Boxscore: Houston vs. Chi Cubs - September 2, 2008

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008:

Astros 9, Cubs 7

Astros(73-66)

Houston at Chi Cubs linescore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
hou (73-66)	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	9	12	0
chc (85-54)	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	7	15	3
Gameday Wrap

Cubs(85-54)

Houston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Bourn, CF	5	1	1	2	1	2	1	.221
Wigginton, LF	4	0	0	0	2	2	1	.296
Tejada, M, SS	6	0	2	2	0	0	2	.283
Berkman, 1B	5	1	0	0	1	1	4	.334
Blum, 3B	5	2	1	2	1	0	3	.239
Pence, RF	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	.270
Newhan, 2B	5	1	2	2	0	1	4	.260
Wright, W, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
c-Loretta, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.265
Valverde, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Quintero, C	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	.238
Backe, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283
Nieve, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Abercrombie, PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200
Byrdak, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Sampson, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136
b-Erstad, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286
Brocail, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Castillo, Jo, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.239
Totals	45	9	12	8	7	9	21	.264

a-Walked for Nieve in the 6th. b-Grounded out for Sampson in the 7th. c-Struck out for Wright, W in the 11th.

Chi Cubs	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Soriano, A, LF	5	1	1	1	1	1	4	.287
Fontenot, 2B	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	.295
c-Blanco, H, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.282
Cedeno, 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272
Lee, D, 1B	5	0	2	0	1	1	6	.292
Ramirez, Ar, 3B	5	0	1	0	1	1	3	.278
DeRosa, RF	5	1	2	1	1	0	3	.292
Edmonds, CF	3	2	1	1	1	0	3	.232
Marmol, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-McGehee, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Wood, K, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
d-Ward, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.229
Soto, C	6	2	3	1	0	1	2	.294
Theriot, SS	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	.313
Zambrano, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.355
Howry, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Wuertz, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Johnson, Re, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.307
Guzman, A, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Fukudome, CF	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.265
Totals	44	7	15	7	8	7	29	.281

a-Grounded out for Wuertz in the 6th. b-Struck out for Marmol in the 9th. c-Flied out for Fontenot in the 10th. d-Flied out for Wood, K in the 11th.

BATTING
2B: Pence (29, Zambrano), Tejada, M (32, Zambrano), Quintero (5, Zambrano).
3B: Pence (4, Howry).
HR: Blum (14, 11th inning off Wood, K, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Bourn; Tejada, M 3; Blum 4; Pence 7; Newhan 2; Quintero 3.
RBI: Newhan 2 (8), Tejada, M 2 (57), Bourn 2 (24), Blum 2 (47).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Quintero 2; Newhan; Blum; Berkman; Erstad.
SAC: Backe.
GIDP: Tejada, M.
Team RISP: 4-for-16.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bourn (35, 2nd base off Zambrano/Soto).

FIELDING
DP: 4 (Tejada, M-Newhan-Berkman 2, Blum-Newhan-Berkman, Backe-Quintero-Berkman).

BATTING
2B: Ramirez, Ar (37, Backe), Soto (32, Byrdak), Theriot (19, Byrdak).
HR: Soriano, A (24, 1st inning off Backe, 0 on, 0 out), DeRosa (19, 4th inning off Backe, 0 on, 0 out), Soto (21, 4th inning off Backe, 0 on, 1 out), Edmonds (17, 7th inning off Brocail, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Soriano, A 4; Fontenot 2; Lee, D 2; Ramirez, Ar 2; DeRosa 5; Edmonds 4; Soto 7; Theriot 3; Fukudome.
RBI: Soriano, A (64), DeRosa (80), Soto (80), Theriot 2 (36), Fontenot (34), Edmonds (50).
2-out RBI: Fontenot; Edmonds.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Soriano, A; Lee, D.
GIDP: Edmonds; Zambrano; DeRosa; Lee, D.
Team RISP: 2-for-12.
Team LOB: 12.

FIELDING
E: Ramirez, Ar 3 (16, fielding, fielding, throw).
DP: (Theriot-Fontenot-Lee, D).

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Backe	4.1	9	3	3	2	2	3	5.44
Nieve	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.73
Byrdak	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	4.35
Sampson(H, 10)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.10
Brocail(BS, 3)	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	1	4.38
Wright, W(W, 4-3)	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	4.78
Valverde(S, 39)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.66
Totals	11.0	15	7	7	8	7	4	4.43

Chi Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Zambrano	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	3.58
Howry	0.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	5.63
Wuertz	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35
Guzman, A	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Marmol	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.58
Wood, K(L, 4-3)	2.0	2	2	2	1	4	1	2.81
Totals	11.0	12	9	9	7	9	1	3.77

Byrdak pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
Howry pitched to 5 batters in the 6th.

Pitches-strikes: Backe 91-60, Nieve 2-1, Byrdak 13-8, Sampson 14-9, Brocail 33-14, Wright, W 30-16, Valverde 22-13, Zambrano 86-55, Howry 20-11, Wuertz 10-4, Guzman, A 15-7, Marmol 35-22, Wood, K 40-28.
Groundouts-flyouts: Backe 5-3, Nieve 1-0, Byrdak 0-0, Sampson 3-0, Brocail 2-2, Wright, W 1-3, Valverde 0-1, Zambrano 7-1, Howry 0-0, Wuertz 2-0, Guzman, A 2-1, Marmol 1-1, Wood, K 3-0.
Batters faced: Backe 22, Nieve 1, Byrdak 3, Sampson 4, Brocail 9, Wright, W 9, Valverde 4, Zambrano 23, Howry 5, Wuertz 3, Guzman, A 5, Marmol 7, Wood, K 10.
Inherited runners-scored: Nieve 2-0, Sampson 1-1, Wuertz 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Fieldin Culbreth. 1B: Jim Reynolds. 2B: Tim Timmons. 3B: Gary Cederstrom.
Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, R to L.
T: 4:17.
Att: 39,846.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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