BATTING - 3B: Lamb (2,off Dempster).
HR: Loretta (3,7th inning off R. Hill 0 on 0 out).
GDP: Wigginton (5,off R. Hill); Munson (7,off Dempster).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - SB: Pence (10,2nd base off R. Hill/Kendall).
PITCHING
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPR. Hill W(9-8) 7 3 1 1 3 7 1 26
Howry 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
Dempster SV(26) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5
Totals 9 8 2 2 4 7 1 36
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPAlbers L(4-8) 6 7 3 3 1 3 1 25
Moehler 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 8
Borkowski 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Totals 9 8 3 3 2 5 1 37
Starting Lineups:
Chicago Cubs Houston Astros
1. Soriano lf Pence cf
2. Jones cf Biggio 2b
3. Lee 1b Berkman 1b
4. Ramirez 3b Lee lf
5. Floyd rf Loretta ss
6. DeRosa 2b Wigginton 3b
7. Kendall c Scott rf
8. Theriot ss Quintero c
9. R. Hill p Albers p
CUBS 1ST: Soriano popped to first; Jones singled to left; Lee
struck out; Ramirez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs
0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Pence singled to center; Pence stole second; Biggio
struck out; Berkman lined to second; Lee flied to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0.
CUBS 2ND: Floyd homered to right; DeRosa singled to center;
Kendall singled to right [DeRosa to third]; Theriot out on a
sacrifice fly to center [DeRosa scored]; On a bunt R. Hill
struck out; Soriano popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Loretta walked; Wigginton walked [Loretta to
second]; Scott struck out; Quintero grounded out (third to
first) [Loretta to third, Wigginton to second]; Albers was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0.
CUBS 3RD: Jones popped to second; Lee walked; Lee was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Ramirez grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Pence struck out; Biggio grounded out (shortstop to
first); Berkman flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2,
Astros 0.
CUBS 4TH: Floyd tripled to center; DeRosa grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kendall flied to right; Theriot singled to
shortstop [Floyd scored]; R. Hill struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Lee struck out; Loretta singled to third; Wigginton
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Loretta
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0.
CUBS 5TH: Soriano popped to shortstop; Jones lined to shortstop;
Lee grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs
3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Scott grounded out (second to first); Quintero
popped to center; Albers lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Astros 0.
CUBS 6TH: Ramirez flied to center; Floyd flied to center; DeRosa
doubled to left; Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Pence flied to right; Biggio walked; Berkman forced
Biggio (third to second); Lee forced Berkman (third to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0.
CUBS 7TH: MOEHLER REPLACED ALBERS (PITCHING); Theriot grounded
out (first to pitcher); R. Hill singled to left; Soriano struck
out; Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Loretta homered to left; Wigginton struck out; Scott
flied to right; Quintero struck out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 1.
CUBS 8TH: Lee reached on an error by Biggio; Ramirez flied to
right; Floyd struck out; DeRosa flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 1.
ASTROS 8TH: JONES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); PIE REPLACED
FLOYD (PLAYING CF); BURKE BATTED FOR MOEHLER; HOWRY REPLACED R.
HILL (PITCHING); Burke popped to first; Pence singled to center;
Biggio singled to left [Pence out at third (left to third)];
Berkman singled to pitcher [Biggio to second]; Lee flied to
center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 1.
CUBS 9TH: BORKOWSKI REPLACED BURKE (PITCHING); Kendall flied to
center; Theriot walked; WARD BATTED FOR HOWRY; Ward flied to
center; Theriot stole second; Soriano flied to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 1.
ASTROS 9TH: DEMPSTER REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); Loretta singled
to second; ANDERSON RAN FOR LORETTA; LAMB BATTED FOR WIGGINTON;
Lamb tripled to right [Anderson scored]; Scott grounded out
(third to first); PALMEIRO BATTED FOR QUINTERO; Palmeiro walked;
MUNSON BATTED FOR BORKOWSKI; BRUNTLETT RAN FOR PALMEIRO; Munson
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher)
[Bruntlett out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros
2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cubs 3 8 0 7
Astros 2 8 1 7
