August 5, 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 10
TEX 3 BAL 5
NYY 0 DET 4
CLE 3 MIN 14
@KCR 3 OAK 5
@SEA 2 TBD 8
BOS 5 CHW 7
@TOR 1 HOU 9
@ARI 3 CHC 7
PIT 5 CIN 8
ATL 6 LAD 10
@FLA 2 NYM 4
PHI 3 SDP 6
WSN 3 COL 2
@SFG 1
(11) STL 4
MIL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Wrigley Field, Attendance: 41,007

Saturday, August 5, 2006, 3:05PM
Time of Game: 2:43

Pirates

42-69

Lost 1

6th, 18 GB

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

W: M Prior (1-5), L: Z Duke (7-10), S: R Dempster (21)

Cubs

46-64

Won 1

5th, 13½ GB

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Duffy CF                    5   0   0   0    0   1  .182  .481   16    0   1   
N McLouth RF                  5   1   1   1    0   1  .227  .659   25    2   0   HR
F Sanchez SS                  5   0   0   0    0   0  .339  .858   14    3   3   
J Bay LF                      3   2   1   0    1   1  .292  .956   21    3   0   
X Nady 1B                     3   1   1   0    1   0  .272  .825   14   10   2   
J Castillo 2B                 4   0   2   1    0   0  .273  .757   18    2   2   
J Bautista 3B                 2   0   0   0    0   2  .261  .825   11    1   4   HBP,SH
R Paulino C                   3   1   1   3    1   0  .312  .773   13    2   1   HR,GDP
Z Duke P                      3   0   2   0    0   1  .234  .548   11    0   3   2B
  J Grabow P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  S Torres P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .500         1   0   
  J Burnitz PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .234  .732    1    0   0   
  M Capps P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500         0   1   
  D Marte P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
Totals                       34   5   8   5    3   6              144   24  18

BATTING

2B: Z Duke (3, off M Prior).

HR: R Paulino (5, off M Prior; 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF); N McLouth (6, off S Eyre; 7th inn, 0 on, 1 out to CF-RF).

SH: J Bautista (1, off B Howry).

HBP: J Bautista (9, by M Prior).

TB: R Paulino 4; N McLouth 4; Z Duke 3; J Castillo 2; J Bay; X Nady.

GIDP: R Paulino (13).

RBI: R Paulino 3 (34); J Castillo (53); N McLouth (13).

2-out RBI: R Paulino.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 1 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 2. Z Duke-J Castillo-X Nady; X Nady-F Sanchez-S Torres.

E: J Bautista (5); R Paulino (10).

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Pierre CF                   3   2   1   0    1   0  .279  .702   18    3   0   SB
C Izturis SS                  3   0   1   1    0   0  .243  .631   12    1   5   SH
M Barrett C                   4   0   1   1    0   0  .333  .944   16    6   0   GDP
A Ramirez 3B                  2   1   1   0    2   0  .274  .873   16    0   1   2B
P Nevin 1B                    2   1   0   0    1   1  .228  .756   15    6   0   
  J Mabry PH-1B               1   0   0   0    0   0  .221  .670    3    2   0   GDP
A Pagan RF-LF                 3   2   2   2    1   0  .293  .817   14    5   0   HR,CS
M Murton LF                   4   1   2   2    0   0  .295  .778   15    1   0   HR
  R Dempster P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
R Cedeno 2B                   3   0   2   1    0   0  .256  .620   17    3   2   SH
M Prior P                     2   0   1   0    0   1  .083  .166    4    0   0   
  W Ohman P                   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  R Theriot PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .798    2    0   0   
  S Eyre P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  M Wuertz P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Howry P                   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  J Jones PH-RF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .288  .812    1    0   0   
Totals                       29   7  11   7    5   2              133   27  10

BATTING

2B: A Ramirez (22, off Z Duke).

HR: A Pagan (4, off M Capps; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF); M Murton (6, off Z Duke; 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).

SH: R Cedeno (13, off M Capps); C Izturis (1, off J Grabow).

TB: M Murton 5; A Pagan 5; R Cedeno 2; A Ramirez 2; M Barrett; C Izturis; M Prior; J Pierre.

GIDP: M Barrett (9); J Mabry (3).

RBI: M Murton 2 (39); A Pagan 2 (10); C Izturis (13); R Cedeno (26); M Barrett (43).

2-out RBI: R Cedeno; A Pagan; M Murton.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 5 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. C Izturis-R Cedeno-P Nevin.

E: R Cedeno (18).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Pierre (39, 2nd base off Z Duke/R Paulino).

