Cubs vs. Houston
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cubs « 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 13 0 Houston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 W:G.Rusch(6-1) L:P.Munro(2-5)
HR: CHC- M.Alou (28), N.Garciaparra (3), M.Grudzielanek 2 (4), S.Sosa (28), C.Patterson (17) HOU- None
Cubs AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Corey Patterson CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .281 Derrek Lee 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .296   Ramon Martinez SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Nomar Garciaparra SS 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 .333   Ryan Dempster P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Kyle Farnsworth P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moises Alou LF 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .272 Sammy Sosa RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .257 Aramis Ramirez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312   Jose Macias 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Mark Grudzielanek 2B 5 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 .306 Michael Barrett C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .290 Glendon Rusch P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .129   Todd Walker 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Totals 38 9 13 1 0 6 9 3 3     Houston AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Craig Biggio LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .285 Carlos Beltran CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Lance Berkman RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .306 Jeff Kent 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282 Jeff Bagwell 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Morgan Ensberg 3B 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .272 Jose Vizcaino SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Brad Ausmus C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Pete Munro P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100   Jason Lane PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218   Chad Harville P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Kirk Bullinger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Eric Bruntlett PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250   Chad Qualls P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Mike Lamb PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Totals 32 2 6 3 0 0 2 5 4  
LOB_Cubs 8, Houston 8. 2B_D.Lee, C.Beltran, J.Bagwell, M.Ensberg.
HR_M.Alou (28) off P.Munro, N.Garciaparra (3) off P.Munro, M.Grudzielanek (3)
off P.Munro, S.Sosa (28) off P.Munro, M.Grudzielanek (4) off C.Harville,
C.Patterson (17) off C.Harville. S_G.Rusch 2. CS_L.Berkman.Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Glendon Rusch (W 6-1) 7.0 6 2 2 2 2 0 104-61 3.94 Ryan Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 34-17 1.80 Kyle Farnsworth 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-6 4.25   Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Pete Munro (L 2-5) 4.0 8 6 6 0 1 4 62-40 4.79 Chad Harville 2.0 3 3 3 2 2 2 47-31 6.23 Kirk Bullinger 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17-13 4.56 Chad Qualls 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33-20 7.56
HBP_by C.Qualls (N.Garciaparra).
WP_R.Dempster.
T_2:36. A_41071.
Umpires_Home,Mark Carlson; First, Brian Runge; Second, Bill Hohn; Third, Gary Darling.
How they scored:
CUBS FIRST: Patterson flied out to center fielder Beltran. Lee struck out. Garciaparra singled to center. Alou homered to left on the first pitch, Garciaparra scored. Sosa homered to center on a 2-1 count. Ramirez flied out to right fielder Berkman. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS FIRST: Biggio walked. Beltran doubled to left, Biggio to third. Berkman grounded out, pitcher Rusch to first baseman Lee. Kent struck out. Bagwell walked on a full count. Ensberg doubled to left, Biggio scored, Beltran scored, Bagwell to third. Vizcaino grounded out, third baseman Ramirez to first baseman Lee. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Cubs 3, Astros 2.
CUBS THIRD: Lee singled to left. Garciaparra homered to left on the first pitch, Lee scored. Alou grounded out, shortstop Vizcaino to first baseman Bagwell. Sosa grounded out, shortstop Vizcaino to first baseman Bagwell. Ramirez flied out to left fielder Biggio. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 5, Astros 2.
CUBS FOURTH: Grudzielanek homered to center on a 2-2 count. Barrett singled to right. Rusch sacrificed, pitcher Munro to second baseman Kent, Barrett to second. Patterson popped out to catcher Ausmus. Lee grounded out, shortstop Vizcaino to first baseman Bagwell. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 6, Astros 2.
CUBS SIXTH: Ramirez flied out to center fielder Beltran. Grudzielanek homered to left on a 2-0 count. Barrett walked on a full count. Rusch struck out. Patterson homered to right on a 0-1 count, Barrett scored. Lee doubled to center. Garciaparra walked on a full count. Alou flied out to center fielder Beltran. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Cubs 9, Astros 2.
