Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 5, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 2008 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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Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 5 1 2 1
Tejada ss 5 0 0 0
Pence rf 5 1 1 0
Lee lf 4 1 1 2
Blum 1b 4 2 2 2
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 1 1
Erstad cf 4 1 4 1
Quintero c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 2 0 0 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Berkman 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 5 2 3 4
Theriot ss 3 2 1 0
Lee 1b 5 2 4 1
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1
Johnson cf 3 1 1 1
DeRosa 2b 5 1 3 3
Fukudome rf 4 0 0 1
Blanco c 3 1 1 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Marquis pr 0 1 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
Harden p 3 1 1 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Fontenot ph 0 0 0 0
  Soto ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 15 11
Houston 010 022 2007110
Chicago 240 000 50x11151
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez   5.0 9 6 6 2 1
  Sampson  L(5-4) 1.1 4 3 3 1 0
  Wright   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Brocail   1.1 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
2
2
2
1
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Harden   5.2 8 5 4 1 8
  Howry  W(4-4) 1.1 2 2 2 0 2
  Wood   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Marmol   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–DeRosa (8).  DP–Houston 1. Tejada-Matsui-Blum.  2B–Chicago Lee (30,off Rodriguez); DeRosa 2 (19,off Rodriguez,off Sampson); Blanco (2,off Rodriguez); Soriano (16,off Sampson).  3B–Houston Matsui (3,off Harden).  HR–Houston Wigginton (11,5th inning off Harden 0 on 0 out); Blum (10,6th inning off Harden 1 on 1 out); Lee (26,7th inning off Howry 1 on 2 out), Chicago Soriano (20,7th inning off Brocail 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Johnson (5,off Rodriguez); Fukudome (3,off Sampson).  HBP–Johnson (11,by Rodriguez).  IBB–Ward (3,by Sampson).  Team–8.  CS–Blum (1,2nd base by Harden/Blanco).  SB–Theriot (17,2nd base off Brocail/Quintero).  U-HP–Adrian Johnson, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Laz Diaz.  T–2:46.  A–40,416.
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