CS: A Pagan (2, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by Z Duke).

PO: M Murton (2nd base by D Marte).

PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
Z Duke, L (7-10)               6     9   5   5    3   2   1   5.35   27  106-60   39· 5·16   15· 4· 3· 0     33    -     0.64  -0.23
J Grabow                       0.1   0   1   1    1   0   0   4.02    2   10-6     4· 0· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.00  -0.02
S Torres                       0.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   4.02    3   10-4     3· 0· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          1-1    0.86  -0.05
M Capps                        0.1   1   1   1    0   0   1   3.53    3    3-3     3· 0· 0    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.42  -0.08
D Marte                        0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.00    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.39   0.02
Totals                         8    11   7   7    5   2   2          36  130-74   50· 5·19   20· 6· 3· 0          2-1

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Prior, W (1-5)               5.2   5   3   2    3   5   1   6.64   26  103-64   42· 5·17    8· 8· 1· 0     51    -     1.27  -0.04
W Ohman, H (6)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   4.98    1    5-3     2· 0· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          3-0    4.54   0.12
S Eyre, H (17)                 0.1   1   1   1    0   0   1   2.17    2    4-2     2· 0· 0    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.17  -0.08
M Wuertz, H (4)                0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    2    7-5     2· 2· 1    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.04   0.05
B Howry, H (17)                1     2   1   1    0   0   0   3.44    5   13-9     9· 0· 0    4· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.86   0.01
R Dempster, S (21)             1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.21    3   12-9     6· 1· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    1.04   0.08
Totals                         9     8   5   4    3   6   2          39  144-92   63· 8·21   14·13· 2· 0          3-0

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: Z Duke (5; A Pagan, 2nd base (CS)); D Marte (2; M Murton, 2nd base).

HBP: M Prior (7; J Bautista).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Marty Foster, 3B - Tom Hallion.

Time of Game: 2:43.

