Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
September 8, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2000 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 13, Chicago Cubs 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno lf 5 2 2 1
Lugo 2b 6 1 5 0
Bagwell 1b 5 2 1 0
Hidalgo cf 4 4 3 3
Alou rf 2 0 2 0
  Berkman rf 3 1 1 0
Meluskey c 3 1 2 2
  Chavez c 2 1 1 1
Truby 3b 2 1 1 3
  Slusarski p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Bogar ss 4 0 1 0
Miller p 3 0 1 2
  Cabrera p 1 0 0 0
  Valdes p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 20 12
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 6 2 2 0
Gutierrez ss 4 2 1 1
Sosa rf 3 1 1 3
Grace 1b 2 0 0 0
  Zuleta ph,1b 2 1 1 2
Gload lf 4 1 1 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Buford cf 4 1 2 3
Greene 3b 4 1 1 1
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Brown lf 1 0 0 0
Girardi c 2 0 0 0
  Mahoney c 1 1 0 0
  Reed ph 1 0 1 0
Tapani p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold p 0 0 0 0
  Rain p 1 0 0 0
  Huson ph 1 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 10 10
Houston 401 501 02013202
Chicago 000 005 32010100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  W (5-5) 5.1 5 5 5 4 6
  Cabrera   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Valdes   1.0 0 2 2 1 0
  Slusarski   1.1 3 0 0 1 2
  Dotel  SV (12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
7
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  L (8-12) 3.1 10 7 7 3 2
  Arnold   0.1 4 3 3 1 0
  Rain   2.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Farnsworth   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Spradlin   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Worrell   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
20
13
13
5
7

  E–Chavez (1), Bogar (12).  DP–Houston 1, Chicago 3.  2B–Houston Hidalgo (34,off Tapani), Chicago Zuleta (3,off Slusarski).  HR–Houston Cedeno (6,4th inning off Tapani 0 on, 0 out); Chavez (1,6th inning off Rain 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Gutierrez (11,6th inning off Miller 0 on, 0 out); Buford (15,6th inning off Miller 2 on, 1 out); Greene (10,6th inning off Miller 0 on, 1 out); Sosa (47,7th inning off Cabrera 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Truby 2 (4,off Tapani,off Spradlin).  HBP–Zuleta (2,by Miller); Mahoney (1,by Valdes).  IBB–Sosa (18,by Slusarski).  SB–Cedeno (24,3rd base off Tapani/Girardi); Lugo (14,2nd base off Tapani/Girardi); Berkman (6,3rd base off Spradlin/Mahoney); E Young 2 (49,2nd base off Cabrera/Chavez,2nd base off Slusarski/Chavez).  CS–Lugo (8,2nd base by Tapani/Girardi).  WP–Spradlin (1).  HBP–Miller (2,Zuleta); Valdes (4,Mahoney).  IBB–Slusarski (3,Sosa).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Tony Randazzo, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:35.  A–34,439.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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