Chicago Cubs 6 – 7 Houston Astros
23 September 2001 · HOU03
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Sammy Sosa | 1 in 321 games |
| 20 | final score 7–6 | 1 in 51 games | |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | Rondell White | 1 in 65 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Astros | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Box score
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Gutierrez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sammy Sosa | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Fred McGriff | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Rondell White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Todd Hundley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roosevelt Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Tucker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Robert Machado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Augie Ojeda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Jon Lieber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Girardi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Lieber | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Julian Tavarez | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Mahay | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Weathers | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Biggio | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Julio Lugo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeff Bagwell | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Lance Berkman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| Moises Alou | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Vinny Castilla | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Richard Hidalgo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Brad Ausmus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Redding | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Vizcaino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orlando Merced | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Redding | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Ricky Stone | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Williams | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Jackson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Wagner | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |