Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 21, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2003 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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Chicago Cubs 3, Houston Astros 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Glanville cf 3 0 0 1
Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 0
Alou lf 4 0 2 2
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0
Karros 1b 3 1 1 0
Martinez 2b 4 0 2 0
Miller c 2 0 0 0
  Simon ph 1 0 0 0
Wood p 1 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 1 2 2
Berkman lf 5 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 3 1
Kent 2b 3 1 1 0
Blum 3b 5 3 3 0
Hidalgo rf 4 2 2 1
Ausmus c 4 0 2 2
Everett ss 4 0 1 1
Villone p 2 1 1 0
  Lane ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Miceli p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 16 7
Chicago 000 010 002372
Houston 021 230 01x9160
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  L (11-10) 4.0 6 5 5 2 5
  Veres   1.0 6 3 3 0 0
  Alfonseca   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Guthrie   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Remlinger   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
16
9
9
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Villone  W (5-2) 5.0 3 1 1 3 5
  White   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Miceli   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
6

  E–Sosa (2), Martinez (7).  DP–Chicago 2, Houston 3.  2B–Chicago Alou (31,off Miceli), Houston Hidalgo 2 (31,off Wood,off Veres); Ausmus (11,off Remlinger).  3B–Houston Berkman (5,off Wood).  HR–Houston Biggio (12,4th inning off Wood 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Glanville (1,off Villone); Ausmus (5,off Wood).  HBP–Gonzalez (5,by Miceli).  WP–Wood (8), Veres (3).  HBP–Miceli (2,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Lazaro Diaz, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–2:56.  A–29,555.
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