Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
September 23, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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."

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Chicago Cubs 6, Houston Astros 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 3 3 4
McGriff 1b 3 1 1 1
  Meyers pr 0 0 0 0
  Stairs 1b 0 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
Tucker cf 2 1 1 0
  Machado ph 1 0 0 0
Ojeda 3b 4 0 1 1
Lieber p 1 0 0 0
  Girardi c 2 0 1 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 2 1
Lugo ss 4 1 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 2 1
Berkman lf 3 1 2 2
Alou rf 4 1 2 2
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 0
Hidalgo cf 3 0 1 0
Ausmus c 3 1 1 0
Redding p 1 0 1 1
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 12 7
Chicago 200 112 000680
Houston 012 100 30x7120
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber   5.0 8 4 4 3 3
  Tavarez   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Mahay   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Weathers  L (4-5) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Farnsworth   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
5
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding   5.0 6 6 6 1 4
  Stone   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Williams  W (6-4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Wagner  SV (37) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Houston 1.  PB–Hundley (6).  2B–Chicago Ojeda (5,off Redding); Tucker (18,off Stone), Houston Berkman (49,off Lieber); Bagwell (38,off Tavarez); Hidalgo (25,off Weathers).  HR–Chicago Sosa 3 (58,1st inning off Redding 1 on, 1 out,4th inning off Redding 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Redding 0 on, 0 out); McGriff (9,6th inning off Redding 0 on, 0 out), Houston Berkman (33,3rd inning off Lieber 1 on, 1 out); Alou (27,7th inning off Weathers 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Lieber (9,off Redding); Redding (1,off Lieber).  CS–Biggio (4,2nd base by Farnsworth/Girardi).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:05.  A–43,057.
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