August 28, 2004 Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score

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MIN 7
@ANA 1 BOS 5
DET 1 CHW 5
@CLE 3 OAK 5
TBD 4 SEA 9
KCR 7 SEA 5
KCR 3
(12) TEX 4
BAL 3 NYY 18
@TOR 6 ATL 9
SFG 3 HOU 7
@CHC 6 ARI 6
@CIN 3 FLA 4
COL 3 SDP 5
@MON 2 LAD 4
@NYM 2 PHI 4
MIL 3 STL 6
@PIT 4

Standings at end of play this day

Wrigley Field, Attendance: 39,081

Saturday, August 28, 2004, 3:02PM
Time of Game: 3:19

Astros

66-63

Won 2

3rd, 19 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Astros          1  4  0   0  0  2   0  0  0    7 10  1
Cubs            0  0  2   0  0  3   0  1  0    6 11  3

W: R Clemens (14-4), L: C Zambrano (12-8), S: B Lidge (18)

Cubs

71-58

Lost 2

2nd, 14 GB

BATTING

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Biggio LF                   3   2   1   0    2   0  .284  .818   20    2   0   SB
C Beltran CF                  2   3   1   0    3   0  .272  .937   21    2   0   
J Bagwell 1B                  5   0   3   2    0   0  .261  .831   21    8   0   2B
L Berkman RF                  4   0   0   0    1   1  .307  .989   25    2   0   
J Kent 2B                     3   0   0   0    2   2  .281  .829   29    0   6   
  B Lidge P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
M Lamb 3B                     5   1   1   0    0   2  .293  .884   23    1   0   2B
J Vizcaino SS-2B              5   0   1   1    0   3  .289  .713   18    4   2   
B Ausmus C                    5   1   3   0    0   0  .251  .638   15    8   0   2B,CS
R Clemens P                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .182  .406    9    0   0   
  J Lane PH                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .241  .742    1    0   0   SH
  R Springer P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  C Qualls P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  E Bruntlett SS              1   0   0   0    0   0  .229  .847   10    0   0   
Totals                       36   7  10   3    8   8              192   27   9

BATTING

2B: M Lamb (9, off C Zambrano); B Ausmus (13, off C Zambrano); J Bagwell (24, off C Zambrano).

SH: J Lane (1, off G Rusch).

TB: B Ausmus 4; J Bagwell 4; M Lamb 2; C Beltran; C Biggio; J Vizcaino.

RBI: J Bagwell 2 (62); J Vizcaino (25).

2-out RBI: J Bagwell.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 2 for 12.

FIELDING

E: J Vizcaino (6).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Biggio (6, 2nd base off C Zambrano/M Barrett).

CS: B Ausmus (2, 2nd base by M Remlinger/M Barrett).

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Patterson CF                5   1   1   0    0   1  .291  .819   14    2   0   
D Lee 1B                      4   0   0   0    1   2  .296  .912   22    4   4   
T Walker 2B                   5   0   1   1    0   1  .273  .827   20    4   3   
M Alou LF                     3   1   1   1    1   1  .280  .884   20    2   1   SF
S Sosa RF                     5   1   1   0    0   2  .254  .868   25    2   0   
A Ramirez 3B                  4   1   3   1    0   0  .317  .941   12    0   0   
  M Remlinger P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  M Grudzielanek PH           0   0   0   0    1   0  .301  .773    4    0   0   
M Barrett C                   5   1   2   0    0   0  .300  .846   20    8   2   2B
R Martinez SS-3B              4   0   1   1    0   0  .249  .659   14    3   3   
C Zambrano P                  1   1   0   0    1   1  .220  .467   11    2   0   
  R Dempster P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Macias PH                 1   0   0   1    0   0  .260  .655    4    0   0   
  G Rusch P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .375         0   1   
  N Garciaparra PH-SS         1   0   1   1    0   0  .325  .885    2    0   0   
Totals                       38   6  11   6    4   8              168   27  14

BATTING

2B: M Barrett (25, off C Qualls).

SF: M Alou (5, off R Clemens).

TB: A Ramirez 3; M Barrett 3; N Garciaparra; T Walker; S Sosa; C Patterson; M Alou; R Martinez.

RBI: J Macias (15); A Ramirez (85); T Walker (41); N Garciaparra (37); M Alou (85); R Martinez (30).

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 5 for 11.

FIELDING

E: C Zambrano (1); M Barrett (6); A Ramirez (9).

