Chicago Cubs 4–5 Houston Astros: MLB regular season, 21 August 2000

The game

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 5–4 at Enron Field on 21 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.

The visiting Chicago Cubs scored 4 runs, while the home Houston Astros finished with 5. The winning margin was 1 run.

How the scoring developed

In inning 4, Chicago Cubs scored 2 runs in the top half and Houston Astros scored 3 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 2–3 Houston Astros. In inning 5, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 3–3 Houston Astros.

In inning 6, Houston Astros scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 3–5 Houston Astros. In inning 9, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 4–5 Houston Astros.

Pitching decisions

Scott Elarton was credited with the pitching win. Kevin Tapani was charged with the loss.

Joe Slusarski recorded the save. The win, loss and save are the pitcher decisions recorded for this game.

Hits, errors and innings

Chicago Cubs finished with 8 hits and 0 errors, alongside 4 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

Houston Astros finished with 6 hits and 0 errors, alongside 5 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

The season and series

The season record shown with this result was Chicago Cubs 54 wins and 69 losses.

The season record shown with this result was Houston Astros 51 wins and 74 losses.

Inning by inning