Starting Lineups:
Chicago Cubs Houston Astros
1. Mather cf Altuve 2b
2. Barney 2b Lowrie ss
3. Castro ss J. Martinez lf
4. Soriano lf Maxwell cf
5. W. Castillo c Dominguez 3b
6. Vitters 3b Laird 1b
7. Sappelt rf Snyder c
8. Recker 1b Barnes rf
9. T. Wood p Abad p
CUBS 1ST: Mather lined to left; Barney singled to center; Castro
grounded out (second to first) [Barney to second]; Abad threw a
wild pitch [Barney to third]; Soriano walked; W. Castillo
singled to right [Barney scored, Soriano to second]; Vitters
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Altuve was called out on strikes; Lowrie grounded
out (third to first); J. Martinez popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0.
CUBS 2ND: Sappelt walked; Recker popped to shortstop; T. Wood
struck out; Mather flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs
1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Maxwell struck out; Dominguez popped to first; Laird
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0.
CUBS 3RD: Barney flied to center; Castro walked; Soriano flied
to center; W. Castillo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Snyder walked; Barnes struck out; Abad grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Snyder out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0.
CUBS 4TH: Vitters singled to center; Sappelt singled to left
[Vitters to third, Sappelt to second (on throw to 3b)]; Recker
flied to left; FICK REPLACED ABAD (PITCHING); T. Wood struck
out; Mather struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Altuve flied to center; Lowrie was called out on
strikes; J. Martinez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs
1, Astros 0.
CUBS 5TH: Barney grounded out (second to first); Castro struck
out; Soriano homered to left; W. Castillo grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Maxwell singled to left; Dominguez hit into a double
play to left [Maxwell out at first (left to second to first)];
Laird popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros
0.
CUBS 6TH: DEL ROSARIO REPLACED FICK (PITCHING); Vitters struck
out; Sappelt doubled to right; Recker grounded out (third to
first); T. Wood grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Snyder popped to second; Barnes singled to center;
DOWNS BATTED FOR DEL ROSARIO; Downs was called out on strikes;
On a bunt Altuve grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0.
CUBS 7TH: F. RODRIGUEZ REPLACED DOWNS (PITCHING); DEJESUS BATTED
FOR MATHER; DeJesus singled to right; Barney reached on an error
by F. Rodriguez [DeJesus to second]; Castro forced Barney
(second to shortstop) [DeJesus to third]; Soriano singled to
left [DeJesus scored, Castro to third, Soriano out at second
(left to second)]; W. Castillo grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: DEJESUS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Lowrie flied to
right; J. Martinez singled to left; Maxwell flied to right;
Dominguez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3,
Astros 0.
CUBS 8TH: STOREY REPLACED F. RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); VALBUENA
BATTED FOR VITTERS; Valbuena flied to center; Sappelt singled to
pitcher; VALDEZ REPLACED STOREY (PITCHING); Recker doubled to
center [Sappelt scored]; T. Wood struck out; DeJesus walked;
Barney grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 8TH: VALBUENA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Laird grounded
out (second to first); Snyder was called out on strikes; Barnes
doubled to left; GREENE BATTED FOR VALDEZ; CAMP REPLACED T. WOOD
(PITCHING); F. MARTINEZ BATTED FOR GREENE; F. Martinez singled
to right [Barnes scored]; Altuve singled to shortstop [F.
Martinez to second]; Lowrie walked [F. Martinez to third, Altuve
to second]; J. Martinez struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs
4, Astros 1.
CUBS 9TH: CRUZ REPLACED J. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); F. MARTINEZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Castro flied to left; Soriano
doubled to center; CAMPANA RAN FOR SORIANO; Campana stole third
[Campana scored (error by Snyder) (unearned)]; W. Castillo
popped to first; Valbuena struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0
LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 9TH: DEJESUS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CAMPANA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SAPPELT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); MARMOL REPLACED CAMP (PITCHING); Maxwell walked; MOORE
BATTED FOR DOMINGUEZ; Moore struck out; BOGUSEVIC BATTED FOR
LAIRD; Bogusevic was called out on strikes; CASTRO BATTED FOR
SNYDER; Maxwell advanced to second because of defensive
indifference [Maxwell to second]; Castro was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Astros 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cubs 5 11 0 10
Astros 1 6 2 6
