Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 31, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2002 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 4 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Berkman cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 2 2 0
Ward lf 4 0 0 0
  Hunter cf 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 2 4 4
Zaun c 3 0 1 0
Blum 3b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 0 1 0
  Hill 2b 0 0 0 0
Stynes 2b 3 0 0 0
  Patterson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Sosa rf 2 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
Alou lf 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 4 0 1 0
Bere p 2 0 0 0
  Bellhorn ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Houston 000 000 202470
Chicago 000 000 010140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  W (5-2) 7.0 3 0 0 5 7
  Dotel   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Wagner  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
5
10
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  L (1-8) 7.0 5 2 2 1 4
  Cruz   2.0 2 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Mueller (3,off Hernandez); McGriff (11,off Hernandez).  HR–Houston Hidalgo 2 (10,7th inning off Bere 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Cruz 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Sosa (19,8th inning off Dotel 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Zaun (1,2nd base off Cruz/Hundley).  CS–Berkman (1,3rd base by Cruz/Hundley).  BK–Hernandez (2).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:34.  A–38,169.
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