Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
July 20, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 2001 at Enron 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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Chicago Cubs 2, Houston Astros 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
DeShields lf 3 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 1 1
Stairs 1b 3 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 4 1 1 1
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Patterson cf 3 0 1 0
  Matthews ph 0 0 0 0
Girardi c 3 0 1 0
Lieber p 2 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Fyhrie p 0 0 0 0
  Machado ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Lugo ss 4 0 2 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 2 0
Berkman lf 4 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf 4 1 2 0
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 0
Ausmus c 2 1 0 0
Redding p 1 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 1 1 4
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Chicago 010 010 000271
Houston 000 050 00x5100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  L (12-5) 5.0 8 5 4 0 3
  Van Poppel   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Heredia   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Fyhrie   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
0
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding  W (3-0) 5.0 6 2 2 3 4
  Villone   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Dotel   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Wagner  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
7

  E–Young (9).  DP–Chicago 1, Houston 1.  PB–Girardi (5).  2B–Chicago Gutierrez (13,off Redding); Sosa (24,off Redding), Houston Biggio (23,off Lieber); Berkman (31,off Heredia).  HR–Chicago Coomer (6,2nd inning off Redding 0 on, 0 out), Houston Merced (5,5th inning off Lieber 3 on, 0 out).  SH–Ausmus (4,off Lieber).  SB–Young (21,2nd base off Redding/Ausmus); DeShields (3,2nd base off Redding/Ausmus).  CS–Young (11,3rd base by Redding/Ausmus).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Mark Barron.  T–2:59.  A–43,163.
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