Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 25, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 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 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Patterson cf 3 1 0 0
Hill 2b 5 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 2 2 2
McGriff 1b 3 1 3 3
Alou lf 4 0 1 0
Mueller 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Girardi c 4 0 0 0
Wood p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 4 0 2 0
Biggio 2b 3 1 0 0
Berkman cf 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 2 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 1 1
Zaun c 4 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 3 0 0 0
Blum rf 3 0 0 0
Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 2 0 0 0
  Puffer p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 1 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Chicago 200 000 120580
Houston 000 000 001140
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  W (5-3) 9.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  L (3-6) 2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Cruz   4.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Puffer   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Borbon   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Stone   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Sosa (6,off Mlicki); McGriff 2 (9,off Mlicki,off Borbon), Houston Lugo (3,off Wood).  HR–Chicago McGriff (7,7th inning off Puffer 0 on, 0 out); Sosa (18,8th inning off Borbon 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bagwell 2 (3,by Wood 2); Biggio (11,by Wood).  HBP–Wood 3 (6,Bagwell 2,Biggio).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:26.  A–36,384.
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