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Miller Park, Attendance: 23,441 |
Sunday, September 14, 2008, 7:07PM Time of Game: 2:17 |
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Cubs
5
89-58
Won 3
1st
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Cubs 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
W: Carlos Zambrano (14-5), L: Randy Wolf (10-12) |
Astros
0
80-68
Lost 1
3rd, 9½ GB
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Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details A Soriano LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .290 .906 13 9 0 0 HR R Theriot SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .307 .748 13 8 1 5 D Lee 1B 4 1 1 2 0 2 .292 .820 19 11 11 2 2B A Ramirez 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .279 .870 22 13 0 0 G Soto C 4 0 1 1 0 0 .288 .868 18 13 10 0 2B M DeRosa RF-2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .283 .854 14 7 2 0 R Johnson CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .302 .786 18 13 0 0 F Pie CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .595 2 2 0 0 R Cedeno 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 .286 .720 7 6 0 4 K Fukudome PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .740 4 2 0 0 C Zambrano P 3 1 1 0 0 2 .354 .937 11 9 3 1 Totals 34 5 7 0 1 6 141 93 27 12
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details D Erstad LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .282 .675 22 12 3 0 M Bourn CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .221 .578 15 8 1 0 M Tejada SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .740 8 7 1 1 GDP L Berkman 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .326 1.023 16 11 5 0 G Blum 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .233 .697 8 7 0 1 H Pence RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .272 .777 15 9 8 0 HBP D Newhan 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .709 10 7 1 3 H Quintero C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .224 .559 5 5 7 0 R Wolf P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 .338 1 0 F Nieve P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 3 2 0 0 D Borkowski P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M Saccomanno PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 1.667 4 3 0 0 J Cassel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .571 0 0 J Castillo PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .669 4 2 0 0 Totals 26 0 0 0 1 10 110 73 27 5
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, W (14-5) 9 0 0 0 1 10 0 3.41 28 110-73 37·12·24 12· 4· 1· 0 96 - 0.42 0.26 Totals 9 0 0 0 1 10 0 28 110-73 37·12·24 12· 4· 1· 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 Wolf, L (10-12) 2.2 6 5 4 1 2 1 4.58 15 60-39 25· 6· 8 3· 9· 3· 0 29 - 0.91 -0.30 F Nieve 2.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 7.36 7 36-24 12· 8· 4 0· 4· 0· 0 2-0 0.24 0.04 D Borkowski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 3 12-8 6· 0· 2 0· 3· 0· 0 0-0 0.14 0.01 J Cassel 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.88 10 33-22 14· 1· 7 4· 5· 2· 0 0-0 0.07 0.01 Totals 9 7 5 4 1 6 1 35 141-93 57·15·21 7·21· 5· 0 2-0
Chicago Cubs Houston Astros 1. Alfonso Soriano LF 1. Darin Erstad LF 2. Ryan Theriot SS 2. Michael Bourn CF 3. Derrek Lee 1B 3. Miguel Tejada SS 4. Aramis Ramirez 3B 4. Lance Berkman 1B 5. Geovany Soto C 5. Geoff Blum 3B 6. Mark DeRosa RF 6. Hunter Pence RF 7. Reed Johnson CF 7. David Newhan 2B 8. Ronny Cedeno 2B 8. Humberto Quintero C 9. Carlos Zambrano P 9. Randy Wolf P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| t3 | 2 | 12- | RR | 3,(0-2) | 18% | 79% | 1-0 | CHC | D. Lee | R. Wolf | Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Cedeno Scores; Zambrano Scores |
| t1 | 0 | --- | R | 3,(1-1) | 10% | 60% | 0-0 | CHC | A. Soriano | R. Wolf | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) |
| t3 | 2 | -2- | R | 5,(2-2) | 7% | 85% | 3-0 | CHC | A. Ramirez | R. Wolf | Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Lee Scores; Ramirez to 2B/Adv on E6 (throw) |
| t3 | 0 | 1-- | 3,(0-2) | 5% | 70% | 1-0 | CHC | C. Zambrano | R. Wolf | Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Cedeno to 2B | |
| t3 | 0 | 12- | O | 1,(0-0) | -5% | 65% | 1-0 | CHC | A. Soriano | R. Wolf | Popfly: 2B |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Randy Wolf facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | R | 3,(1-1) | 10% | 60% | 0-0 | CHC | A. Soriano | R. Wolf | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) |
| t1 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | -2% | 58% | 1-0 | CHC | R. Theriot | R. Wolf | Groundout: 2B-1B |
