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Houston Astros 3–4 Chicago Cubs: MLB regular season, 3 May 2000

Chicago Cubs defeated Houston Astros 4–3 at Wrigley Field on 3 May 2000 in the mlb regular season.

3 May 2000 International Wrigley Field
Source-checked report card · BaseballFinal: Houston Astros 3–4 Chicago Cubs

3 May 2000 · Wrigley Field

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The game

Chicago Cubs defeated Houston Astros 4–3 at Wrigley Field on 3 May 2000 in the mlb regular season.

The visiting Houston Astros scored 3 runs, while the home Chicago Cubs finished with 4. The winning margin was 1 run.

How the scoring developed

In inning 1, Chicago Cubs scored 4 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Houston Astros 0–4 Chicago Cubs. In inning 4, Houston Astros scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Houston Astros 1–4 Chicago Cubs.

In inning 5, Houston Astros scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Houston Astros 3–4 Chicago Cubs.

Pitching decisions

Jon Lieber was credited with the pitching win. Chris Holt was charged with the loss.

Rick Aguilera recorded the save. The win, loss and save are the pitcher decisions recorded for this game.

Hits, errors and innings

Houston Astros finished with 8 hits and 0 errors, alongside 3 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

Chicago Cubs finished with 7 hits and 1 errors, alongside 4 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

The season and series

The season record shown with this result was Houston Astros 10 wins and 16 losses.

The season record shown with this result was Chicago Cubs 12 wins and 17 losses.

Inning by inning

Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs
InningHouston AstrosChicago Cubs
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90—
Total34

Sources

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