Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
July 20, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 2008 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."

"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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Chicago Cubs 9, Houston Astros 0

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Theriot ss 5 1 3 2
Fukudome rf 5 2 2 0
Lee 1b 5 1 2 3
Ramirez 3b 5 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 4 0 2 1
DeRosa lf 4 1 1 0
Soto c 4 1 0 0
Fontenot 2b 4 3 3 3
Dempster p 3 0 0 0
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 0 0 0
Erstad cf 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 0 2 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Blum 3b 4 0 1 0
Pence rf 3 0 1 0
Towles c 2 0 0 0
Backe p 2 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Newhan ph 1 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Paronto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Chicago 200 010 1059130
Houston 000 000 000061
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster  W(11-4) 8.0 6 0 0 1 7
  Marmol   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  L(6-10) 6.2 8 4 4 0 8
  Wright   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sampson   1.1 3 4 3 0 0
  Byrdak   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Paronto   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Blum (4).  DP–Chicago 1. Fontenot-Theriot-Lee, Houston 1. Matsui-Tejada-Berkman.  2B–Chicago Fukudome 2 (19,off Backe,off Byrdak); Lee (27,off Backe); DeRosa (16,off Sampson); Fontenot (14,off Sampson).  HR–Chicago Fontenot (8,5th inning off Backe 0 on 1 out).  SH–Dempster (12,off Backe).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–2:28.  A–41,461.
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