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 Clemens, W (14-4)            6     8   5   5    1   5   0   3.08   28  106-74   46·10·18   13· 5· 4· 0     40    -     1.10  -0.01
R Springer, H (1)              1     0   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    4   13-6     4· 0· 2    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.19   0.09
C Qualls, H (2)                0.1   3   1   1    0   0   0   6.17    4   12-7     5· 0· 2    1· 0· 3· 0          0-0    2.34  -0.24
B Lidge, S (18)                1.2   0   0   0    2   3   0   2.03    7   37-21   11· 7· 3    0· 1· 1· 0          2-0    4.22   0.46
Totals                         9    11   6   6    4   8   0          43  168-108  66·17·25   15· 8· 8· 0          2-0

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Zambrano, L (12-8)           5.2   7   7   3    6   4   0   2.94   30  125-69   41· 5·23    8· 5· 7· 0     33    -     0.72  -0.29
R Dempster                     0.1   0   0   0    1   1   0   1.29    3   17-7     4· 1· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          2-1    0.68  -0.03
G Rusch                        2     2   0   0    1   2   0   3.75    9   32-18   11· 3· 4    3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.74   0.07
M Remlinger                    1     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.81    3   13-8     2· 3· 3    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.66   0.04
Totals                         9    10   7   3    8   8   0          45  187-102  58·12·32   12· 8· 9· 0          2-1

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

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

Time of Game: 3:19.

Attendance: 39,081.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 69° F, Wind 14mph in from Centerfield, Overcast.

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. T Walker             2B 
4. L Berkman            RF    4. M Alou               LF 
5. J Kent               2B    5. S Sosa               RF 
6. M Lamb               3B    6. A Ramirez            3B 
7. J Vizcaino           SS    7. M Barrett            C  
8. B Ausmus             C     8. R Martinez           SS 
9. R Clemens            P     9. C Zambrano           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   2  7-6  123  6   20%  83% T Walker        B Lidge         Strikeout Swinging
   t 2   2  0-2  123  8   17%  88% J Bagwell       C Zambrano      Reached on E1 (catch) (Ground Ball to 1B); Ausmus Scores/unER/No RBI; Biggio Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)/unER; Beltran Scores/unER; Bagwell to 2B
   b 8   1  7-5  1-3  2  -12%  59% N Garciaparra   C Qualls        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Barrett Scores; Martinez to 2B
   b 8   1  7-6  12-  6   12%  71% C Patterson     B Lidge         Strikeout Swinging
   t 1   1  0-0  1--  5   11%  61% J Bagwell       C Zambrano      Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Beltran Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Carlos Zambrano facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   48%  C Biggio        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   50%  C Beltran       Walk
   R      1--  5   61%  J Bagwell       Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Beltran Scores
   O      -2-  6   58%  L Berkman       Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  6   55%  J Kent          Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-1, Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   57%  C Patterson     Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   59%  D Lee           Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   60%  T Walker        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 0.

Top of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 1-0, Carlos Zambrano facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   66%  M Lamb          Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
   RO     -2-  2   68%  J Vizcaino      Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Lamb Scores; Vizcaino out at 2B/LF-C-2B
          ---  2   71%  B Ausmus        Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      -2-  3   68%  R Clemens       Groundout: 1B-P; Ausmus to 3B
          --3  5   69%  C Biggio        Walk
          1-3  5   71%  C Beltran       Walk; Biggio to 2B
   RRR    123  8   88%  J Bagwell       Reached on E1 (catch) (Ground Ball to 1B); Ausmus Scores/unER/No RBI; Biggio Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)/unER; Beltran Scores/unER; Bagwell to 2B
   O      -2-  5   87%  L Berkman       Flyball: RF
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-5, Roger Clemens facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   88%  M Alou          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   89%  S Sosa          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   89%  A Ramirez       Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   87%  M Barrett       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Ramirez to 2B; Barrett to 1B
   O      12-  5   90%  R Martinez      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Astros 5, Cubs 0.

Top of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-0, Carlos Zambrano facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   91%  J Kent          Walk
   O      1--  4   90%  M Lamb          Flyball: CF
   O      1--  1   89%  J Vizcaino      Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Vizcaino to 1B
   O      1--  2   88%  B Ausmus        Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-5, Roger Clemens facing 9-1-2
          ---  6   86%  C Zambrano      Walk
          1--  3   82%  C Patterson     Single to LF (Ground Ball); Zambrano to 2B
   O      12-  3   86%  D Lee           Strikeout Swinging
   R      12-  5   78%  T Walker        Single to CF (Ground Ball); Zambrano Scores; Patterson to 3B
   RO     1-3  6   79%  M Alou          Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Patterson Scores
   O      1--  8   81%  S Sosa          Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Cubs 2.

Top of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-2, Carlos Zambrano facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   80%  R Clemens       Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  4   81%  C Biggio        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   79%  C Beltran       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Beltran to 1B
          1--  3   81%  J Bagwell       Single to CF (Line Drive); Beltran to 3B
   O      1-3  2   78%  L Berkman       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 5, Cubs 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Behind 2-5, Roger Clemens facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   74%  A Ramirez       Single to RF (Fly Ball)
   O      1--  3   77%  M Barrett       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Barrett to 1B
   O      1--  6   81%  R Martinez      Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
   O      1--  5   83%  C Zambrano      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Cubs 2.

