Box score

Cubs 1, Houston 0

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cubs « 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 W:S.Marshall(5-7) L:R.Oswalt(6-5) S:R.Dempster (13) HR: CHC- None HOU- None

Cubs	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	W	K	AVG
Juan Pierre CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267
Angel Pagan LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273
Derrek Lee 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.314
Jacque Jones RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.307
Aramis Ramirez 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.248
Michael Barrett C	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.310
Todd Walker 2B	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286
&nbsp Ryan Dempster P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Neifi Perez SS-2B	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.258
Sean Marshall P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111
&nbsp Bob Howry P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
&nbsp Phil Nevin PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.244
&nbsp Ronny Cedeno SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265
Totals	31	1	8	1	2	0	0	2	6	&nbsp
&nbsp
Houston	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	W	K	AVG
Craig Biggio 2B	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.282
Chris Burke CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299
Morgan Ensberg 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.236
Lance Berkman 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317
Preston Wilson LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286
Jason Lane RF	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.207
Eric Bruntlett SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.259
Brad Ausmus C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
&nbsp Orlando Palmeiro PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.226
&nbsp Willy Taveras PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260
Roy Oswalt P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111
&nbsp Mike Lamb PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.332
Totals	33	0	7	0	2	0	0	4	4	&nbsp

E_A.Ramirez. LOB_Cubs 8, Houston 12. 2B_M.Barrett, T.Walker,
C.Biggio, J.Lane. S_S.Marshall 3, C.Burke. CS_D.Lee. DP_Houston 1 (B.Ausmus
and E.Bruntlett).

Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Sean Marshall (W 5-7)	7.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	102-56	4.80
Bob Howry	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16-12	3.27
Ryan Dempster (S 13)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	20-12	4.91
&nbsp
Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Roy Oswalt (L 6-5)	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	113-76	3.10

IBB_off S.Marshall (P.Wilson).
HBP_by S.Marshall (M.Ensberg).
T_2:43. A_31952.
Umpires_Home,Mark Wegner; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Ed Montague; Third, Jerry Layne.

How they scored
Cubs fifth. Ramirez struck out. Barrett singled to right. Walker doubled to center, Barrett scored. Perez singled to center, Walker to third. Marshall sacrificed, pitcher Oswalt to first baseman Berkman, Perez to second. Pierre grounded out, pitcher Oswalt to first baseman Berkman. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Cubs 1, Astros 0.