Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
April 30, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 2005 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 5, Houston Astros 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 4 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
Perez ss 3 1 1 0
Patterson cf 4 1 1 0
Lee 1b 4 0 1 1
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 2 1 1 1
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 1 0
Barrett c 4 1 2 1
Wood p 1 0 0 0
  Dubois ph 1 1 1 2
  Bartosh p 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Novoa p 0 0 0 0
  Macias ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 4 1 1 1
Biggio 2b 5 0 0 0
  Bruntlett 2b 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 3 1
Lamb lf 4 2 2 1
Vizcaino ss 3 1 1 1
Lane rf 4 0 1 1
Ensberg 3b 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 1 2 2
Backe p 2 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Chicago 000 300 020580
Houston 300 100 30x7101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood   3.0 4 3 3 2 6
  Bartosh  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 4
  Remlinger   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wuertz   1.0 2 3 3 3 0
  Novoa   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
6
12
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  W (2-1) 7.0 6 4 4 2 8
  Qualls   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
9

  E–Biggio (3).  2B–Chicago Burnitz (7,off Backe), Houston Lane (9,off Wood); Taveras (2,off Bartosh); Lamb (4,off Wuertz).  3B–Houston Lamb (3,off Wood).  HR–Chicago Dubois (3,4th inning off Backe 1 on 2 out).  SF–Burnitz (3,off Qualls).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Backe 2 (2,off Bartosh,off Remlinger).  IBB–Vizcaino (1,by Wuertz); Ensberg (1,by Wuertz).  Team–9.  U-HP–Laz Diaz, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Marty Foster, 3B–Rob Drake.  T–2:34.  A–41,615.
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