Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

64-63, 31-30 Away

Final

71-56, 37-25 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
C. BiggioLF	1-5	1	0	0	.285
M. GalloP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
C. BeltranCF	1-3	1	1	1	.266
J. Bagwell1B	2-3	1	1	2	.255
L. BerkmanRF	1-5	0	0	0	.305
J. Kent2B	0-5	0	0	0	.283
M. Ensberg3B	1-4	0	0	0	.271
J. VizcainoSS	2-4	0	0	0	.289
B. AusmusC	1-3	0	0	0	.245
B. BackeP	0-1	0	0	0	.250
C. HarvilleP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
O. PalmeiroPH	0-1	0	0	0	.231
K. BullingerP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
J. LanePH-LF	1-1	0	0	0	.235

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Backe	3.0	9	7	1	4	69-44	5.63
C. Harville	2.0	1	0	1	1	18-11	5.60
K. Bullinger	2.0	2	1	0	0	18-13	5.86
M. Gallo	1.0	1	0	1	0	16-7	5.18

HOU

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

7:20 PM, 26 August 2004

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 38,216

Game Time:3:04

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mark Wegner
First Base Umpire - Mike Everitt
Second Base Umpire - Larry Young
Third Base Umpire - Angel Hernandez


HOU
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	0
0	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	-	8	13	0

M. Prior4-3

6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 8 K, 3 BB

B. Backe1-2

3.0 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 4 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		HOU	CHC
1st	J Bagwell homered to right, C Biggio scored.	2	0
3rd	M Alou hit sacrifice fly to center, M Prior scored, D Lee to third.	2	1
3rd	S Sosa homered to right, D Lee and N Garciaparra scored.	2	4
3rd	A Ramirez homered to center.	2	5
4th	C Patterson singled to right, M Barrett scored, M Prior to second.	2	6
4th	N Garciaparra singled to center, M Prior scored.	2	7
7th	C Beltran homered to right.	3	7
7th	A Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to center, M Alou scored.	3	8

Data is currently unavailable.

Astros
3
Cubs
8

Game 1

26/8

Astros
15
Cubs
7

Game 2

27/8

Astros
7
Cubs
6

Game 3

28/8

Astros
10
Cubs
3

Game 4

29/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

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M. Prior4-3

B. Backe1-2

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