August 22, 2004 Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros Play by Play and Box Score

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

Standings at end of play this day

Minute Maid Park, Attendance: 41,186

Sunday, August 22, 2004, 1:05PM
Time of Game: 3:07

Cubs

67-56

Won 1

2nd, 14½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cubs            0  0  5   1  4  1   0  0  0   11 14  1
Astros          0  1  0   1  0  1   2  0  1    6 11  1

W: J Leicester (4-0), L: R Oswalt (13-9)

Astros

61-62

Lost 1

3rd, 20½ GB

BATTING

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Patterson CF                5   2   3   1    0   0  .288  .811   10    0   0   2·SB
D Lee 1B                      5   0   2   0    0   2  .295  .907   22    5   0   
T Walker 2B                   5   1   2   2    0   0  .281  .857   19    7   5   2B
M Alou LF                     3   2   1   1    2   0  .272  .854   20    2   0   HR
  K Mercker P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  K Farnsworth P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
S Sosa RF                     5   2   2   0    0   1  .256  .875   18    2   0   
A Ramirez 3B                  4   2   1   3    1   0  .314  .933   24    1   2   HR
M Barrett C                   3   1   2   1    0   0  .296  .843   13    4   0   2B,CS,HBP
  P Bako C                    1   0   0   0    0   1  .180  .478    4    5   0   
R Martinez SS                 5   1   1   2    0   1  .246  .660   20    1   5   2B
K Wood P                      2   0   0   0    1   0  .156  .450   10    0   0   
  J Leicester P               1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  T Goodwin LF                1   0   0   0    0   1  .207  .572    4    0   0   
Totals                       40  11  14  10    4   6              168   27  12

BATTING

2B: T Walker (19, off R Oswalt); R Martinez (14, off K Bullinger); M Barrett (23, off K Bullinger).

HR: A Ramirez (25, off R Oswalt; 3rd inn, 2 on, 2 outs to CF); M Alou (29, off M Gallo; 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF-CF).

HBP: M Barrett (4, by R Oswalt).

TB: M Alou 4; A Ramirez 4; C Patterson 3; T Walker 3; M Barrett 3; R Martinez 2; S Sosa 2; D Lee 2.

RBI: A Ramirez 3 (79); T Walker 2 (40); R Martinez 2 (28); C Patterson (55); M Barrett (54); M Alou (73).

2-out RBI: A Ramirez 3; T Walker 2; C Patterson.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 6 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 3. R Martinez-T Walker-D Lee 2; A Ramirez-T Walker-D Lee.

E: T Walker (7).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Patterson 2 (25, 2nd base off K Bullinger/R Chavez, 2nd base off R Oswalt/R Chavez).

CS: M Barrett (4, 2nd base by R Oswalt/R Chavez).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Vizcaino SS                 5   0   4   1    0   1  .288  .706   16    2   5   
  C Harville P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
C Beltran CF                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .265  .894   16    2   0   SB,HBP
J Bagwell 1B                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .253  .805    9    5   0   
  C Qualls P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  E Bruntlett SS              1   1   1   1    0   0  .276 1.010    3    0   0   HR
L Berkman RF                  4   1   2   0    1   1  .306  .996   23    3   0   
J Kent 2B                     4   1   0   0    0   3  .282  .809   21    2   1   HBP
M Lamb 3B-1B                  4   1   2   1    1   0  .297  .889   20    7   1   HR
J Lane LF                     3   1   1   1    0   1  .228  .713   18    0   1   HBP,SF,GDP
R Chavez C                    4   0   0   0    0   2  .190  .463   12    6   3   2·GDP
R Oswalt P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .151  .349         0   0   
  K Bullinger P               1   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .250    9    0   1   
  M Gallo P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  C Biggio PH                 1   1   1   1    0   0  .284  .818    1    0   0   HR
  M Ensberg 3B                1   0   0   0    0   0  .269  .720    1    0   2   
Totals                       35   6  11   5    4   9              149   27  14

BATTING

HR: M Lamb (9, off K Wood; 2nd inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF); C Biggio (19, off J Leicester; 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF); E Bruntlett (3, off K Farnsworth; 9th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).

SF: J Lane (2, off J Leicester).

HBP: J Kent (4, by K Wood); C Beltran (5, by K Wood); J Lane (1, by K Wood).

TB: M Lamb 5; C Biggio 4; J Vizcaino 4; E Bruntlett 4; L Berkman 2; J Lane.

GIDP: R Chavez 2 (7); J Lane (2).

RBI: E Bruntlett (6); J Lane (14); C Biggio (47); J Vizcaino (22); M Lamb (39).

2-out RBI: J Vizcaino.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 2 for 9.

FIELDING

E: M Lamb (9).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Beltran (31, 2nd base off K Wood/M Barrett).

