Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
July 20, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 2006 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 1, Chicago Cubs 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Burke 2b,ss 3 0 0 1
Lamb 1b,2b 3 0 0 0
Berkman rf 3 0 0 0
Huff 3b 2 0 0 0
Scott lf 4 0 2 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Everett ss 2 0 0 0
  Munson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Taveras cf 4 1 1 0
Pettitte p 1 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 4 1 1 0
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Barrett c 3 1 2 2
Ramirez 3b 4 1 1 1
Nevin 1b 2 0 0 0
Murton lf 3 0 1 1
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Jones rf 4 0 0 0
Theriot 2b 3 0 0 0
Zambrano p 3 0 0 0
  Pagan lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Houston 000 000 010130
Chicago 102 010 00x460
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  L (8-10) 5.0 6 4 4 4 6
  Borkowski   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
4
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W (10-3) 8.0 2 1 1 4 10
  Dempster  SV (16) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
5
10

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Perez (11,off Pettitte).  HR–Chicago Barrett (10,3rd inning off Pettitte 0 on 1 out); Ramirez (17,3rd inning off Pettitte 0 on 1 out).  SF–Burke (2,off Zambrano).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:38.  A–40,208.
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