| t1 | 1 | --- | O | 6,(3-2) | -1% | 56% | 1-0 | CHC | D. Lee | R. Wolf | Strikeout Swinging |
| t1 | 2 | --- | O | 9,(3-2) | -1% | 55% | 1-0 | CHC | A. Ramirez | R. Wolf | Strikeout Swinging |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(3-1) | 2% | 58% | 0-1 | HOU | D. Erstad | C. Zambrano | Groundout: 2B-1B |
| b1 | 1 | --- | O | 5,(1-2) | 2% | 59% | 0-1 | HOU | M. Bourn | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Looking |
| b1 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | 1% | 60% | 0-1 | HOU | M. Tejada | C. Zambrano | Flyball: RF (Deep RF) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 1-0, Astros' Randy Wolf facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | -2% | 58% | 1-0 | CHC | G. Soto | R. Wolf | Flyball: RF |
| t2 | 1 | --- | O | 3,(2-0) | -2% | 57% | 1-0 | CHC | M. DeRosa | R. Wolf | Flyball: RF |
| t2 | 2 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -1% | 56% | 1-0 | CHC | R. Johnson | R. Wolf | Popfly: P (Front of Home) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 6,(3-2) | 3% | 58% | 0-1 | HOU | L. Berkman | C. Zambrano | Groundout: 2B-1B |
| b2 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 2% | 60% | 0-1 | HOU | G. Blum | C. Zambrano | Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B) |
| b2 | 2 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 1% | 61% | 0-1 | HOU | H. Pence | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Looking |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 1-0, Astros' Randy Wolf facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | 2,(0-1) | 3% | 65% | 1-0 | CHC | R. Cedeno | R. Wolf | Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B) | |
| t3 | 0 | 1-- | 3,(0-2) | 5% | 70% | 1-0 | CHC | C. Zambrano | R. Wolf | Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Cedeno to 2B | |
| t3 | 0 | 12- | O | 1,(0-0) | -5% | 65% | 1-0 | CHC | A. Soriano | R. Wolf | Popfly: 2B |
| t3 | 1 | 12- | O | 5,(3-1) | -4% | 61% | 1-0 | CHC | R. Theriot | R. Wolf | Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF) |
| t3 | 2 | 12- | RR | 3,(0-2) | 18% | 79% | 1-0 | CHC | D. Lee | R. Wolf | Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Cedeno Scores; Zambrano Scores |
| t3 | 2 | -2- | R | 5,(2-2) | 7% | 85% | 3-0 | CHC | A. Ramirez | R. Wolf | Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Lee Scores; Ramirez to 2B/Adv on E6 (throw) |
| t3 | 2 | -2- | R | 1,(0-0) | 5% | 90% | 4-0 | CHC | G. Soto | R. Wolf | Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Ramirez Scores/unER |
| t3 | 2 | -2- | 7,(3-2) | 0% | 91% | 5-0 | CHC | M. DeRosa | R. Wolf | Walk | |
| Fernando Nieve replaces Randy Wolf pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t3 | 2 | 12- | O | 11,(3-2) | -1% | 89% | 5-0 | CHC | R. Johnson | F. Nieve | Strikeout Swinging |
| 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | 2% | 91% | 0-5 | HOU | D. Newhan | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Swinging |
| b3 | 1 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | 1% | 92% | 0-5 | HOU | H. Quintero | C. Zambrano | Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home) |
| b3 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | 1% | 92% | 0-5 | HOU | F. Nieve | C. Zambrano | Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-0, Astros' Fernando Nieve facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | 2,(0-1) | -1% | 92% | 5-0 | CHC | R. Cedeno | F. Nieve | Flyball: RF (Deep RF) |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -1% | 91% | 5-0 | CHC | C. Zambrano | F. Nieve | Strikeout Swinging |
| t4 | 2 | --- | O | 7,(3-2) | -0% | 91% | 5-0 | CHC | A. Soriano | F. Nieve | Popfly: SS (Deep SS) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | O | 7,(3-2) | 2% | 92% | 0-5 | HOU | D. Erstad | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Swinging |
| b4 | 1 | --- | 5,(3-1) | -2% | 91% | 0-5 | HOU | M. Bourn | C. Zambrano | Walk | |
| b4 | 1 | 1-- | OO | 2,(0-1) | 3% | 94% | 0-5 | HOU | M. Tejada | C. Zambrano | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-0, Astros' Fernando Nieve facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | O | 4,(2-1) | -1% | 93% | 5-0 | CHC | R. Theriot | F. Nieve | Flyball: RF |
| t5 | 1 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | -0% | 93% | 5-0 | CHC | D. Lee | F. Nieve | Strikeout Swinging |
| t5 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | -0% | 93% | 5-0 | CHC | A. Ramirez | F. Nieve | Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | 2,(0-1) | 1% | 94% | 0-5 | HOU | L. Berkman | C. Zambrano | Groundout: 1B-P |
| b5 | 1 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | 1% | 95% | 0-5 | HOU | G. Blum | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Swinging |