PITCHING

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                         4.1   5   2   2    3   4   1   2.97   23   75-43   26·12· 5    8· 2· 3· 0     46    -     0.92   0.01
J Leicester, W (4-0)           2.2   4   3   1    1   1   1   2.77   12   36-23   16· 3· 4    5· 2· 3· 0          2-0    0.25   0.01
K Mercker                      1     0   0   0    0   2   0   2.18    3   14-12    7· 3· 2    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.12   0.01
K Farnsworth                   1     2   1   1    0   2   1   4.34    5   19-13    7· 3· 3    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.23   0.00
Totals                         9    11   6   4    4   9   3          43  144-91   56·21·14   13· 7· 7· 0          2-0

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, L (13-9)             2.2   4   5   1    3   3   1   3.44   16   57-34   18·10· 6    5· 4· 0· 0     38    -     1.11  -0.35
K Bullinger                    2     5   5   5    1   0   0   5.96   11   47-27   16· 1·10    5· 1· 4· 0          1-0    0.41  -0.10
M Gallo                        1.1   3   1   1    0   1   1   4.99    7   26-16   13· 2· 1    1· 4· 1· 0          1-1    0.04  -0.01
C Qualls                       2     2   0   0    0   0   0   6.10    8   24-14   10· 3· 1    5· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.02   0.00
C Harville                     1     0   0   0    0   2   0   5.91    3   11-7     3· 2· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9    14  11   7    4   6   2          45  165-98   60·18·20   17·10· 7· 0          2-1

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: R Oswalt (9; M Barrett); K Wood 3 (7; J Lane, C Beltran, J Kent).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bill Hohn, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Brian Runge.

Time of Game: 3:07.

Attendance: 41,186.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

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

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   2  1-2  -23  3   22%  84% A Ramirez       R Oswalt        Home Run (Fly Ball); Alou Scores/unER; Sosa Scores/unER; Ramirez Scores/unER
   t 3   2  1-1  12-  4   13%  62% S Sosa          R Oswalt        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Walker Scores/unER; Alou to 3B; Sosa to 2B
   t 3   2  1-0  -2-  4   11%  48% T Walker        R Oswalt        Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball); Patterson Scores
   b 2   1  0-0  ---  6  -11%  37% M Lamb          K Wood          Home Run (Fly Ball)
   b 3   2  5-1  123  5    7%  87% J Kent          K Wood          Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Roy Oswalt facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  1   48%  C Patterson     Popfly: 3B
          ---  4   50%  D Lee           Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   47%  T Walker        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--  5   49%  M Alou          Walk; Walker to 2B
   O      12-  3   45%  S Sosa          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Kerry Wood facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   42%  J Vizcaino      Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   45%  C Beltran       Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  1   48%  J Bagwell       Flyball: RF
          1--      47%  L Berkman       Beltran Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   50%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Roy Oswalt facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   48%  A Ramirez       Flyball: RF
          ---  3   50%  M Barrett       Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--      46%  R Martinez      Barrett Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   O      ---  5   45%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Kerry Wood facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   47%  J Kent          Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  6   37%  M Lamb          Home Run (Fly Ball)
          ---  2   34%  J Lane          Hit By Pitch
   OO     1--  3   39%  R Chavez        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1.

Top of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-1, Roy Oswalt facing 9-1-2
          ---  5   43%  K Wood          Walk
   O      1--  1   39%  C Patterson     Bunt Groundout: C-SS/Forceout at 2B (Front of Home)
   O      1--  5   37%  D Lee           Strikeout Swinging, Patterson Steals 2B
   R      -2-  4   48%  T Walker        Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball); Patterson Scores
          -2-  7   49%  M Alou          Walk
   R      12-  4   62%  S Sosa          Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Walker Scores/unER; Alou to 3B; Sosa to 2B
   RRR    -23  3   84%  A Ramirez       Home Run (Fly Ball); Alou Scores/unER; Sosa Scores/unER; Ramirez Scores/unER
          ---  1   84%  M Barrett       Hit By Pitch
                  Kirk Bullinger replaces Roy Oswalt pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  6   83%  R Martinez      Groundout: P-1B
                  5 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Behind 1-5, Kerry Wood facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   85%  K Bullinger     Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   83%  J Vizcaino      Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  1   80%  C Beltran       Hit By Pitch; Vizcaino to 2B
   O      12-  2   83%  J Bagwell       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Vizcaino to 3B
          1-3  6   81%  L Berkman       Walk; Bagwell to 2B
   O      123  5   87%  J Kent          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 1.

