Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
July 29, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 2009 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 0, Chicago Cubs 12

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 0 1 0
Keppinger 3b 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Lee lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Blum 1b,ss 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0
Matsui 2b 3 0 3 0
Hampton p 1 0 0 0
  Kata ph 1 0 0 0
  Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 2 1 1 0
  Fukudome cf 3 0 0 0
Theriot ss 3 2 1 0
  Blanco ss 1 1 1 1
Lee 1b 3 1 1 2
  Hoffpauir 1b 1 1 1 0
Ramirez 3b 3 2 2 2
  Fontenot ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Bradley rf 4 2 2 1
Soriano lf 3 1 1 3
  Fox ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Baker 2b,3b 4 1 1 0
Hill c 5 0 2 1
Wells p 2 0 0 0
  Atkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 14 12
Houston 000 000 000061
Chicago 610 200 12x12142
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L(6-8) 4.0 8 9 9 4 1
  Norris   3.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Brocail   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
12
12
6
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W(7-4) 8.0 6 0 0 2 1
  Atkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
1

  E–Bourn (2), Theriot (12), Baker (2).  DP–Chicago 4. Baker-Theriot-Lee, Lee-Theriot-Lee, Theriot-Baker-Lee, Blanco-Hoffpauir.  2B–Chicago Theriot (18,off Hampton); Lee (18,off Hampton); Baker (4,off Norris).  3B–Chicago Hoffpauir (1,off Brocail).  HR–Chicago Soriano (19,1st inning off Hampton 2 on 1 out); Ramirez (9,2nd inning off Hampton 0 on 2 out); Blanco (1,8th inning off Brocail 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Wells (4,off Hampton).  SF–Lee (4,off Hampton); J. Fox (5,off Norris).  IBB–Ramirez (1,by Hampton).  Team–8.  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–CB Bucknor, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:34.  A–41,538.
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