Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
September 27, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 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 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 1
Lugo ss 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 0 0
Berkman lf 4 1 1 0
Hidalgo cf,rf 4 2 2 0
Merced rf 2 1 0 0
  Barker pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 1 1 3
Eusebio c 3 1 1 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Reynolds p 2 0 1 2
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Ausmus c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 0 0 0
Sosa rf 5 3 4 1
McGriff 1b 4 1 2 2
White lf 3 0 1 1
  Meyers pr 0 1 0 0
  Mueller 3b 0 0 0 0
Tucker cf 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  DeShields ph 0 0 0 0
  Machado c 0 0 0 0
Ojeda 3b 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph,lf 1 0 0 1
Tapani p 2 0 0 0
  Girardi c 0 0 0 0
  Stairs ph 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Houston 020 013 000670
Chicago 101 000 030582
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (13-10) 6.1 4 2 2 4 1
  Jackson   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Williams   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Dotel   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wagner  SV (38) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
6
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  L (9-14) 6.0 7 6 6 2 4
  Van Poppel   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
5
8

  E–Young (12), Sosa (6).  DP–Houston 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Berkman (50,off Tapani); Eusebio (7,off Tapani), Chicago McGriff (7,off Reynolds).  HR–Houston Castilla (23,6th inning off Tapani 2 on, 1 out), Chicago Sosa (59,1st inning off Reynolds 0 on, 2 out); McGriff (10,8th inning off Jackson 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Reynolds (8,off Tapani); DeShields (2,off Williams).  SF–Biggio (6,off Tapani).  IBB–Eusebio (3,by Tapani).  SB–Hidalgo (2,2nd base off Tapani/Hundley); Biggio (6,2nd base off Farnsworth/Machado).  IBB–Tapani (6,Eusebio).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Mark Barron, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–3:02.  A–38,154.
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