Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 21, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 2012 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs 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 4, Houston Astros 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus rf 4 1 2 1
Campana cf 4 0 1 0
Castro ss 5 0 2 0
LaHair 1b 3 0 0 0
  Lalli ph,1b 2 0 1 2
Soriano lf 3 0 0 0
  Mather lf 2 0 0 0
Stewart 3b 3 0 0 0
Cardenas 2b 4 1 2 0
Hill c 4 1 2 0
Garza p 1 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Wells p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 38 4 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0
Lowrie ss 4 2 3 1
  Downs 1b 0 0 0 0
Buck rf 3 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 1 2 1
  Del Rosario p 0 0 0 0
  Abad p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Bogusevic cf 3 1 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 2 2 3
Martinez lf 3 1 0 0
Castro c 3 1 1 3
Norris p 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 8 8
Chicago 000 000 0044111
Houston 034 000 10x880
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  L(2-2) 3.0 5 7 7 2 2
  Wells   5.0 3 1 1 2 3
Totals
8.0
3
1
1
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  W(5-1) 7.0 5 0 0 3 8
  Del Rosario   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Abad   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Lopez   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Hill (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Stewart-Cardenas-LaHair.  2B–Chicago Cardenas 2 (3,off Norris,off Del Rosario).  HR–Houston Castro (1,2nd inning off Garza 2 on 2 out); Johnson (5,3rd inning off Garza 2 on 2 out); Lowrie (7,7th inning off Wells 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  Team–3.  SB–Campana 2 (12,2nd base off Norris/Castro,3rd base off Norris/Castro).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:05.  A–16,895.
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