Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 6, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, Chicago Cubs 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 1 1 0
Pence rf 3 1 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 1 1
Lee lf 4 1 1 3
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Blum ss 4 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 0 3 0
Erstad cf 4 0 0 0
Quintero c 4 0 1 0
Backe p 2 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 1 0 0 0
  Newhan lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 5 1 2 3
Theriot ss 4 1 1 0
  Cedeno ss 1 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 1 0 0
Ramirez 3b 3 2 1 0
  Fontenot ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 3 2 1 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Samardzija p 0 0 0 0
DeRosa 2b,3b 3 1 2 5
Fukudome rf 4 1 2 1
Soto c 1 1 0 1
Marquis p 3 1 1 1
  Johnson cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 11 11 11
Houston 004 000 000470
Chicago 018 200 00x11111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  L(6-11) 3.1 9 11 11 6 0
  Byrdak   3.2 2 0 0 0 4
  Hawkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis  W(7-7) 6.1 6 4 4 2 3
  Marshall   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Samardzija   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Ramirez (10).  DP–Chicago 1. Lee.  2B–Houston Wigginton (17,off Marquis); Matsui (21,off Marquis), Chicago Edmonds (15,off Backe); DeRosa (20,off Backe); Fukudome (22,off Backe); Marquis (3,off Backe); Johnson (17,off Byrdak).  HR–Houston Lee (27,3rd inning off Marquis 2 on 2 out), Chicago DeRosa (12,3rd inning off Backe 3 on 2 out); Soriano (21,3rd inning off Backe 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Soto (5,off Byrdak).  IBB–Soto (3,by Backe).  Team–6.  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Adrian Johnson.  T–2:57.  A–41,107.
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