| b5 | 2 | --- | 4,(1-2) | -1% | 94% | 0-5 | HOU | H. Pence | C. Zambrano | Hit By Pitch | |
| b5 | 2 | 1-- | O | 1,(0-0) | 1% | 95% | 0-5 | HOU | D. Newhan | C. Zambrano | Lineout: 1B (2B-1B) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-0, Astros' Dave Borkowski facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| Dave Borkowski replaces Fernando Nieve pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | 7,(2-2) | -0% | 95% | 5-0 | CHC | G. Soto | D. Borkowski | Flyball: CF (Deep CF) |
| t6 | 1 | --- | O | 2,(1-0) | -0% | 95% | 5-0 | CHC | M. DeRosa | D. Borkowski | Flyball: RF (CF-RF) |
| t6 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | -0% | 94% | 5-0 | CHC | R. Johnson | D. Borkowski | Flyball: LF |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | 1% | 96% | 0-5 | HOU | H. Quintero | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Swinging |
| Mark Saccomanno pinch hits for Dave Borkowski (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b6 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 1% | 96% | 0-5 | HOU | M. Saccomanno | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Looking |
| b6 | 2 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 0% | 97% | 0-5 | HOU | D. Erstad | C. Zambrano | Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-0, Astros' Jack Cassel facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| Jack Cassel replaces Mark Saccomanno (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | -0% | 97% | 5-0 | CHC | R. Cedeno | J. Cassel | Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS) |
| t7 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -0% | 96% | 5-0 | CHC | C. Zambrano | J. Cassel | Strikeout Swinging |
| t7 | 2 | --- | 2,(0-1) | 0% | 96% | 5-0 | CHC | A. Soriano | J. Cassel | Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF) | |
| t7 | 2 | 1-- | O | 1,(0-0) | -0% | 96% | 5-0 | CHC | R. Theriot | J. Cassel | Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line) |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| Felix Pie replaces Reed Johnson playing CF batting 7th | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | 1% | 97% | 0-5 | HOU | M. Bourn | C. Zambrano | Groundout: 2B-1B |
| b7 | 1 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | 1% | 98% | 0-5 | HOU | M. Tejada | C. Zambrano | Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS) |
| b7 | 2 | --- | O | 8,(2-2) | 0% | 98% | 0-5 | HOU | L. Berkman | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Looking |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-0, Astros' Jack Cassel facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(3-1) | -0% | 98% | 5-0 | CHC | D. Lee | J. Cassel | Flyball: RF (Deep RF) |
| t8 | 1 | --- | O | 5,(3-1) | -0% | 98% | 5-0 | CHC | A. Ramirez | J. Cassel | Groundout: 2B-1B |
| t8 | 2 | --- | O | 5,(1-2) | -0% | 98% | 5-0 | CHC | G. Soto | J. Cassel | Lineout: LF |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | 1% | 99% | 0-5 | HOU | G. Blum | C. Zambrano | Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line) |
| b8 | 1 | --- | O | 7,(3-2) | 0% | 99% | 0-5 | HOU | H. Pence | C. Zambrano | Foul Popfly: P (Behind Home) |
| b8 | 2 | --- | O | 6,(3-2) | 0% | 99% | 0-5 | HOU | D. Newhan | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 5-0, Astros' Jack Cassel facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | 2,(0-1) | -0% | 99% | 5-0 | CHC | M. DeRosa | J. Cassel | Groundout: 3B-1B |
| t9 | 1 | --- | O | 2,(0-1) | 0% | 99% | 5-0 | CHC | F. Pie | J. Cassel | Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B) |
| Kosuke Fukudome pinch hits for Ronny Cedeno (2B) batting 8th | |||||||||||
| t9 | 2 | --- | O | 4,(2-1) | -0% | 99% | 5-0 | CHC | K. Fukudome | J. Cassel | Flyball: LF (Short LF) |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Cubs' Carlos Zambrano facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| Mark DeRosa moves from RF to 2B; Kosuke Fukudome moves from PH to RF | |||||||||||
| b9 | 0 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | 1% | 100% | 0-5 | HOU | H. Quintero | C. Zambrano | Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS) |
| Jose Castillo pinch hits for Jack Cassel (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b9 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(2-1) | 0% | 100% | 0-5 | HOU | J. Castillo | C. Zambrano | Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS) |
| b9 | 2 | --- | O | 6,(3-2) | 0% | 100% | 0-5 | HOU | D. Erstad | C. Zambrano | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
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