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End of Game Report
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HOUSTON 7, CHICAGO 6

CHICAGO (AP) - Tony McKnight was a little nervous about pitching
at Wrigley Field after watching his Houston teammates slug seven
home runs a day earlier. Good thing for McKnight that Richard
Hidalgo saved something for Sunday.

Sammy Sosa hit his major league-leading 48th home run but Hidalgo
hit a pair for the second straight day to lead the Astros to a
7-6 victory Sunday over the Chicago Cubs.

"The entire homestand has been a home run haven for the other
team and not us," said Cubs manager Don Baylor, whose team lost
for the ninth time in the last 10 games. "We were outhomered in
our ballpark with the wind blowing out."

Sosa hit a two-run shot with one out in the first and is closing
in on his third consecutive 50-homer season. Sosa leads the NL
with 132 RBI.

"I've got to continue to do my job," Sosa said. "I've got to play
for pride."

Hidalgo led off the second and sixth innings with home runs, both
off Jon Lieber (12-9), for his fourth career two-homer game and
third this year.

"He hits it out everywhere," Houston manager Larry Dierker said.
"He's got raw power. He doesn't have the kind of opposite field
power that (Jeff) Bagwell or Sosa has, but anywhere from center
field over toward left, he's got plenty to get it out anywhere."

Hidalgo went 8-for-13 in the series, including his two home runs
in Saturday's club-record seven-homer attack, and has a 12-game
hitting streak. He has 37 homers on the season.

"You just try to concentrate on home plate, see the ball and try
to hit it hard," Hidalgo said.

McKnight (2-1), making his third career start, gave up three runs
on eight hits and one walk in seven innings. He struck out six.

"I had a few butterflies, especially being in Wrigley Field and
the Cubs having the kind of hitters that they have," McKnight
said. "I just tried to be more aggressive and not try to make
Hall of Fame pitches. You can't get any outs unless you make them
swing, so I was just trying to make good pitches out over the
plate."

Julio ugo hit a two-run homer, his eighth, as the Astros won
their sixth straight game. Houston, which hit 12 homers in the
three-game series, leads the NL with 223 home runs.

Octavio Dotel pitched the ninth for his 13th save in 16 chances.
He allowed a two-out RBI single to Mark Grace before retiring
Julio Zuleta with two runners on to end it. Lieber gave up seven
runs and nine hits in seven innings. He struck out 10.


Houston Astros 7, CHICAGO CUBS 6

HOUSTON AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
-- - - -- -- -- ----
Cedeno lf 3 3 3 0 0 0 .261
GBarker cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .224
Lugo 2b 4 2 2 2 0 1 .285
Bagwell 1b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .314
Meluskey c 4 0 1 1 0 3 .302
Alou rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .360
Hidalgo cf-lf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .287
Truby 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .277
Bogar ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .200
Mcknight p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000
MValdes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Berkman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .299
Dotel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .032

Totals 36 7 10 7 1 15


CHICAGO AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
-- - - -- -- -- ----
EYoung 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .298
Ojeda ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .212
c-Gload ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200
SSosa rf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .322
Grace 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .289
Zuleta lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .250
Matthews jr. cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .181
Nieves 3b 4 2 2 2 0 1 .213
Heredia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Girardi c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .284
Lieber p 2 0 2 1 0 0 .225
a-Meyers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .189
Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077
WGreene 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204

Totals 39 6 13 6 2 7

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Houston 212 011 000-7 10 1
Chicago 210 000 021-6 13 0
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a-safe on second on error for Lieber in the 7th. b-struck out for
Valdes in the 9th. c-singled for Ojeda in the 9th.

E-Truby (10). LOB-Houston 5, Chicago 8. 2B-Zuleta (4). HR-Nieves
(5) off MValdes; Hidalgo 2 (37) off Lieber 2; SSosa (48) off
Mcknight; Lugo (8) off Lieber. RBIs-Lugo 2 (35), Bagwell (116),
Meluskey (61), Aou (93), Hidalgo 2 (105), SSosa 2 (132), Grace
(76), Nieves 2 (23), Lieber (3). SB-EYoung (50), Nieves (1).
S-Bogar. GIDP-Alou, EYoung.

Runners left in scoring position-Houston 2 (Bagwell 2); Chicago 4
(SSosa 2, Zuleta, Matthews jr.).

Runners moved up-Ojeda.

DP-Houston 1 (Bogar, Lugo and Bagwell); Chicago 1 (Ojeda and
Grace).

HOUSTON
IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
-- - - -- -- -- -- ---
Mcknight W, 2-1 7 8 3 3 1 6 113 3.50
MValdes 1 2 2 2 1 0 20 4.97
Dotel S, 13 1 3 1 1 0 1 19 5.05

CHICAGO
IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
-- - - -- -- -- -- ---
Lieber L, 12-9 7 9 7 7 0 10 98 4.32
Farnsworth 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 6.66
Heredia 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 21 5.29
Worrell 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2.83

Inherited runners-scored-Worrell 3-0.

HBP-by Lieber (Lugo).

Umpires-Home, Randazzo; First, Montague; Second, Layne; Third,
Barrett, Ted.

T-2:46. A-37,049 (38,884).

*** For the Chicago/Houston scoring summary, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2569640097-514



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