August 27, 2004 Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 9
MIN 6 BOS 5
DET 3 CLE 6
CHW 3 OAK 8
TBD 7 SEA 7
KCR 5 TEX 6
BAL 4 NYY 8
@TOR 7 ATL 5
SFG 3 HOU 15
@CHC 7 ARI 4
@CIN 3
(11) FLA 3
COL 0 MON 10
SDP 3 NYM 9
LAD 2 PHI 6
MIL 1 STL 8
@PIT 5

Standings at end of play this day

Wrigley Field, Attendance: 39,038

Friday, August 27, 2004, 2:24PM
Time of Game: 2:48

Astros

65-63

Won 1

3rd, 19 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Astros          4  0  2   1  1  1   0  0  6   15 17  1
Cubs            2  0  2   0  0  0   0  2  1    7  9  0

W: R Oswalt (15-9), L: K Wood (7-6)

Cubs

71-57

Lost 1

2nd, 13 GB

BATTING

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Biggio LF                   5   2   1   0    0   0  .284  .817   13    4   0   2B,SB
  J Lane LF                   1   1   1   1    0   0  .241  .742    1    0   0   2B
C Beltran CF                  5   2   4   4    1   0  .271  .933   25    1   0   2·HR,2·SB
J Bagwell 1B                  4   2   2   2    2   0  .257  .825   24    7   0   HR,SB,GDP
  D Weathers P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
L Berkman RF-1B               3   3   2   1    1   0  .310  .996   20    4   0   HR,HBP
J Kent 2B                     5   2   2   2    0   1  .283  .831   13    4   4   HR,GDP
  E Bruntlett SS              0   0   0   0    0   0  .235  .870         0   0   
M Ensberg 3B                  2   0   1   2    0   0  .272  .732    4    1   0   2B
  M Lamb 3B                   2   1   1   1    1   0  .296  .891   15    0   4   3B
J Vizcaino SS-2B              5   1   2   1    0   2  .291  .718   20    0   4   
R Chavez C                    5   0   0   0    0   2  .180  .446   14    6   1   
R Oswalt P                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .143  .344   15    0   0   HBP
  O Palmeiro PH-RF            1   1   1   0    0   0  .239  .685    8    0   0   
Totals                       41  15  17  14    5   6              172   27  13

BATTING

2B: M Ensberg (18, off K Wood); J Lane (9, off K Farnsworth); C Biggio (37, off K Wood).

3B: M Lamb (3, off K Farnsworth).

HR: L Berkman (20, off K Wood; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); J Kent (17, off K Wood; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); C Beltran 2 (35, off K Farnsworth, off K Wood; 1st inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF; 9th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to CF-RF); J Bagwell (20, off K Wood; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).

HBP: L Berkman (8, by K Wood); R Oswalt (1, by K Mercker).

TB: C Beltran 10; L Berkman 5; J Bagwell 5; J Kent 5; M Lamb 3; M Ensberg 2; J Lane 2; C Biggio 2; J Vizcaino 2; O Palmeiro.

GIDP: J Kent (20); J Bagwell (8).

RBI: C Beltran 4 (95); M Ensberg 2 (56); J Kent 2 (77); J Bagwell 2 (60); M Lamb (41); L Berkman (77); J Lane (15); J Vizcaino (24).

2-out RBI: C Beltran 3; J Lane; J Bagwell.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 6 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Vizcaino-J Kent-J Bagwell.

E: M Ensberg (12).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Beltran 2 (33, 3rd base off K Wood/M Barrett, 2nd base off K Mercker/M Barrett); C Biggio (5, 3rd base off K Mercker/M Barrett); J Bagwell (3, 2nd base off K Wood/M Barrett).

