Houston vs. Cubs
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 Cubs « 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 x 7 6 2 W:M.Clement(10-10) L:J.Fernandez(1-2)
HR: HOU- None CUB- A.Gonzalez (16)
Houston AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Craig Biggio CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Orlando Merced RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Jeff Bagwell 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .271 Jeff Kent 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .292 Lance Berkman LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .287 Geoff Blum 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .258   Gregg Zaun PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211   Eric Bruntlett 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Brad Ausmus C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .220 Adam Everett SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .236 Jared Fernandez P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000   Colin Porter PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240   Rick White P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Morgan Ensberg PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289   Dan Miceli P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Richard Hidalgo PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .309   Brad Lidge P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 1 5 3 0 0 1 6 12     Cubs AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Kenny Lofton CF 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .283 Alex Gonzalez SS 4 2 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 .230 Sammy Sosa RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .295 Moises Alou LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .291 Hee Seop Choi 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 .229 Aramis Ramirez 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Augie Ojeda 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Paul Bako C 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .211 Matt Clement P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .156   Dave Veres P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Mark Guthrie P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Kyle Farnsworth P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Troy O`Leary PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .211   Joe Borowski P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 7 6 2 0 1 7 8 9  
E-C.Biggio, M.Clement 2. LOB-Houston 13, Cubs 10. 2B-O.Merced,
J.Kent, G.Zaun, A.Gonzalez, H.Choi. HR-A.Gonzalez (16) off B.Lidge.
SF-K.Lofton. S-A.Everett. SB-K.Lofton (24). CS-P.Bako.Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Jared Fernandez (L 1-2) 4.0 5 4 4 3 4 0 78-52 5.27 Rick White 1.0 0 1 1 2 2 0 35-19 9.00 Dan Miceli 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19-13 3.86 Brad Lidge 1.0 1 2 2 3 2 1 37-20 2.74   Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Matt Clement (W 10-10) 5.2 3 1 0 4 8 0 97-62 3.93 Dave Veres 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 19-12 3.52 Mark Guthrie 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9-6 1.78 Kyle Farnsworth 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 15-11 3.00 Joe Borowski 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 21-15 3.17
PB-P.Bako.
IBB-off J.Fernandez (M.Alou).
HBP-by J.Fernandez (A.Ojeda), by R.White 2 (M.Alou,A.Ramirez).
WP-M.Clement.
T-3:26. A-39769.
Umpires-Home,Jeff Nelson; First, Tim Tschida; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Mike Fichter.
How they scored:
CUBS FIRST: Lofton singled to center. Lofton stole second. Gonzalez walked. Sosa struck out. Alou flied out to right fielder Merced. Choi doubled to center, Lofton scored, Gonzalez scored. Ramirez grounded out, second baseman Kent to first baseman Bagwell. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 2, Astros 0.
CUBS FOURTH: Ojeda was hit by a pitch. Bako infield single to short, Ojeda to third. Clement struck out. Lofton hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Biggio, Ojeda scored. Gonzalez doubled to left, Bako scored. Sosa flied out to center fielder Biggio. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 4, Astros 0.
CUBS FIFTH: White pitching. Alou was hit by a pitch. Choi walked on a full count, Alou to second. Ramirez was hit by a pitch, Alou to third, Choi to second. Ojeda struck out. Bako walked on a full count, Alou scored, Choi to third, Ramirez to second. Clement struck out. Lofton flied out to center fielder Biggio. 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Cubs 5, Astros 0.
ASTROS SIXTH: Bagwell walked. Kent safe on fielder’s choice and Clement’s error, Bagwell to second. Berkman struck out. Blum singled to right, Bagwell to third, Kent to second. Ausmus flied out to center fielder Lofton. Everett walked, Bagwell scored, Kent to third, Blum to second. Ensberg pinch-hitting for White. Veres pitching. Ensberg popped out to first baseman Choi. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 left on. Cubs 5, Astros 1.
CUBS EIGHTH: Bruntlett in as third baseman. Lidge pitching. Bako grounded out, second baseman Kent to first baseman Bagwell. O’Leary pinch-hitting for Farnsworth. O’Leary struck out. Lofton walked on a full count. Gonzalez homered to left on a 1-0 count, Lofton scored. Sosa walked on a full count. Alou walked on a full count, Sosa to second. Choi struck out. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Cubs 7, Astros 1.
