Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 24, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 2002 at Enron 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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Chicago Cubs 5, Houston Astros 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 5 2 2 0
Hill 2b 2 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Stynes 2b 1 1 1 0
Sosa rf 3 2 1 1
McGriff 1b 5 0 2 2
Alou lf 4 0 1 2
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 5 0 1 0
Girardi c 3 0 1 0
Ojeda ss 4 0 1 0
Lieber p 3 0 0 0
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  DeShields 2b 1 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 6 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 5 2 3 2
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Ensberg ph 0 0 0 0
Berkman cf,lf 3 0 1 1
Bagwell 1b 6 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 2 1
  Hunter pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Zaun c 4 0 1 0
Blum 3b 5 1 1 0
Redding p 2 0 1 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 11 4
Chicago 200 000 010 025100
Houston 100 000 011 014110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber   7.2 6 2 2 3 4
  Fassero   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca   1.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Mahomes  W (1-0) 1.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Borowski  SV (2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
11
4
4
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding   7.0 5 2 2 2 4
  Dotel   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Wagner  L (0-1) 2.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
11.0
10
5
5
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Houston 2.  2B–Chicago Ojeda (4,off Redding); Mueller (1,off Redding); Patterson (8,off Dotel), Houston Ward (14,off Lieber).  HR–Houston Biggio (5,1st inning off Lieber 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hill 2 (2,off Redding,off Dotel); Vizcaino (1,off Alfonseca).  SF–Alou (1,off Redding); Sosa (2,off Dotel).  IBB–Berkman (9,by Alfonseca).  SB–Patterson (11,2nd base off Redding/Zaun); Biggio (5,2nd base off Alfonseca/Girardi).  IBB–Alfonseca (1,Berkman).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:23.  A–30,059.
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