Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 15, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 2001 at Wrigley Field. 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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Houston Astros 9, Chicago Cubs 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss,lf 7 0 3 1
Biggio 2b 6 1 3 2
Bagwell 1b 6 0 2 0
Berkman cf,rf 5 0 1 1
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
  Barker pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Hidalgo lf 6 1 2 1
  Hayes 3b 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b,ss 5 3 3 2
Ausmus c 4 2 1 0
Lima p 1 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 1 1 2
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 9 17 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 1 1
Gutierrez ss 5 2 1 0
Sosa rf 5 2 1 2
Coomer 3b 4 1 3 4
  Duncan p 0 0 0 0
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Buford cf 1 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 1 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Stairs 1b 4 0 1 0
Matthews cf,lf 5 1 0 0
Tapani p 1 0 0 0
  Aybar p 0 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 0 1 0 0
  Ojeda 3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 40 7 9 7
Houston 110 301 001 0029171
Chicago 200 030 200 000791
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima   5.0 6 5 2 2 1
  Dotel   2.0 1 2 2 3 3
  Powell   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Jackson  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Cruz  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
9
7
4
5
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani   4.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Aybar   3.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Duncan   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Fassero   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Farnsworth   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Gordon   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Van Poppel  L (1-1) 3.0 4 2 2 0 6
Totals
12.0
17
9
9
5
15

  E–Biggio (4), Hundley (3).  DP–Houston 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Houston Biggio (8,off Tapani); Berkman (9,off Tapani); Ausmus (7,off Tapani); Hidalgo 2 (9,off Tapani,off Gordon); Castilla 2 (2,off Tapani,off Van Poppel), Chicago Gutierrez (8,off Lima); Coomer 2 (2,off Lima,off Dotel).  3B–Houston Bagwell (1,off Van Poppel), Chicago Young (2,off Lima).  HR–Houston Castilla (1,6th inning off Aybar 0 on, 0 out); Eusebio (2,12th inning off Van Poppel 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Coomer (1,1st inning off Lima 1 on, 2 out); Sosa (13,5th inning off Lima 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Lima (1,off Tapani); Ausmus (2,off Van Poppel); Aybar (1,off Lima); Young (2,off Dotel).  HBP–Biggio (7,by Aybar).  SF–Young (3,off Lima).  SB–Barker (4,2nd base off Gordon/Hundley); Lugo (5,2nd base off Van Poppel/Hundley).  CS–Stairs (1,2nd base by Dotel/Ausmus).  WP–Jackson (1).  HBP–Aybar (2,Biggio).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–3:55.  A–31,648.
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