Cubs 4, Houston 1

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Cubs « 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 4 8 1 W:G.Rusch(3-1) L:W.Rodriguez(0-1) S:R.Dempster (3)
HR: HOU- B.Ausmus (1) CHC- J.Burnitz (7), C.Patterson (9)
Houston AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Willy Taveras CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Todd Self LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .375 Craig Biggio 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Lance Berkman 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .173 Morgan Ensberg 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Jason Lane RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .225 Adam Everett SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Brad Ausmus C 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .255 Wandy Rodriguez P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500   Russ Springer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Dan Wheeler P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Eric Bruntlett PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100   Chad Harville P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   John Franco P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 5 1 0 1 1 1 6     Cubs AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Jerry Hairston Jr. 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276 Neifi Perez SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Derrek Lee 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .351 Aramis Ramirez 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Jeromy Burnitz RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .285 Jason Dubois LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Corey Patterson CF 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .272 Michael Barrett C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .271 Glendon Rusch P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200   Ryan Dempster P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Totals 28 4 8 1 0 2 4 3 8  
E_J.Hairston Jr.. LOB_Houston 4, Cubs 4. 2B_T.Self, A.Ramirez.
HR_B.Ausmus (1) off G.Rusch, C.Patterson (9) off W.Rodriguez, J.Burnitz (7)
off W.Rodriguez. SF_D.Lee. S_W.Taveras. SB_N.Perez (3). CS_J.Hairston Jr.,
C.Patterson. GIDP_T.Self, G.Rusch. DP_Houston 1 (A.Everett, C.Biggio and
L.Berkman); Chicago 1 (G.Rusch, N.Perez and D.Lee).Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Wandy Rodriguez (L 0-1) 5.2 6 4 4 1 6 2 77-49 6.35 Russ Springer 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4-3 6.91 Dan Wheeler 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-4 1.56 Chad Harville 0.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 24-11 6.23 John Franco 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 3.86   Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Glendon Rusch (W 3-1) 8.0 5 1 1 1 6 1 108-69 2.54 Ryan Dempster (S 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-3 5.22
T_2:07. A_38232.
Umpires_Home,Jim Reynolds; First, Wally Bell; Second, John Hirschbeck; Third, Kerwin Danley.
How they scored
Cubs first. Hairston Jr. singled to center. Perez singled to right, Hairston Jr. to third. Lee hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Lane, Hairston Jr. scored. Perez stole second. Ramirez flied out to center fielder Taveras, Perez to third. Burnitz struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 1, Astros 0.
Astros second. Lane struck out. Everett flied out to center fielder Patterson. Ausmus homered to center on a 2-2 count. Rodriguez safe on Hairston Jr.’s error. Taveras flied out to right fielder Burnitz. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Cubs 1, Astros 1.
Cubs fifth. Patterson homered to right on a 0-1 count. Barrett struck out. Rusch struck out. Hairston Jr. flied out to left fielder Self. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 2, Astros 1.
Cubs sixth. Perez lined out to third baseman Ensberg. Lee walked on four pitches. Ramirez struck out. Burnitz homered to right on the first pitch, Lee scored. Springer pitching. Dubois struck out. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 4, Astros 1.




