Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 24, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 2005 at Wrigley Field. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 2, Chicago Cubs 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 4 0 2 0
Self rf 2 1 0 0
Biggio 2b 4 1 2 0
  Bruntlett 2b 0 0 0 0
Berkman lf 4 0 1 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Lamb 1b 4 0 0 1
Ensberg 3b 4 0 0 1
Everett ss 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Clemens p 2 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston cf 3 1 0 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Lee 1b 3 1 0 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 1 2
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Barrett c 3 0 1 0
Dubois lf 3 1 1 0
  Patterson cf 0 0 0 0
Wilson 2b 2 0 0 0
Mitre p 2 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Hollandsworth ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Totals 29 4 5 3
Houston 000 200 000260
Chicago 000 000 04x450
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   5.0 2 0 0 1 6
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Qualls   1.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Lidge  L (1-2) 0.2 1 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
3
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Mitre   7.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Ohman   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz  W (3-2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Dempster  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Perez-Wilson-Lee.  2B–Houston Biggio (15,off Mitre); Everett (13,off Mitre); Taveras (5,off Ohman), Chicago Dubois (6,off Qualls).  SH–Self (1,off Ohman).  Team LOB–5.  Team–4.  SB–Perez (4,2nd base off Clemens/Ausmus).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–2:33.  A–38,805.
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