Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 2, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 2000 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros 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 1, Chicago Cubs 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 2 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Ward lf 3 1 1 1
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Meluskey c 4 0 0 0
Spiers ss 3 0 0 0
Lima p 2 0 1 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
  Berkman ph 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 1 2 0
Grace 1b 4 1 3 1
Sosa rf 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez lf 3 3 2 0
Greene 3b 4 2 4 4
  Williams p 1 0 1 1
Buford cf 4 2 1 0
Girardi c 4 1 1 3
Wood p 3 1 1 2
  Andrews 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 16 11
Houston 000 001 000141
Chicago 041 050 01x11160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  L (1-5) 4.2 13 10 9 3 5
  Cabrera   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Powell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Henry   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
11
10
3
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (1-0) 6.0 3 1 1 4 4
  Williams  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
6
6

  E–Bagwell (1).  2B–Houston Eusebio (2,off Williams), Chicago Rodriguez 2 (6,off Lima,off Henry); Greene (1,off Lima); Grace (5,off Lima); Williams (1,off Henry).  HR–Houston Ward (6,6th inning off Wood 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Wood (1,2nd inning off Lima 1 on, 1 out); Greene (1,5th inning off Lima 1 on, 0 out); Girardi (1,5th inning off Lima 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Cedeno (1,off Wood); Buford (3,off Lima).  SB–Cedeno (10,2nd base off Wood/Girardi); Grace (1,3rd base off Lima/Meluskey); Rodriguez (1,2nd base off Lima/Meluskey).  CS–Sosa (2,2nd base by Lima/Meluskey).  WP–Wood (1).  U-HP–Mike Fichter, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:39.  A–38,121.
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