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Patterson CF                3   1   0   0    1   2  .292  .823   18    3   0   
D Lee 1B                      4   3   3   2    0   0  .299  .919   12    8   0   HR
N Garciaparra SS              4   1   2   3    0   0  .322  .881   10    2   5   HR,CS
M Alou LF                     3   0   0   1    0   0  .279  .884   14    1   0   SF,GDP
S Sosa RF                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .255  .874   20    0   0   
A Ramirez 3B                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .313  .936    5    2   2   
M Grudzielanek 2B             4   1   1   0    0   0  .301  .770   10    3   4   
M Barrett C                   4   0   1   1    0   0  .298  .845    9    8   0   3B
K Wood P                      1   1   1   0    0   0  .182  .525    3    0   0   2B
  R Dempster P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Goodwin PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .212  .575    5    0   0   
  K Mercker P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Leicester P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  J Macias PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .262  .660    3    0   0   
  K Farnsworth P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  T Walker PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .274  .834    3    0   0   
Totals                       34   7   9   7    1   4              112   27  12

BATTING

2B: K Wood (1, off R Oswalt).

3B: M Barrett (6, off D Weathers).

HR: N Garciaparra (9, off R Oswalt; 8th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF); D Lee (28, off R Oswalt; 3rd inn, 1 on, 1 out to CF).

SF: M Alou (4, off R Oswalt).

TB: D Lee 6; N Garciaparra 5; M Barrett 3; K Wood 2; M Grudzielanek; A Ramirez.

GIDP: M Alou (10).

RBI: N Garciaparra 3 (36); D Lee 2 (82); M Barrett (57); M Alou (84).

2-out RBI: N Garciaparra 2; M Barrett.

Team LOB: 2.

With RISP: 2 for 4.

FIELDING

DP: 3. N Garciaparra-M Grudzielanek-D Lee 2; A Ramirez-D Lee.

BASERUNNING

CS: N Garciaparra (1, 2nd base by R Oswalt/R Chavez).

PITCHING

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Oswalt, W (15-9)             8     7   6   6    1   4   2   3.56   31   98-67   42·11·14   12· 9· 5· 0     47    -     0.72  -0.02
D Weathers                     1     2   1   1    0   0   0   4.52    5   11-9     5· 1· 3    4· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     9   7   7    1   4   2          36  109-76   47·12·17   16·10· 5· 0           -

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Wood, L (7-6)                4.1   9   8   8    2   4   4   3.57   25   87-56   28·13·15    4· 9· 5· 0     15    -     0.72  -0.49
R Dempster                     0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   1.35    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.46   0.02
K Mercker                      0.1   1   1   1    2   0   0   2.30    5   16-5     3· 0· 2    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.47  -0.05
J Leicester                    2.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   2.73    8   24-14    9· 1· 4    5· 2· 0· 0          3-0    0.17   0.04
K Farnsworth                   1     6   6   6    0   2   1   5.12    9   37-25   14· 4· 7    2· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.10  -0.04
Totals                         9    17  15  15    5   6   5          48  165-101  55·18·28   12·15· 8· 0          4-0

Balks: None.

WP: K Mercker (3).

IBB: None.

HBP: K Wood (8; L Berkman); K Mercker (2; R Oswalt).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - CB Bucknor, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Chuck Meriwether, 3B - Mike Reilly.

Time of Game: 2:48.

