Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
September 14, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 2008 at Miller 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 5, Houston Astros 0

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 4 1 2 1
Theriot ss 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 1 1 2
Ramirez 3b 4 1 1 1
Soto c 4 0 1 1
DeRosa rf,2b 3 0 0 0
Johnson cf 3 0 0 0
  Pie cf 1 0 0 0
Cedeno 2b 3 1 1 0
  Fukudome ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Zambrano p 3 1 1 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Erstad lf 4 0 0 0
Bourn cf 2 0 0 0
Tejada ss 3 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 3 0 0 0
Blum 3b 3 0 0 0
Pence rf 2 0 0 0
Newhan 2b 3 0 0 0
Quintero c 3 0 0 0
Wolf p 0 0 0 0
  Nieve p 1 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Saccomanno ph 1 0 0 0
  Cassel p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 0 0
Chicago 104 000 000570
Houston 000 000 000001
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano  W(14-5) 9.0 0 0 0 1 10
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf  L(10-12) 2.2 6 5 4 1 2
  Nieve   2.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Borkowski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Cassel   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Tejada (10).  DP–Chicago 1. Cedeno-Theriot-Lee.  2B–Chicago Lee (37,off Wolf); Soto (34,off Wolf).  HR–Chicago Soriano (28,1st inning off Wolf 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  HBP–Pence (3,by Zambrano).  Team–1.  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Mike Estabrook.  T–2:17.  A–23,441.
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