Attendance: 41,007.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 83° F, Wind 10mph from Right to Left, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Chicago Cubs                         
1. C Duffy              CF    1. J Pierre             CF 
2. N McLouth            RF    2. C Izturis            SS 
3. F Sanchez            SS    3. M Barrett            C  
4. J Bay                LF    4. A Ramirez            3B 
5. X Nady               1B    5. P Nevin              1B 
6. J Castillo           2B    6. A Pagan              RF 
7. J Bautista           3B    7. M Murton             LF 
8. R Paulino            C     8. R Cedeno             2B 
9. Z Duke               P     9. M Prior              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   2  4-3  123  5   12%  73% Z Duke          W Ohman         Strikeout Looking
   t 6   2  4-2  123  4  -11%  62% R Paulino       M Prior         Walk; Bay Scores; Nady to 3B; Bautista to 2B
   t 7   1  5-3  ---  3  -11%  73% N McLouth       S Eyre          Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
   b 6   1  3-4  ---  2   11%  82% M Murton        Z Duke          Home Run (Fly Ball)
   t 8   0  6-4  1--  8  -11%  68% J Castillo      B Howry         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Nady to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Prior facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  C Duffy         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   54%  N McLouth       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   55%  F Sanchez       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Zach Duke facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   58%  J Pierre        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--      63%  C Izturis       Pierre Steals 2B; Pierre to 3B/Adv on E2 (throw)
   RO     --3  3   62%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Pierre Scores
   O      ---  7   61%  M Barrett       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   63%  A Ramirez       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
          -2-  7   64%  P Nevin         Walk
   R      12-  4   72%  A Pagan         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Ramirez Scores; Nevin to 2B
   R      12-  5   80%  M Murton        Single to CF (Ground Ball); Nevin Scores; Pagan to 3B
   R      1-3  6   85%  R Cedeno        Single to CF (Ground Ball); Pagan Scores; Murton to 2B
   O      12-  1   83%  M Prior         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Murton to 3B; Cedeno out at 3B/CF-3B
                  4 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cubs 4.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-4, Mark Prior facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   80%  J Bay           Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   76%  X Nady          Fielder's Choice SS; Bay to 2B/Safe on E4 (catch); Nady to 1B
   R      12-  2   68%  J Castillo      Single to LF (Ground Ball); Bay Scores/unER; Nady to 2B
   O      12-  4   73%  J Bautista      Strikeout Swinging
   OO     12-  7   81%  R Paulino       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 4-1, Zach Duke facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   80%  J Pierre        Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   79%  C Izturis       Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  3   78%  M Barrett       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cubs 4.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-4, Mark Prior facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   73%  Z Duke          Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      -2-  2   77%  C Duffy         Flyball: LF
   O      -2-  7   80%  N McLouth       Groundout: 1B unassisted; Duke to 3B
   O      --3  6   83%  F Sanchez       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 4-1, Zach Duke facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   82%  A Ramirez       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  6   81%  P Nevin         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   82%  A Pagan         Walk
   O      1--  1   80%  M Murton        Pagan Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cubs 4.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-4, Mark Prior facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   83%  J Bay           Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   84%  X Nady          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   85%  J Castillo      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 4-1, Zach Duke facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   84%  M Murton        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3   85%  R Cedeno        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   84%  M Prior         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  3   83%  J Pierre        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cubs 4.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-4, Mark Prior facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   85%  J Bautista      Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  1   77%  R Paulino       Home Run (Fly Ball)
          ---  3   74%  Z Duke          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   78%  C Duffy         Popfly: 2B (Short RF)
   O      1--  4   80%  N McLouth       Popfly: SS
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 4-2, Zach Duke facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   83%  C Izturis       Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  5   78%  M Barrett       Ground Ball Double Play: P-2B-1B
          ---  4   79%  A Ramirez       Walk
   O      1--  2   77%  P Nevin         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cubs 4.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-4, Mark Prior facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   80%  F Sanchez       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   76%  J Bay           Walk
          1--  6   71%  X Nady          Walk; Bay to 2B
   O      12-  3   78%  J Castillo      Flyball: RF
          12-  1   73%  J Bautista      Hit By Pitch; Bay to 3B; Nady to 2B
   R      123  4   62%  R Paulino       Walk; Bay Scores; Nady to 3B; Bautista to 2B
                  Will Ohman replaces Mark Prior pitching and batting 9th
   O      123  5   73%  Z Duke          Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 3, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 4-3, Zach Duke facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   71%  A Pagan         Lineout: LF
   R      ---  2   82%  M Murton        Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  7   81%  R Cedeno        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  Ryan Theriot pinch hits for Will Ohman batting 9th
   O      ---  2   80%  R Theriot       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cubs 5.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-5, Scott Eyre facing 1-2-3
                  Scott Eyre replaces Ryan Theriot pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1   84%  C Duffy         Bunt Groundout: P-1B
   R      ---  3   73%  N McLouth       Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
                  Michael Wuertz replaces Scott Eyre pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   76%  F Sanchez       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   78%  J Bay           Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Cubs 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-4, John Grabow facing 1-2-3
                  John Grabow replaces Zach Duke pitching and batting 9th
          ---  9   81%  J Pierre        Walk
   O      1--  1   80%  C Izturis       Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Pierre to 2B
                  Salomon Torres replaces John Grabow pitching and batting 9th
   R      -2-  1   88%  M Barrett       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Pierre Scores
          1--  6   90%  A Ramirez       Walk; Barrett to 2B
                  John Mabry pinch hits for Phil Nevin batting 5th
   OO     12-  3   85%  J Mabry         Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-P
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Cubs 6.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-6, Bobby Howry facing 5-6-7
                  Bobby Howry replaces Michael Wuertz pitching and batting 9th; John Mabry moves to 1B
          ---  1   79%  X Nady          Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  8   68%  J Castillo      Single to RF (Ground Ball); Nady to 2B
   O      12-  2   71%  J Bautista      Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; Nady to 3B; Castillo to 2B
   RO     -23  1   77%  R Paulino       Groundout: SS-1B; Nady Scores; Castillo to 3B
                  Jeromy Burnitz pinch hits for Salomon Torres batting 9th
   O      --3  1   86%  J Burnitz       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-5, Matt Capps facing 6-7-8
                  Matt Capps replaces Jeromy Burnitz pitching and batting 9th
   R      ---  1   93%  A Pagan         Home Run (Fly Ball)
          ---  1   94%  M Murton        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Murton to 1B
   O      1--  1   94%  R Cedeno        Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Murton to 2B
                  Damaso Marte replaces Matt Capps pitching and batting 9th; Jacque Jones pinch hits for Bobby Howry batting 9th
   O      -2-  1   93%  J Jones         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      -2-  1   92%  J Pierre        Murton Picked off 2B (P-SS)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cubs 7.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-7, Ryan Dempster facing 1-2-3
                  Ryan Dempster replaces Matt Murton pitching and batting 7th; Angel Pagan moves to LF; Jacque Jones moves to RF
   O      ---  2   96%  C Duffy         Lineout: LF
   O      ---  7   99%  N McLouth       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  3  100%  F Sanchez       Groundout: P-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cubs 7.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation