
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