Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 12, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 2003 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros 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 0, Chicago Cubs 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 2 0 0 0
Blum 3b 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Kent 2b 4 0 1 0
Berkman lf 4 0 1 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Everett ss 3 0 1 0
Redding p 2 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Saarloos p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 3 0
Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 2
Sosa rf 3 0 1 0
Alou lf 4 1 1 0
Choi 1b 3 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1
Miller c 4 0 1 0
Ojeda 2b 3 0 0 0
Zambrano p 4 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Houston 000 000 000050
Chicago 200 001 00x390
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding  L (8-10) 6.0 7 3 3 3 2
  Stone   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Saarloos   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W (11-8) 9.0 5 0 0 2 10
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Houston Everett (11,off Zambrano), Chicago Lofton (24,off Redding).  HR–Chicago Gonzalez (15,1st inning off Redding 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Biggio (19,by Zambrano).  SH–Gonzalez (8,off Redding).  IBB–Ojeda (1,by Redding).  SB–Alou (3,2nd base off Redding/Ausmus).  WP–Redding (2).  HBP–Zambrano (8,Biggio).  IBB–Redding (4,Ojeda).  U-HP–Alfonso Marquez, 1B–Mike Fichter, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:24.  A–39,751.
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