Houston 3, Cubs 1

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston « 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 8 2 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 
Houston AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Craig Biggio CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .260 Geoff Blum 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .258   Octavio Dotel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Eric Bruntlett PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .239   Billy Wagner P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jeff Bagwell 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .272 Jeff Kent 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 .296 Lance Berkman LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292 Richard Hidalgo RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .313 Brad Ausmus C 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Adam Everett SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Wade Miller P 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133   Morgan Ensberg 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Totals 34 3 8 2 0 1 3 2 12     Cubs AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Doug Glanville CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Ramon E. Martinez 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Sammy Sosa RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Moises Alou LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Aramis Ramirez 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .270 Eric Karros 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .305 Damian Miller C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .232 Augie Ojeda SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000   Troy O`Leary LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Kerry Wood P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .109   Hee Seop Choi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .234   Kyle Farnsworth P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Mark Guthrie P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Alex Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Totals 35 1 7 1 0 0 1 2 12  
E-G.Blum, R.Hidalgo. LOB-Houston 8, Cubs 9. 2B-J.Kent, B.Ausmus,
S.Sosa. HR-C.Biggio (10) off K.Farnsworth. S-A.Everett.Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Wade Miller (W 9-10) 6.0 5 1 1 2 9 0 111-72 4.55 Octavio Dotel 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18-16 2.43 Billy Wagner (S 34) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15-11 1.86   Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Kerry Wood (L 11-9) 7.0 7 2 2 2 9 0 95-69 3.40 Kyle Farnsworth 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1 21-12 3.09 Mark Guthrie 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7-4 1.84
HBP-by K.Wood (A.Everett).
T-2:37. A-39889.
Umpires-Home,Tim Tschida; First, Alfonso Marquez; Second, Mike Fichter; Third, Jeff Nelson.
How they scored
Astros fifth. Biggio grounded out, second baseman Martinez to first baseman Karros. Blum singled to left. Bagwell singled to left, Blum to second. Kent doubled to center, Blum scored, Bagwell scored. Berkman fouled out to third baseman Ramirez. Hidalgo struck out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 2, Cubs 0.
Cubs sixth. Sosa doubled to center. Alou popped out to shortstop Everett. Ramirez singled to right, Sosa to third. Karros singled to center, Sosa scored, Ramirez to second. Miller struck out. Ojeda popped out to shortstop Everett. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 2, Cubs 1.
Astros ninth. Everett was out bunting, pitcher Farnsworth to first baseman Karros. Ensberg grounded out, third baseman Ramirez to first baseman Karros. Biggio homered to left on the first pitch. Guthrie pitching. Bruntlett pinch-hitting for Dotel. Bruntlett struck out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 3, Cubs 1.




