Houston vs. Cubs
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston « 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 8 12 0 Cubs 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 0 W:E.Astacio(3-6) L:C.Zambrano(14-6)
HR: HOU- C.Biggio (24), L.Berkman (21) CHC- N.Garciaparra (8)
Houston AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR W K AVG Willy Taveras CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Craig Biggio 2B 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 .266 Morgan Ensberg 3B 5 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 .281 Lance Berkman LF-1B 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 .300 Mike Lamb 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .234   Adam Everett SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Jason Lane RF 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .265 Jose Vizcaino SS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247   Chad Qualls P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Mike Gallo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Jeff Bagwell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .255   Mike Burns P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brad Ausmus C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Ezequiel Astacio P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143   Chris Burke LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Totals 37 8 12 7 3 1 2 4 9     Cubs AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR W K AVG Jose Macias 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Neifi Perez SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Derrek Lee 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .339 Nomar Garciaparra 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .272 Jeromy Burnitz RF 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260 Michael Barrett C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277 Matt Murton LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .319 Corey Patterson CF 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Carlos Zambrano P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295   Will Ohman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000   Ryan Theriot PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250   Todd Wellemeyer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 30 3 4 3 0 0 1 2 6  
LOB_Houston 9, Cubs 3. 2B_C.Biggio, M.Ensberg, J.Lane. 3B_M.Ensberg.
HR_C.Biggio (24) off C.Zambrano, L.Berkman (21) off C.Zambrano, N.Garciaparra
(8) off E.Astacio. SF_C.Patterson. S_W.Taveras, C.Biggio, J.Vizcaino.
SB_L.Berkman (4).Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Ezequiel Astacio (W 3-6) 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 1 81-46 5.67 Chad Qualls 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8-6 3.32 Mike Gallo 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10-8 2.25 Mike Burns 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7-6 4.94   Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA Carlos Zambrano (L 14-6) 6.1 9 6 6 1 4 2 94-61 3.33 Will Ohman 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 32-19 3.10 Todd Wellemeyer 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 0 42-24 6.12
IBB_off T.Wellemeyer (L.Berkman).
WP_C.Zambrano, W.Ohman.
T_2:34. A_39263.
Umpires_Home,Larry Poncino; First, Paul Nauret; Second, Ron Kulpa; Third, Mark Wegner.
How they scored
Astros first. Taveras flied out to center fielder Patterson. Biggio homered to center on a 2-0 count. Ensberg lined out to first baseman Lee. Berkman homered to left on a 0-2 count. Lamb grounded out, pitcher Zambrano to first baseman Lee.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 2, Cubs 0.
Cubs second. Garciaparra singled to center. Burnitz grounded into fielder’s choice, second baseman Biggio to shortstop Vizcaino, Garciaparra out. Barrett singled to center, Burnitz to third. Barrett to second. Murton walked on a full count. Patterson hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Lane, Burnitz scored, Barrett to third. Zambrano grounded into fielder’s choice, shortstop Vizcaino to second baseman Biggio, Murton out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 2, Cubs 1.
Astros fifth. Astacio grounded out, second baseman Macias to first baseman Lee. Taveras singled to center. Biggio fouled out to first baseman Lee. Ensberg doubled to left, Taveras scored. Berkman lined out to left fielder Murton.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 3, Cubs 1.
Astros sixth. Lamb lined out to third baseman Garciaparra. Lane doubled to left. On Zambrano’s wild pitch, Lane to third. Vizcaino safe on sacrifice plus fielder’s choice, Lane scored. Ausmus grounded into fielder’s choice, shortstop Perez to second baseman Macias, Vizcaino out. Astacio struck out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 4, Cubs 1.
Cubs sixth. Perez singled to center. Lee popped out to center fielder Taveras. Garciaparra homered to left on the first pitch, Perez scored. Burnitz struck out. Barrett struck out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 4, Cubs 3.
Astros seventh. Taveras singled to left. Biggio sacrificed, first baseman Lee to second baseman Macias, Taveras to second. Ensberg tripled to center, Taveras scored. Ohman pitching. Berkman walked on a full count. Lamb struck out. Berkman stole second. Lane walked on a full count. Vizcaino infield single to third, Ensberg scored, Berkman to third, Lane to second. On Ohman’s wild pitch, Berkman scored, Lane to third, Vizcaino to second. Ausmus grounded out, third baseman Garciaparra to first baseman Lee.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 7, Cubs 3.
Astros eighth. Wellemeyer pitching. Burke singled to left. Taveras sacrificed, first baseman Lee to second baseman Macias, Burke to second. Biggio doubled to center, Burke scored. Ensberg struck out. Berkman was intentionally walked. Everett struck out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 8, Cubs 3.
