Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 1, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 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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Chicago Cubs 3, Houston Astros 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston 2b 5 0 2 0
Perez ss 3 1 1 0
Patterson cf 4 0 1 0
Lee 1b 3 1 1 2
Ramirez 3b 5 0 1 0
Burnitz rf 5 0 2 0
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 0 0
Barrett c 4 0 2 0
Prior p 2 1 1 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 1 0
  Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Macias ph 1 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 5 2 2 0
Biggio 2b 5 2 2 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 1
Lamb lf 5 1 2 5
Lane rf 4 1 1 0
Ensberg 3b 2 1 1 0
Everett ss 4 1 1 3
Chavez c 4 1 1 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 0 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 9
Chicago 002 100 0003121
Houston 100 071 00x9112
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Prior  L (3-1) 5.0 7 8 8 3 7
  Rusch   2.0 4 1 1 2 2
  Ohman   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
6
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (4-2) 5.0 10 3 2 2 1
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Harville   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Franco   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
2
3
3

  E–Hairston (1), Everett 2 (2).  DP–Houston 1. Harville-Everett-Bagwell.  2B–Chicago Ramirez (7,off Oswalt); Prior (1,off Oswalt); Hairston (6,off Oswalt), Houston Ensberg (4,off Rusch).  3B–Houston Biggio (1,off Rusch).  HR–Chicago Lee (8,3rd inning off Oswalt 1 on 1 out), Houston Lamb (1,5th inning off Prior 3 on 2 out); Everett (2,5th inning off Prior 2 on 2 out).  SH–Perez (3,off Oswalt); Patterson (2,off Oswalt).  HBP–Perez (2,by Harville).  Team LOB–13.  IBB–Bagwell (1,by Rusch).  Team–8.  SB–Taveras (8,2nd base off Prior/Barrett).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Rob Drake, 3B–Laz Diaz.  T–2:52.  A–38,014.
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