Top of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-2, Carlos Zambrano facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   82%  J Kent          Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   81%  M Lamb          Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   80%  J Vizcaino      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Cubs 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Behind 2-5, Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   83%  C Patterson     Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  5   85%  D Lee           Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   86%  T Walker        Lineout: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Cubs 2.

Top of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-2, Carlos Zambrano facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   85%  B Ausmus        Lineout: RF
   O      ---  3   84%  R Clemens       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   84%  C Biggio        Walk
          1--      85%  C Beltran       Biggio Steals 2B
          -2-  4   85%  " "             Walk
   R      12-  3   91%  J Bagwell       Single to CF (Line Drive); Biggio Scores; Beltran to 2B
                  Ryan Dempster replaces Carlos Zambrano pitching and batting 9th
          12-  5   92%  L Berkman       Walk; Beltran to 3B; Bagwell to 2B
   R      123  6   95%  J Kent          Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Beltran Scores/unER/No RBI; Bagwell to 3B; Berkman to 2B; Kent to 1B
   O      123  6   94%  M Lamb          Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Behind 2-7, Roger Clemens facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   92%  M Alou          Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   87%  S Sosa          Single to LF (Ground Ball); Alou to 2B
   R      12-  2   80%  A Ramirez       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Alou Scores; Sosa to 2B
          12-  3   72%  M Barrett       Single to CF (Line Drive); Sosa to 3B; Ramirez to 2B
   RO     123  1   75%  R Martinez      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Sosa Scores; Ramirez to 3B; Martinez to 1B
                  Jose Macias pinch hits for Ryan Dempster batting 9th
   RO     1-3  4   77%  J Macias        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Ramirez Scores; Macias to 1B
   O      1--  2   81%  C Patterson     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 5.

Top of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 7-5, Glendon Rusch facing 7-8-9
                  Glendon Rusch replaces Jose Macias pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  6   79%  J Vizcaino      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   81%  B Ausmus        Single to CF (Ground Ball)
                  Jason Lane pinch hits for Roger Clemens batting 9th
   O      1--  1   80%  J Lane          Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Ausmus to 2B
   O      -2-  2   77%  C Biggio        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Behind 5-7, Russ Springer facing 2-3-4
                  Russ Springer replaces Jason Lane pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   81%  D Lee           Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   84%  T Walker        Groundout: P-1B
          ---  5   82%  M Alou          Walk
   O      1--  3   86%  S Sosa          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 5.

Top of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 7-5, Glendon Rusch facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   88%  C Beltran       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   86%  J Bagwell       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Bagwell to 1B
   O      1--  7   84%  L Berkman       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
          1--  5   85%  J Kent          Walk; Bagwell to 2B
   O      12-  4   83%  M Lamb          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Behind 5-7, Chad Qualls facing 6-7-8
                  Chad Qualls replaces Russ Springer pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   87%  A Ramirez       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  6   80%  M Barrett       Double to SS (Line Drive to Short LF)
          -2-  2   71%  R Martinez      Single to CF (Line Drive); Barrett to 3B
                  Nomar Garciaparra pinch hits for Glendon Rusch batting 9th
   R      1-3  2   59%  N Garciaparra   Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Barrett Scores; Martinez to 2B
                  Brad Lidge replaces Jeff Kent pitching and batting 5th; Jose Vizcaino moves to 2B; Eric Bruntlett replaces Chad Qualls playing SS batting 9th
   O      12-  6   71%  C Patterson     Strikeout Swinging
          12-  7   63%  D Lee           Walk; Martinez to 3B; Garciaparra to 2B
   O      123  6   83%  T Walker        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 6.

Top of the 9th, Astros Batting, Ahead 7-6, Mike Remlinger facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Remlinger replaces Aramis Ramirez pitching and batting 6th; Ramon Martinez moves to 3B; Nomar Garciaparra moves to SS
   O      ---  4   81%  J Vizcaino      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   83%  B Ausmus        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      80%  E Bruntlett     Ausmus Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B-1B)
   O      ---  6   79%  " "             Popfly: 2B (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Cubs Batting, Behind 6-7, Brad Lidge facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   88%  M Alou          Popfly: 2B (Short RF)
   O      ---  7   95%  S Sosa          Strikeout Swinging
                  Mark Grudzielanek pinch hits for Mike Remlinger batting 6th
          ---  4   90%  M Grudzielanek  Walk
   O      1--  5  100%  M Barrett       Foul Lineout: 3B (3B Foul)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Cubs 6.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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