Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 17, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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 4, Houston Astros 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lawton lf 4 1 1 0
Walker 2b 4 0 2 0
Lee 1b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 1
Garciaparra ss 2 1 1 1
  Perez ss 2 0 1 0
Patterson cf 4 1 0 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 1 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Barrett c 2 0 1 1
Zambrano p 3 1 1 1
  Hollandsworth rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 4 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
Berkman lf 3 1 0 0
Ensberg 3b 3 0 1 0
Lamb 1b 4 0 0 1
  Bruntlett pr 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro rf 4 0 0 0
  Burke pr 0 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Oswalt p 1 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 1
Chicago 101 100 100492
Houston 000 200 000230
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W (10-5) 8.1 3 2 1 3 10
  Dempster  SV (18) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
1
4
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  L (14-10) 7.0 8 4 4 0 6
  Wheeler   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gallo   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
6

  E–Garciaparra (5), Perez (10).  DP–Houston 1. Everett-Biggio-Lamb.  2B–Houston Biggio (33,off Zambrano).  HR–Chicago Zambrano (1,3rd inning off Oswalt 0 on 0 out); Garciaparra (2,4th inning off Oswalt 0 on 1 out).  SF–Ramirez (2,off Oswalt); Barrett (4,off Oswalt).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Oswalt (6,off Zambrano).  Team–6.  CS–Barrett (2,2nd base by Oswalt/Ausmus).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:21.  A–29,978.
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