Chi Cubs (29-26) at Houston (25-32)

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Cubs probable pitcher

Carlos Zambrano

  • #38 RHP
  • (4-2) 3.72 ERA 53 SO
Zambrano notched his 100th career victory in his last start against the Reds. The right-hander threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out seven. He's the 21st pitcher in franchise history to reach 100 wins. This was his first start after serving a six-game suspension, and the only problem was that he walked five. None scored. He beat Houston on Opening Day, April 6, holding the Astros to one run on five hits over six innings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 100-63 3.49 1437.2 646 1225 .229
Season 4-2 3.72 55.2 26 53 .251
June 1-0 0.00 6.2 5 7 .095
Vs. Houston 1-0 1.50 6.0 3 6 .250

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/10/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 29 26 .527 2.5 16-10 13-16
Houston Astros (NL Central) 25 32 .439 7.5 14-18 11-14
Stats - 06/10/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CHC .251 244 62 232 25 417 3.92 491.1 433 216 446
HOU .273 241 46 229 36 328 4.54 508.0 553 200 396
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Astros probable pitcher

Wandy Rodriguez

  • #51 LHP
  • (5-5) 2.97 ERA 69 SO
After giving up just 12 earned runs in his first 63 innings this season, Rodriguez has struggled. He's 0-3 in his last three starts and has given up a combined 18 runs (12 earned) on 29 hits and five walks in 14 2/3 innings. In his last start, Rodriguez gave up seven runs on 10 hits in five innings, surrendering four home runs to the Rockies. Rodriguez has faced the Cubs once already this year and picked up a win, giving up one run on four hits over six innings. Last season he was 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA in two starts vs. the Cubs. In his career, he is 4-4 with a 4.39 ERA against Chicago.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 42-45 4.59 657.0 245 536 .267
Season 5-5 2.97 72.2 23 69 .263
June 0-1 12.60 5.0 2 7 .400
Vs. Chi Cubs 0-0 1.50 6.0 3 4 .211

Cubs hitters vs Wandy Rodriguez

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - .333 3 0 0
Blanco, Andres - - - - .167 6 0 0
Bradley, Milton .000 3 0 0 .200 15 0 0
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike .000 2 0 0 .000 5 0 0
Fox, Jake - - - - - - - -
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .167 6 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - .250 4 0 0
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - - - - -
Lee, Derrek .500 2 0 1 .483 29 3 9
Miles, Aaron - - - - .182 11 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis .333 3 0 0 .241 29 0 1
Soriano, Alfonso .000 3 0 0 .059 17 0 1
Soto, Geovany .000 1 0 0 .222 9 1 2
Theriot, Ryan .500 2 0 0 .417 24 1 1

Astros hitters vs Carlos Zambrano

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berkman, Lance .500 2 0 0 .122 49 3 4
Blum, Geoff .000 2 0 0 .000 16 0 1
Bogusevic, Brian - - - - - - - -
Bourgeois, Jason - - - - - - - -
Bourn, Michael .500 2 0 0 .231 13 0 0
Johnson, Chris - - - - - - - -
Keppinger, Jeff - - - - .192 26 0 2
Lee, Carlos .000 3 0 0 .340 47 4 9
Manzella, Tommy - - - - - - - -
Matsui, Kazuo .500 2 0 0 .154 13 0 0
Maysonet, Edwin - - - - - - - -
Pence, Hunter .000 2 0 0 .227 22 0 1
Quintero, Humberto - - - - .111 9 0 0
Ramirez, Yordany - - - - - - - -
Sutil, Wladimir - - - - - - - -
Towles, J.R. - - - - .000 3 0 0
Vallejo, Jose - - - - - - - -

Blum's heroics propel Astros (29-27) (26-31)

Astros 2, Cubs 1

Big Z on target

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Carlos Zambrano tossed eight strong innings of one-run ball, but Geovany Soto's solo home run in the second inning was all the Cubs could muster offensively as they dropped the middle game of their three-game set against the Astros.

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Series at a Glance

 

Houston walks off

Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
After tying the game with an RBI groundout in the seventh inning, Geoff Blum came through again in the ninth by lacing a walk-off single to help the Astros even the series against the Cubs. Wandy Rodriguez struck out six over seven solid innings.
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Astros 2, Cubs 1

Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, A, LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .237
Theriot, SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .288
Bradley, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .209
Lee, D, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .269
Johnson, Re, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275
  a-Fukudome, PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .294
Soto, C 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .221
Scales, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .232
  b-Fontenot, PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Miles, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .206
Zambrano, C, P 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .233
  Guzman, A, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 1 7 1 2 8 11  

a-Struck out for Johnson, Re in the 8th. b-Flied out for Scales in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Soto (3, 2nd inning off Rodriguez, W, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Theriot 2; Bradley; Lee, D; Soto 4; Scales; Miles.
RBI: Soto (15).
2-out RBI: Soto.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lee, D; Zambrano, C; Fukudome.
GIDP: Bradley.
Team RISP: 0-for-3.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Zambrano, C-Theriot-Lee, D).
 
Houston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bourn, CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .293
Tejada, SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .355
Pence, RF 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .337
Lee, C, LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .318
Berkman, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .247
Blum, 3B 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 .264
Kata, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
  Sampson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Quintero, H, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302
Rodriguez, W, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .040
  Keppinger, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Totals 29 2 5 2 4 3 11  

BATTING
TB: Bourn; Tejada; Lee, C 2; Blum.
RBI: Blum 2 (17).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kata.
GIDP: Tejada.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
DP: (Blum-Kata-Berkman).
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Zambrano, C 8.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 3.39
Guzman, A (L, 2-1) 0.1 2 1 1 2 0 0 2.57
 
Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Rodriguez, W 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 2.82
Sampson (W, 3-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1.70

IBB: Berkman (by Guzman, A).
Pitches-strikes: Zambrano, C 104-64, Guzman, A 18-7, Rodriguez, W 116-70, Sampson 28-19.
Groundouts-flyouts: Zambrano, C 12-9, Guzman, A 0-1, Rodriguez, W 6-9, Sampson 1-3.
Batters faced: Zambrano, C 28, Guzman, A 5, Rodriguez, W 27, Sampson 8.
Umpires: HP: Paul Schrieber. 1B: Ed Rapuano. 2B: Joe West. 3B: Paul Nauert.
Weather: 73 degrees, roof closed.
Wind: 0 mph, None.
T: 2:24.
Att: 29,840.
June 10, 2009

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