Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
September 29, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 2001 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 2, Chicago Cubs 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 1 0 0
Lugo ss 3 0 1 1
  Linebrink p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Truby ph 1 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 1
Berkman lf 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf 3 0 1 0
Merced rf 3 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 1 0
Mlicki p 1 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 2 1 0 0
Gutierrez ss 2 0 1 2
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 2
White lf 3 1 1 1
  Patterson cf 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 1 1 1
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
Tucker cf,lf 4 1 2 0
Ojeda 3b 2 1 1 0
Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Meyers ph 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Stairs ph 0 0 0 0
  Girardi ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 7 6
Houston 000 020 000240
Chicago 410 100 00x671
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  L (7-2) 4.0 5 6 6 4 4
  Linebrink   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Stone   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Villone   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
4
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (12-6) 6.0 3 2 2 3 5
  Van Poppel   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Mahay   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Weathers   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Fassero   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
10

  E–Gutierrez (15).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Ausmus (23,off Wood); Hidalgo (27,off Weathers).  HR–Chicago McGriff (11,1st inning off Mlicki 1 on, 2 out); White (16,1st inning off Mlicki 0 on, 2 out); Hundley (11,1st inning off Mlicki 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Biggio (26,by Wood); White (7,by Linebrink); Meyers (3,by Linebrink).  SH–Gutierrez (16,off Mlicki); Wood 2 (13,off Mlicki 2).  SF–Gutierrez (9,off Mlicki).  SB–Merced (5,2nd base off Wood/Hundley); DeShields (11,2nd base off Mlicki/Ausmus).  WP–Wood (8), Mahay (1).  HBP–Linebrink 2 (2,White,Meyers); Wood (10,Biggio).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Mark Barron.  T–3:05.  A–37,641.
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