Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
July 20, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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."

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Houston Astros 3, Chicago Cubs 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 4 1 1 1
Vizcaino 2b 4 0 0 0
Berkman cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 2 1 0 0
Ward lf 3 1 1 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 3 0 0 0
Blum 3b 3 0 1 2
Zaun c 3 0 1 0
  Wesson cf 0 0 0 0
Saarloos p 1 0 0 0
  Zinter ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Ausmus ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bellhorn 2b 4 2 2 0
Mueller 3b 3 0 1 0
Sosa rf 3 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 2 2
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 1 0
  Stynes ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Zambrano p 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Echevarria ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston 000 021 000341
Chicago 100 000 010260
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Saarloos  W (1-2) 5.0 4 1 1 0 7
  Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Stone   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Dotel   1.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Wagner  SV (18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
14
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  L (2-2) 7.0 3 3 3 1 10
  Fassero   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cruz   1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
2
13

  E–Zaun (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Hundley (3).  2B–Houston Ward (23,off Zambrano), Chicago Bellhorn (17,off Saarloos).  HR–Houston Lugo (7,6th inning off Zambrano 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Zambrano (1,off Saarloos).  HBP–Sosa (3,by Saarloos).  HBP–Saarloos (1,Sosa).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:47.  A–39,298.
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