Attendance: 39,038.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 85° F, Wind 10mph out to Leftfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Houston Astros                Chicago Cubs                         
1. C Biggio             LF    1. C Patterson          CF 
2. C Beltran            CF    2. D Lee                1B 
3. J Bagwell            1B    3. N Garciaparra        SS 
4. L Berkman            RF    4. M Alou               LF 
5. J Kent               2B    5. S Sosa               RF 
6. M Ensberg            3B    6. A Ramirez            3B 
7. J Vizcaino           SS    7. M Grudzielanek       2B 
8. R Chavez             C     8. M Barrett            C  
9. R Oswalt             P     9. K Wood               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   1  6-2  -2-  5  -12%  69% D Lee           R Oswalt        Home Run (Fly Ball); Wood Scores
   t 1   1  0-2  12-  3   12%  83% M Ensberg       K Wood          Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Berkman Scores; Kent Scores
   b 1   0  4-0  12-  4  -11%  61% N Garciaparra   R Oswalt        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Patterson Scores; Lee to 3B
   t 1   1  0-0  ---  6   10%  57% C Beltran       K Wood          Home Run (Line Drive)
   t 4   2  4-6  12-  5    9%  80% J Bagwell       K Wood          Single to CF (Line Drive); Biggio Scores; Beltran to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Kerry Wood facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   48%  C Biggio        Lineout: SS
   R      ---  6   57%  C Beltran       Home Run (Line Drive)
          ---  6   60%  J Bagwell       Walk
          1--  1   63%  L Berkman       Hit By Pitch; Bagwell to 2B
   R      12-  2   71%  J Kent          Single to LF (Ground Ball); Bagwell Scores; Berkman to 2B
   RR     12-  3   83%  M Ensberg       Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Berkman Scores; Kent Scores
   O      -2-  3   81%  J Vizcaino      Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  3   80%  R Chavez        Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-4, Roy Oswalt facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   77%  C Patterson     Walk
          1--  2   72%  D Lee           Single to LF (Line Drive); Patterson to 2B
   R      12-  4   61%  N Garciaparra   Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Patterson Scores; Lee to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   64%  M Alou          Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Lee Scores
   O      1--      68%  S Sosa          Garciaparra Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   O      ---  6   69%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 2.

Top of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-2, Kerry Wood facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  6   68%  R Oswalt        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   66%  C Biggio        Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  3   65%  C Beltran       Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Behind 2-4, Roy Oswalt facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   68%  A Ramirez       Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  2   70%  M Grudzielanek  Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   71%  M Barrett       Lineout: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 2.

Top of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-2, Kerry Wood facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  1   79%  J Bagwell       Home Run (Fly Ball)
   R      ---  3   85%  L Berkman       Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  1   84%  J Kent          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   84%  M Ensberg       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   83%  J Vizcaino      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Cubs 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Behind 2-6, Roy Oswalt facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   78%  K Wood          Double to RF (Ground Ball thru RF Line)
   O      -2-  5   82%  C Patterson     Strikeout Swinging
   RR     -2-  5   69%  D Lee           Home Run (Fly Ball); Wood Scores
          ---  2   66%  N Garciaparra   Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Garciaparra to 1B
   OO     1--  6   72%  M Alou          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Cubs 4.

Top of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-4, Kerry Wood facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   71%  R Chavez        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  5   69%  R Oswalt        Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   71%  C Biggio        Double to LF (Fly Ball)
          -2-  5   72%  C Beltran       Walk
   R      12-  5   80%  J Bagwell       Single to CF (Line Drive); Biggio Scores; Beltran to 2B
          12-      81%  L Berkman       Beltran Steals 3B; Bagwell Steals 2B
   O      -23  4   78%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Behind 4-7, Roy Oswalt facing 5-6-7
                  Mike Lamb replaces Morgan Ensberg playing 3B batting 6th
   O      ---  1   80%  S Sosa          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   77%  A Ramirez       Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   81%  M Grudzielanek  Lineout: LF
   O      1--  2   83%  M Barrett       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 4.

Top of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 7-4, Kerry Wood facing 5-6-7
   R      ---  1   89%  J Kent          Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  6   88%  M Lamb          Lineout: 3B
          ---  8   89%  J Vizcaino      Single to RF (Line Drive)
                  Ryan Dempster replaces Kerry Wood pitching and batting 9th
   OO     1--  1   87%  R Chavez        Double Play: Popfly: 3B; Vizcaino out at 1B/3B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 8, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Behind 4-8, Roy Oswalt facing 9-1-2
                  Tom Goodwin pinch hits for Ryan Dempster batting 9th
   O      ---  5   89%  T Goodwin       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   91%  C Patterson     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   91%  D Lee           Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 8, Cubs 4.

