Box score

Cubs 4, Houston 1

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Cubs « 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 4 8 1 W:G.Rusch(3-1) L:W.Rodriguez(0-1) S:R.Dempster (3) HR: HOU- B.Ausmus (1) CHC- J.Burnitz (7), C.Patterson (9)

Houston	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	W	K	AVG
Willy Taveras CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.252
Todd Self LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.375
Craig Biggio 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.294
Lance Berkman 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.173
Morgan Ensberg 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300
Jason Lane RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.225
Adam Everett SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221
Brad Ausmus C	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.255
Wandy Rodriguez P	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
&nbsp Russ Springer P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp Dan Wheeler P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp Eric Bruntlett PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100
&nbsp Chad Harville P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp John Franco P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	30	1	5	1	0	1	1	1	6	&nbsp
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Cubs	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	W	K	AVG
Jerry Hairston Jr. 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.276
Neifi Perez SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.279
Derrek Lee 1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.351
Aramis Ramirez 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.238
Jeromy Burnitz RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.285
Jason Dubois LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.258
Corey Patterson CF	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.272
Michael Barrett C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.271
Glendon Rusch P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200
&nbsp Ryan Dempster P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077
Totals	28	4	8	1	0	2	4	3	8	&nbsp

E_J.Hairston Jr.. LOB_Houston 4, Cubs 4. 2B_T.Self, A.Ramirez.
HR_B.Ausmus (1) off G.Rusch, C.Patterson (9) off W.Rodriguez, J.Burnitz (7)
off W.Rodriguez. SF_D.Lee. S_W.Taveras. SB_N.Perez (3). CS_J.Hairston Jr.,
C.Patterson. GIDP_T.Self, G.Rusch. DP_Houston 1 (A.Everett, C.Biggio and
L.Berkman); Chicago 1 (G.Rusch, N.Perez and D.Lee).

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Wandy Rodriguez (L 0-1)	5.2	6	4	4	1	6	2	77-49	6.35
Russ Springer	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-3	6.91
Dan Wheeler	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	1.56
Chad Harville	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	24-11	6.23
John Franco	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	3.86
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Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Glendon Rusch (W 3-1)	8.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	108-69	2.54
Ryan Dempster (S 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	5.22

T_2:07. A_38232.
Umpires_Home,Jim Reynolds; First, Wally Bell; Second, John Hirschbeck; Third, Kerwin Danley.

How they scored

Cubs first. Hairston Jr. singled to center. Perez singled to right, Hairston Jr. to third. Lee hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Lane, Hairston Jr. scored. Perez stole second. Ramirez flied out to center fielder Taveras, Perez to third. Burnitz struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 1, Astros 0.

Astros second. Lane struck out. Everett flied out to center fielder Patterson. Ausmus homered to center on a 2-2 count. Rodriguez safe on Hairston Jr.’s error. Taveras flied out to right fielder Burnitz. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Cubs 1, Astros 1.

Cubs fifth. Patterson homered to right on a 0-1 count. Barrett struck out. Rusch struck out. Hairston Jr. flied out to left fielder Self. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 2, Astros 1.

Cubs sixth. Perez lined out to third baseman Ensberg. Lee walked on four pitches. Ramirez struck out. Burnitz homered to right on the first pitch, Lee scored. Springer pitching. Dubois struck out. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 4, Astros 1.