Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 13, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, Chicago Cubs 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 4 1 0 0
Ensberg 3b 4 2 2 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0
Kent 2b 5 0 1 1
Hidalgo rf 3 1 1 2
Berkman lf 3 0 0 1
Zaun c 4 0 1 0
Everett ss 4 0 1 0
Robertson p 2 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 1 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 2 2 3
Karros 1b 3 1 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 1
Miller c 3 0 2 2
Ojeda 2b 4 0 0 0
Estes p 2 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Choi ph 1 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Houston 011 020 000482
Chicago 030 030 00x681
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  L (11-6) 4.0 6 5 5 1 3
  Miceli   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Gallo   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Stone   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
2
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Estes   4.1 5 4 2 5 4
  Guthrie  W (1-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Remlinger   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Borowski  SV (22) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
5
10

  E–Ensberg (7), Everett (12), Gonzalez (10).  2B–Houston Everett (12,off Estes); Ensberg (10,off Estes), Chicago Ramirez 2 (28,off Robertson,off Miceli); Miller (12,off Robertson).  HR–Houston Hidalgo (21,2nd inning off Estes 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Alou (18,5th inning off Miceli 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Berkman (3,off Guthrie).  HBP–Lofton (3,by Robertson).  SB–Porter (1,2nd base off Alfonseca/Miller).  CS–Bagwell (2,3rd base by Estes/Miller); Lofton (6,2nd base by Robertson/Zaun).  HBP–Robertson (4,Lofton).  U-HP–Mike Fichter, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–3:09.  A–39,631.
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