Chicago Cubs 7, Houston Astros 1
Regular Season Game 121
Played on Thursday, August 14, 2003 (D) at Wrigley Field
HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 CHI N 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 x - 7 6 2
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Merced rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 0 2 0 7 1 Kent 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Berkman lf 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 Blum 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 Zaun ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bruntlett 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ausmus c 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 Everett ss 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 Fernandez p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Porter ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 White p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ensberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miceli p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hidalgo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lidge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 5 1 6 12 24 8 FIELDING - E: Biggio (1). BATTING - 2B: Kent (28,off Clement); Zaun (7,off Guthrie); Merced (15,off Borowski). SH: Everett (8,off Clement). Team LOB: 13.
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Lofton cf 3 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 Gonzalez ss 4 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 Sosa rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 Alou lf 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 Choi 1b 4 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ojeda 2b 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bako c 2 1 1 1 2 0 11 0 Clement p 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Veres p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guthrie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O'Leary ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Borowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 7 6 7 8 9 27 1 FIELDING - E: Clement 2 (4). PB: Bako (3). BATTING - 2B: Choi (17,off Fernandez); Gonzalez (29,off Fernandez). HR: Gonzalez (16,8th inning off Lidge 1 on 2 out). SF: Lofton (5,off Fernandez). HBP: Ojeda (1,by Fernandez); Alou (6,by White); Ramirez (8,by White). IBB: Alou (6,by Fernandez). Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING - SB: Lofton (24,2nd base off Fernandez/Ausmus). CS: Bako (1,2nd base by Fernandez/Ausmus).
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Fernandez L(1-2) 4 5 4 4 3 4 0 21 White 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 7 Miceli 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 Lidge 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 7 Totals 8 6 7 7 8 9 1 41 HBP: Fernandez (2,Ojeda); White 2 (2,Alou,Ramirez). IBB: Fernandez (2,Alou).
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Clement W(10-10) 5.2 3 1 0 4 8 0 26 Veres 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Guthrie 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Farnsworth 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 Borowski 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 Totals 9 5 1 0 6 12 0 41 WP: Clement (11). Inherited Runners - Scored: Veres 3-0; Farnsworth 1-0. . Umpires: HP - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Tim Tschida, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Mike Fichter Time of Game: 3:26 Attendance: 39769 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros Chicago Cubs 1. Biggio cf Lofton cf 2. Merced rf Gonzalez ss 3. Bagwell 1b Sosa rf 4. Kent 2b Alou lf 5. Berkman lf Choi 1b 6. Blum 3b Ramirez 3b 7. Ausmus c Ojeda 2b 8. Everett ss Bako c 9. Fernandez p Clement p ASTROS 1ST: Biggio grounded out (first to pitcher); Merced popped to shortstop; Bagwell singled to left; Kent was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Lofton singled to center; Lofton stole second; Gonzalez walked; Sosa struck out; Alou flied to right; Choi doubled to center [Lofton scored, Gonzalez scored]; Ramirez grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 2. ASTROS 2ND: Berkman walked; Blum struck out; Ausmus flied to right; Everett lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 2. CUBS 2ND: Ojeda flied to right; Bako walked; Clement struck out; Bako was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 2. ASTROS 3RD: Fernandez was called out on strikes; Biggio flied to left; Merced flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 2. CUBS 3RD: Lofton grounded out (pitcher to first); Gonzalez singled to center; Sosa reached on an error by Biggio [Gonzalez to third, Sosa to second]; Alou was walked intentionally; Choi struck out; Ramirez flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 2. ASTROS 4TH: Bagwell flied to center; Kent doubled to left; Berkman struck out; Clement threw a wild pitch [Kent to third]; Blum struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 2. CUBS 4TH: Ojeda was hit by a pitch; Bako singled to center [Ojeda to third]; On a bunt Clement struck out; Lofton hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ojeda scored]; Gonzalez doubled to left [Bako scored]; Sosa flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 4. ASTROS 5TH: Ausmus walked; Everett reached on an error by Clement on a sacrifice bunt [Ausmus to second, Everett to first]; PORTER BATTED FOR FERNANDEZ; Porter struck out; Biggio struck out; Merced forced Everett (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 4. CUBS 5TH: WHITE REPLACED PORTER (PITCHING); Alou was hit by a pitch; Choi walked [Alou to second]; Ramirez was hit by a pitch [Alou to third, Choi to second]; Ojeda was called out on strikes; Bako walked [Alou scored, Choi to third, Ramirez to second]; Clement struck out; Lofton flied to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 5. ASTROS 6TH: Bagwell walked; Kent reached on an error by Clement [Bagwell to second, Kent to first]; Berkman struck out; Blum singled to right [Bagwell to third, Kent to second]; Ausmus flied to center; Everett walked [Bagwell scored (unearned), Kent to third, Blum to second]; ENSBERG BATTED FOR WHITE; VERES REPLACED CLEMENT (PITCHING); Ensberg popped to first; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 5. CUBS 6TH: MICELI REPLACED ENSBERG (PITCHING); Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); Sosa was called out on strikes; Alou popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 5. ASTROS 7TH: Biggio flied to left; Merced struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Bagwell flied to left; Kent flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 5. CUBS 7TH: On a bunt Choi grounded out (pitcher to first); Ramirez grounded out (shortstop to first); Ojeda grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 5. ASTROS 8TH: GUTHRIE REPLACED VERES (PITCHING); Berkman struck out; ZAUN BATTED FOR BLUM; Zaun doubled to right; FARNSWORTH REPLACED GUTHRIE (PITCHING); Ausmus walked; Everett flied to right [Zaun to third]; HIDALGO BATTED FOR MICELI; Hidalgo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 5. CUBS 8TH: BRUNTLETT REPLACED ZAUN (PLAYING 3B); LIDGE REPLACED HIDALGO (PITCHING); Bako grounded out (second to first); O'LEARY BATTED FOR FARNSWORTH; O'Leary was called out on strikes; Lofton walked; Gonzalez homered [Lofton scored]; Sosa walked; Alou walked [Sosa to second]; Choi struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 7. ASTROS 9TH: BOROWSKI REPLACED O'LEARY (PITCHING); Biggio flied to center; Merced doubled to center; Bagwell walked; Kent flied to center [Merced to third]; Bagwell advanced to second because of defensive indifference [Bagwell to second]; Berkman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 1 5 1 13 Cubs 7 6 2 10
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