Cubs vs. Houston
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cubs « 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 6 12 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 W:M.Prior(12-5) L:J.Fernandez(1-3)
HR: CUB- A.Ramirez (18), R.Simon (11) HOU- None
Cubs AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Kenny Lofton CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280   Eric Karros PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .296   Joe Borowski P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tony Womack 2B 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231   Ramon E. Martinez PH-2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Sammy Sosa RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Moises Alou LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .290   Tom Goodwin LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Aramis Ramirez 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .274 Randall Simon 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 .281 Alex Gonzalez SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .230 Paul Bako C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Mark Prior P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .236   Kyle Farnsworth P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Doug Glanville PH-CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Totals 35 6 12 0 1 2 5 2 7     Houston AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Craig Biggio CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .252 Lance Berkman LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 Jeff Bagwell 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 Jeff Kent 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .294 Richard Hidalgo RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Geoff Blum 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257   Ricky Stone P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Orlando Merced PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236   Mike Gallo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Jason Lane PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brad Ausmus C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .220 Adam Everett SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Jared Fernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Morgan Ensberg 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Totals 30 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 11  
E-J.Kent. LOB-Cubs 6, Houston 6. 2B-, A.Everett. 3B-T.Womack.
HR-A.Ramirez (18) off J.Fernandez, R.Simon (11) off R.Stone. S-M.Prior 2,
J.Fernandez. CS-T.Womack. GIDP-S.Sosa. DP-Houston 2 (A.Everett), (A.Everett,
J.Kent and J.Bagwell).Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Mark Prior (W 12-5) 7.0 4 0 0 1 9 0 100-71 2.54 Kyle Farnsworth 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21-12 2.97 Joe Borowski 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15-11 3.11   Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Jared Fernandez (L 1-3) 5.1 7 4 4 1 3 1 65-46 5.68 Ricky Stone 1.2 2 2 2 1 2 1 21-16 3.28 Mike Gallo 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 27-21 2.87
WP-J.Fernandez.
T-2:32. A-32810.
Umpires-Home,Jim Reynolds; First, Laz Diaz; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Dale Scott.
How they scored:
CUBS FOURTH: Womack singled to left. Sosa flied out to left fielder Berkman. Womack was caught stealing, catcher Ausmus to second baseman Kent, Womack out. Alou walked. Ramirez homered to center on the first pitch, Alou scored. Simon grounded out, second baseman Kent to first baseman Bagwell. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 2, Astros 0.
CUBS SIXTH: Womack infield single to second. Sosa singled to center, Womack to third. On Fernandez’s wild pitch, Womack scored, Sosa to second. Alou struck out. Stone pitching. Ensberg in as third baseman. Ramirez walked on four pitches. Simon homered to right on a 0-1 count, Sosa scored, Ramirez scored. Gonzalez struck out. Bako flied out to center fielder Biggio. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 6, Astros 0.
