Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 25, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 2004 at Minute Maid Park. 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 0, Houston Astros 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
Martinez ss 4 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0
Hollandsworth rf 2 0 1 0
Lee 1b 3 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
Bako c 3 0 1 0
Zambrano p 1 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
  Dubois 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 4 1 1 0
Everett ss 3 1 2 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Kent 2b 2 1 1 2
Berkman lf 4 1 1 2
Lamb 3b 4 0 3 0
Chavez c 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro rf 2 1 1 1
  Hidalgo rf 0 0 0 0
Oswalt p 3 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Chicago 000 000 000030
Houston 010 030 10x590
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  L (4-2) 5.0 8 4 4 3 5
  Beltran   1.2 1 1 1 0 2
  Remlinger   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Wuertz   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (3-3) 7.0 3 0 0 1 8
  Miceli   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Dotel   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
11

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Everett (9,off Beltran).  HR–Houston Palmeiro (3,2nd inning off Zambrano 0 on, 2 out); Berkman (11,5th inning off Zambrano 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Everett (11,off Zambrano).  SF–Kent (7,off Beltran).  Team–7.  SB–Bako (1,2nd base off Oswalt/Chavez); Everett 2 (5,2nd base off Zambrano/Bako,3rd base off Beltran/Bako).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Matt Hollowell, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:30.  A–40,154.
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