Top of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-1, Kirk Bullinger facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   86%  K Wood          Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  4   87%  C Patterson     Single to RF (Ground Ball)
          1--      88%  D Lee           Patterson Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   87%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   RO     -2-  8   90%  T Walker        Single to LF (Line Drive); Patterson Scores; Walker out at 2B/LF-C-2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 6, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-6, Kerry Wood facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   92%  M Lamb          Lineout: LF
          ---  4   90%  J Lane          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  3   92%  R Chavez        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  6   91%  K Bullinger     Walk; Lane to 2B
   R      12-  4   86%  J Vizcaino      Single to RF (Line Drive); Lane Scores; Bullinger to 2B
   O      12-  1   89%  C Beltran       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 6, Astros 2.

Top of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-2, Kirk Bullinger facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   88%  M Alou          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   89%  S Sosa          Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  7   91%  A Ramirez       Walk; Sosa to 2B
   R      12-  6   95%  M Barrett       Double to RF (Line Drive); Sosa Scores; Ramirez to 3B
   RR     -23  1   98%  R Martinez      Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Ramirez Scores; Barrett Scores
   O      -2-  2   98%  K Wood          Groundout: SS-1B
                  Mike Gallo replaces Kirk Bullinger pitching and batting 9th
   R      -2-  1   98%  C Patterson     Single to CF (Fly Ball); Martinez Scores
   O      1--  5   98%  D Lee           Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 10, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 2-10, Kerry Wood facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   98%  J Bagwell       Walk
   O      1--  1   98%  L Berkman       Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--  3   98%  J Kent          Hit By Pitch; Berkman to 2B
                  Jon Leicester replaces Kerry Wood pitching and batting 9th
          12-  8   96%  M Lamb          Walk; Berkman to 3B; Kent to 2B
   OO     123  3   99%  J Lane          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 10, Astros 2.

Top of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 10-2, Mike Gallo facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   99%  T Walker        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   R      ---  1  100%  M Alou          Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
          ---  7  100%  S Sosa          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  5  100%  A Ramirez       Flyball: RF
   O      1--  3   99%  M Barrett       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 11, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 2-11, Jon Leicester facing 8-9-1
                  Paul Bako replaces Michael Barrett playing C batting 7th
   O      ---  5  100%  R Chavez        Strikeout Swinging
                  Craig Biggio pinch hits for Mike Gallo batting 9th
   R      ---  1   99%  C Biggio        Home Run (Fly Ball)
          ---  1   99%  J Vizcaino      Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   99%  C Beltran       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  1  100%  J Bagwell       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 11, Astros 3.

Top of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 11-3, Chad Qualls facing 8-9-1
                  Chad Qualls replaces Jeff Bagwell pitching and batting 3rd; Mike Lamb moves to 1B; Morgan Ensberg replaces Craig Biggio playing 3B batting 9th
   O      ---  3  100%  R Martinez      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  J Leicester     Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   99%  C Patterson     Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
          1--  1  100%  D Lee           Single to RF (Ground Ball); Patterson to 2B
   O      12-  2   99%  T Walker        Lineout: RF; Patterson to 3B; Lee to 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cubs 11, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 3-11, Jon Leicester facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   99%  L Berkman       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   R      1--  3   98%  J Kent          Reached on E4 (throw)/attempted forceout (Ground Ball); Berkman Scores/No RBI/unER; Kent to 2B
          -2-  2   96%  M Lamb          Single to CF (Line Drive); Kent to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   98%  J Lane          Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Kent Scores/unER
   OO     1--  1   99%  R Chavez        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cubs 11, Astros 5.

Top of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 11-5, Chad Qualls facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   99%  M Alou          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   99%  S Sosa          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  A Ramirez       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 11, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 5-11, Kent Mercker facing 9-1-2
                  Kent Mercker replaces Moises Alou pitching and batting 4th; Tom Goodwin replaces Jon Leicester playing LF batting 9th
   O      ---  1   99%  M Ensberg       Popfly: 3B
   O      ---  8  100%  J Vizcaino      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5  100%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 11, Astros 5.

Top of the 9th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 11-5, Chad Harville facing 7-8-9
                  Chad Harville replaces Jose Vizcaino pitching and batting 1st; Eric Bruntlett replaces Chad Qualls playing SS batting 3rd
   O      ---  4  100%  P Bako          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3  100%  R Martinez      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4  100%  T Goodwin       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 11, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 5-11, Kyle Farnsworth facing 3-4-5
                  Kyle Farnsworth replaces Kent Mercker pitching and batting 4th
   R      ---  3   99%  E Bruntlett     Home Run (Fly Ball)
          ---  2   98%  L Berkman       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
   O      1--  5   99%  J Kent          Strikeout Swinging
          1--      99%  M Lamb          Defensive Indifference; Berkman to 2B
   O      -2-  2  100%  " "             Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  7  100%  J Lane          Strikeout Swinging
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 11, Astros 6.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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