Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
April 29, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 2005 at Minute Maid Park. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Houston Astros 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 4 0 1 0
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 3 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 0
Burnitz rf 4 1 3 2
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 2 1
Barrett c 3 0 0 0
Maddux p 2 0 0 0
  Dubois ph 1 0 1 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Novoa p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 5 1 1 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 1
Lamb lf 3 0 1 1
Lane rf 4 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 3 0 1 0
Bruntlett ss 3 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
Clemens p 2 0 2 0
  Scott ph 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Chicago 020 000 1003100
Houston 101 000 000270
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (1-1) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Wuertz   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Ohman   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Novoa   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Hawkins  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (1-1) 7.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Springer   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Perez-Hairston-Lee.  2B–Chicago Hollandsworth 2 (4,off Clemens,off Wheeler); Burnitz (6,off Clemens); Dubois (3,off Clemens); Lee (9,off Springer), Houston Lamb (3,off Maddux).  HR–Chicago Burnitz (5,7th inning off Clemens 0 on 0 out), Houston Bagwell (3,3rd inning off Maddux 0 on 0 out).  SH–Barrett (1,off Wheeler).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  CS–Hairston (2,2nd base by Clemens/Ausmus).  U-HP–Rob Drake, 1B–Laz Diaz, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–2:47.  A–41,232.
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