Houston Astros (9) Chicago Cubs (7)

| 2008

Date of Game: Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Stadium: Wrigley Field

Houston Astros (NL)	Chicago Cubs (NL)
Record: 73-66	Record: 85-54
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Attendance: 39,846 Time of Game: 4:17

Game Notes:

Casey McGehee - 1st career game

Hunter Pence - 4 hits

Best at-bats

Geoff Blum HR in 11th inning (48.57)

Miguel Tejada 1B in 5th inning (35.76)

Jim Edmonds HR in 7th inning (29.76)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Houston Astros	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	9	12	0
Chicago Cubs	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	7	15	3

Houston Astros Batting Stats

Houston Astros	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Michael Bourn	cf	25.249	5	1	1	2	1	2	.221	121	243	5	24	34
Ty Wigginton	lf	30.326	4	0	0	0	2	2	.296	97	770	21	52	4
Miguel Tejada	ss	34.100	6	0	2	2	0	0	.283	136	1691	12	57	7
Lance Berkman	1b	32.205	5	1	0	0	1	1	.334	137	1349	27	94	16
Geoff Blum	3b	35.129	5	2	1	2	1	0	.239	97	1117	14	47	1
Hunter Pence	rf	25.142	6	1	4	0	0	0	.270	135	243	20	70	8
David Newhan	2b	34.360	5	1	2	2	0	1	.260	46	395	2	8	0
Wesley Wright	p	23.217	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	63	63	0	0	0
Mark Loretta	ph	37.019	1	0	0	0	0	1	.265	89	1607	4	35	0
Jose Valverde	p	29.040	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	65	318	0	0	0
Humberto Quintero	c	29.031	5	2	2	0	1	1	.238	43	136	2	9	0
Brandon Backe	p	30.150	1	0	0	0	0	0	.283	26	139	2	3	0
Fernando Nieve	p	26.049	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5	45	0	0	0
Reggie Abercrombie	ph	27.049	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	23	169	2	4	0
Tim Byrdak	p	34.306	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	51	195	0	0	0
Chris Sampson	p	30.102	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	45	79	0	0	0
Darin Erstad	ph	34.090	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	123	1529	3	26	2
Doug Brocail	p	41.109	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	64	605	0	0	0
Jose Castillo	2b	27.167	1	0	0	0	0	1	.239	117	582	6	35	2
Totals:			45	9	12	8	7	9	.267	1483	11275

Chicago Cubs Batting Stats

Chicago Cubs	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Alfonso Soriano	lf	32.239	5	1	1	1	1	1	.287	89	1185	24	64	17
Mike Fontenot	2b	28.085	4	0	2	1	1	1	.295	104	197	9	34	2
Henry Blanco	ph	37.004	1	0	0	0	0	0	.282	51	739	3	11	0
Ronny Cedeno	2b	25.212	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	85	315	2	26	3
Derrek Lee	1b	32.362	5	0	2	0	1	1	.292	136	1521	18	77	8
Aramis Ramirez	3b	30.069	5	0	1	0	1	1	.278	131	1309	24	100	2
Mark DeRosa	rf	33.212	5	1	2	1	1	0	.292	132	875	19	80	6
Jim Edmonds	cf	38.067	3	2	1	1	1	0	.232	99	1912	17	50	2
Carlos Marmol	p	25.323	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	71	150	0	0	0
Casey McGehee	ph	25.325	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Kerry Wood	p	31.078	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	56	260	0	0	0
Daryle Ward	ph	33.067	1	0	0	0	0	0	.229	75	934	3	14	0
Geovany Soto	c	25.225	6	2	3	1	0	1	.294	126	156	21	80	0
Ryan Theriot	ss	28.270	4	1	2	2	1	1	.313	130	340	1	36	21
Carlos Zambrano	p	27.093	2	0	0	0	0	0	.355	33	233	4	14	0
Bob Howry	p	35.029	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	64	660	0	0	0
Mike Wuertz	p	29.261	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	39	259	0	0	0
Reed Johnson	ph	31.268	1	0	0	0	0	0	.307	94	704	6	46	5
Angel Guzman	p	26.262	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	28	0	0	0
Kosuke Fukudome	cf	31.129	1	0	1	0	1	0	.265	133	133	9	54	11
Totals:			44	7	15	7	8	7	.341	1650	11911

Game Stats

2B: Hunter Pence (29), Humberto Quintero (5), Aramis Ramirez (37), Geovany Soto (32), Miguel Tejada (32), Ryan Theriot (19)
3B: Hunter Pence (4)
HR: Geoff Blum (14), Mark DeRosa (19), Jim Edmonds (17), Alfonso Soriano (24), Geovany Soto (21)
RBIs: Geoff Blum 2 (47), Michael Bourn 2 (24), Mark DeRosa (80), Jim Edmonds (50), Mike Fontenot (34), David Newhan 2 (8), Alfonso Soriano (64), Geovany Soto (80), Miguel Tejada 2 (57), Ryan Theriot 2 (36)
SB: Michael Bourn (34)
SH: Brandon Backe (5)
GDP: Mark DeRosa (9), Jim Edmonds (7), Derrek Lee (25), Miguel Tejada (26), Carlos Zambrano (4)

Houston Astros Pitching Stats

Houston Astros	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Brandon Backe	30.150	4.1	9	3	3	2	2	3	5.43	1.60	90	59	31	29	138
Fernando Nieve	26.049	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.50	2.75	2	1	1	5	45
Tim Byrdak	34.306	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	4.32	1.42	13	8	5	51	195
Chris Sampson	30.102	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	1.19	14	9	5	46	82
Doug Brocail	41.109	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	4.35	1.27	33	14	19	64	598
Wesley Wright (W 4-3)	23.217	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	4.78	1.37	30	16	14	63	63
Jose Valverde (Sv 39)	29.040	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.66	1.17	20	11	9	65	318
Pitching Totals:		11	15	7	7	8	7	4			202	118	84	323	1439

Chicago Cubs Pitching Stats

Chicago Cubs	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Carlos Zambrano	27.093	5	5	3	3	3	3	0	3.59	1.31	86	55	31	27	228
Bob Howry	35.029	0	4	4	4	1	0	0	5.63	1.44	18	9	9	64	660
Mike Wuertz	29.261	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	1.38	10	4	6	39	259
Angel Guzman	26.262	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.00	14	6	8	1	28
Carlos Marmol	25.323	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.57	0.88	34	21	13	71	149
Kerry Wood (L 4-3)	31.078	2	2	2	2	1	4	1	2.79	0.98	40	28	12	56	267
Pitching Totals:		11	12	9	9	7	9	1			202	123	79	258	1591

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Brandon Backe 90-59-31; Fernando Nieve 2-1-1; Tim Byrdak 13-8-5; Chris Sampson 14-9-5; Doug Brocail 33-14-19; Wesley Wright 30-16-14; Jose Valverde 20-11-9; Carlos Zambrano 86-55-31; Bob Howry 18-9-9; Mike Wuertz 10-4-6; Angel Guzman 14-6-8; Carlos Marmol 34-21-13; Kerry Wood 40-28-12;
Batters Faced: Brandon Backe 22; Fernando Nieve 1; Tim Byrdak 3; Chris Sampson 4; Doug Brocail 9; Wesley Wright 9; Jose Valverde 4; Carlos Zambrano 23; Bob Howry 5; Mike Wuertz 3; Angel Guzman 5; Carlos Marmol 7; Kerry Wood 10;
Time of Game: 4:17 Attendance: 39,846
Umpires: Home: Fieldin Culbreth 1B Jim Reynolds 2B Tim Timmons 3B Gary Cederstrom

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