Cubs 6, Astros 4
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 2 Cubs « 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 6 8 1
W:M.Guthrie(1-3) L:J.Robertson(11-6) S:J.Borowski (22)
HR: HOU- R.Hidalgo (21) CUB- M.Alou (18)
Houston AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Craig Biggio CF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .257 Morgan Ensberg 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .290 Jeff Bagwell 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .271 Jeff Kent 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .294 Richard Hidalgo RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .309 Lance Berkman LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .290 Gregg Zaun C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .204 Adam Everett SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Jeriome Robertson P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150   Dan Miceli P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Colin Porter PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250   Mike Gallo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Ricky Stone P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Orlando Merced PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Totals 34 4 8 2 0 1 4 5 10     Cubs AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Kenny Lofton CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Alex Gonzalez SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Sammy Sosa RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .299 Moises Alou LF 4 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 .292 Eric Karros 1B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .302 Aramis Ramirez 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .272 Damian Miller C 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .237 Augie Ojeda 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Shawn Estes P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143   Mark Guthrie P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Antonio Alfonseca P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Hee Seop Choi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .229   Kyle Farnsworth P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Mike Remlinger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Troy O`Leary PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212   Joe Borowski P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 6 8 3 0 1 6 2 8  
E–M.Ensberg, A.Everett, A.Gonzalez. LOB–Houston 9, Cubs 6.
2B–M.Ensberg, A.Everett, A.Ramirez 2, D.Miller. HR–R.Hidalgo (21) off
S.Estes, M.Alou (18) off D.Miceli. SF–L.Berkman. SB–C.Porter (1).
CS–J.Bagwell, K.Lofton.Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Jeriome Robertson (L 11-6) 4.0 6 5 5 1 3 0 70-47 4.92 Dan Miceli 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 20-14 4.11 Mike Gallo 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17-10 3.75 Ricky Stone 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 32-19 3.12   Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Shawn Estes 4.1 5 4 2 5 4 1 93-49 5.48 Mark Guthrie (W 1-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-7 1.80 Antonio Alfonseca 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16-11 5.01 Kyle Farnsworth 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14-11 3.04 Mike Remlinger 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14-11 3.81 Joe Borowski (S 22) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 15-10 3.23
J.Robertson pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.
HBP–by J.Robertson (K.Lofton).
T–3:05. A–39631.
Umpires–Home,Mike Fichter; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Tim Tschida; Third, Alfonso Marquez.
How the runs scored
Astros second: Hidalgo homered to center on a 3-1 count. Berkman grounded out, second baseman Ojeda to first baseman Karros. Zaun popped out to shortstop Gonzalez. Everett doubled to center. Robertson grounded out, shortstop Gonzalez to first baseman Karros. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 1, Cubs 0.
Cubs second: Alou singled to left. Karros walked, Alou to second. Ramirez doubled to left, Alou scored, Karros to third. Miller doubled to left, Karros scored, Ramirez scored. Ojeda flied out to center fielder Biggio. Estes struck out. Lofton grounded out, pitcher Robertson to first baseman Bagwell. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 3, Astros 1.
Astros third: Biggio struck out. Ensberg doubled to right. Bagwell walked. Kent singled to left, Ensberg scored, Bagwell to second. Hidalgo flied out to left fielder Alou. Bagwell was caught stealing, catcher Miller to third baseman Ramirez, Bagwell out, Kent to second. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 3, Astros 2.
Astros fifth: Biggio walked. Ensberg walked on four pitches, Biggio to second. Bagwell struck out. Kent safe on fielder’s choice and Gonzalez’s error, Biggio to third, Ensberg to second. Hidalgo walked on four pitches, Biggio scored, Ensberg to third, Kent to second. Guthrie pitching. Berkman hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Sosa, Ensberg scored. Zaun grounded out, third baseman Ramirez to first baseman Karros. 2 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Astros 4, Cubs 3.
Cubs fifth: Lofton singled to center. Gonzalez singled to left, Lofton to second. Miceli pitching. Sosa struck out. Alou homered to left on a 2-2 count, Lofton scored, Gonzalez scored. Karros lined out to left fielder Berkman. Ramirez doubled to left. Miller lined out to third baseman Ensberg. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 6, Astros 4.
