Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 22, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 2002 at Enron 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 1, Houston Astros 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bellhorn 2b 4 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 4 0 1 0
Sosa rf 3 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Stynes ph 1 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 1 2 1
  Brown lf 1 0 0 0
Alou lf 3 0 0 0
  Echevarria 1b 1 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 0 2 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Girardi c 3 0 1 0
Smyth p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran p 1 0 0 0
  Cunnane p 1 0 0 0
  Hermansen rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 1 1
Biggio 2b 5 1 2 1
Berkman lf 4 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 2 1
  Zinter 1b 1 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 1 1 0 0
  Merced rf 2 1 2 1
Vizcaino 3b 3 1 1 1
Ausmus c 3 1 2 3
Everett ss 4 0 1 0
Oswalt p 2 0 1 1
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 13 9
Chicago 000 000 100170
Houston 600 021 00x9131
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Smyth  L (1-2) 0.1 4 6 6 3 0
  Beltran   2.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Cunnane   2.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Farnsworth   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Alfonseca   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
5
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (16-6) 8.0 5 1 1 1 6
  Cruz   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
7

  E–Biggio (6).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Chicago Girardi (8,off Oswalt); Patterson (24,off Oswalt); Stynes (8,off Cruz), Houston Berkman (31,off Beltran).  3B–Houston Bagwell (2,off Farnsworth).  HR–Chicago McGriff (28,7th inning off Oswalt 0 on, 0 out), Houston Ausmus (6,1st inning off Smyth 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Oswalt 2 (5,off Beltran 2).  SF–Vizcaino (2,off Smyth); Merced (2,off Farnsworth).  WP–Smyth (2).  U-HP–Lazaro Diaz, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–2:55.  A–29,152.
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