Top of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 8-4, Kent Mercker facing 9-1-2
                  Kent Mercker replaces Tom Goodwin pitching and batting 9th
          ---  1   92%  R Oswalt        Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  3   91%  C Biggio        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Biggio to 1B
          1--  3   92%  C Beltran       Single to LF (Line Drive); Biggio to 2B
          12-      94%  J Bagwell       Biggio Steals 3B; Beltran Steals 2B
          -23  4   94%  " "             Walk
   R      123      97%  L Berkman       Wild Pitch; Biggio Scores; Beltran to 3B; Bagwell to 2B
          -23  5   97%  " "             Walk
                  Jon Leicester replaces Kent Mercker pitching and batting 9th
   OO     123  4   94%  J Kent          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 9, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Behind 4-9, Roy Oswalt facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   95%  N Garciaparra   Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  3   96%  M Alou          Flyball: LF
   O      ---  7   97%  S Sosa          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 9, Cubs 4.

Top of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 9-4, Jon Leicester facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   97%  M Lamb          Walk
   O      1--  3   97%  J Vizcaino      Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      1--  3   96%  R Chavez        Groundout: P-2B/Forceout at 2B; Chavez to 1B
   O      1--  3   96%  R Oswalt        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 9, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Behind 4-9, Roy Oswalt facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   97%  A Ramirez       Popfly: 2B (Short CF)
   O      ---  3   98%  M Grudzielanek  Lineout: LF
   O      ---  3   98%  M Barrett       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 9, Cubs 4.

Top of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 9-4, Jon Leicester facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   98%  C Biggio        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  2   98%  C Beltran       Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  2   98%  J Bagwell       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 9, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Behind 4-9, Roy Oswalt facing 9-1-2
                  Jason Lane replaces Craig Biggio playing LF batting 1st; Jose Macias pinch hits for Jon Leicester batting 9th
   O      ---  3   99%  J Macias        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  C Patterson     Flyball: CF
          ---  2   99%  D Lee           Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
   RR     1--  1   95%  N Garciaparra   Home Run (Fly Ball); Lee Scores
   O      ---  2   96%  M Alou          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 9, Cubs 6.

Top of the 9th, Astros Batting, Ahead 9-6, Kyle Farnsworth facing 4-5-6
                  Kyle Farnsworth replaces Jose Macias pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   97%  L Berkman       Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   96%  J Kent          Strikeout Swinging
   R      1--  4   99%  M Lamb          Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Berkman Scores
   R      --3  2   99%  J Vizcaino      Single to RF (Ground Ball); Lamb Scores
   O      1--  5   99%  R Chavez        Strikeout Swinging
                  Orlando Palmeiro pinch hits for Roy Oswalt batting 9th
          1--  8   99%  O Palmeiro      Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Vizcaino to 2B
   R      12-  1  100%  J Lane          Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Vizcaino Scores; Palmeiro to 3B
   RRR    -23  6  100%  C Beltran       Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Palmeiro Scores; Lane Scores
   O      ---  3  100%  J Bagwell       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 15, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Cubs Batting, Behind 6-15, Dave Weathers facing 5-6-7
                  Dave Weathers replaces Jeff Bagwell pitching and batting 3rd; Lance Berkman moves to 1B; Jose Vizcaino moves to 2B; Eric Bruntlett replaces Jeff Kent playing SS batting 5th; Orlando Palmeiro moves to RF
   O      ---  3  100%  S Sosa          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1  100%  A Ramirez       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3  100%  M Grudzielanek  Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   R      1--  1  100%  M Barrett       Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Grudzielanek Scores
                  Todd Walker pinch hits for Kyle Farnsworth batting 9th
   O      --3  3  100%  T Walker        Groundout: 2B-1B
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 15, Cubs 7.

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