Final
Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/23)
| Game 1: Friday, September 22 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 2 | Final in 5 |
| Cincinnati | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, September 23 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 11 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 4 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, September 24 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 2 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 3 | |
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| Game 4: Monday, September 25 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 4 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 5 | |
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6:10 PM ET, September 23, 2006
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
W: C. Zambrano (16-6)
L: K. Lohse (4-10)
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Pierre CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | ||
| R Theriot 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .330 | ||
| A Ramirez 3B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 | ||
| M Murton LF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .297 | ||
| A Pagan RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .256 | ||
| J Mabry 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .212 | ||
| H Blanco C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .261 | ||
| R Cedeno SS | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .247 | ||
| C Zambrano P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .157 | ||
| S Eyre P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Howry P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| a-B Coats PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | ||
| R Dempster P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| a-grounded to second for B Howry in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Pierre 2 (32, K Lohse, J Johnson); A Ramirez (36, K Lohse) HR: A Ramirez (36, 1st inning off K Lohse 1 on, 0 Out); C Zambrano (6, 4th inning off K Lohse 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Ramirez 2 (113), J Mabry 3 (20), C Zambrano (11), A Pagan (18), H Blanco (30), J Pierre (38) SF: J Mabry Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: C Zambrano 1, A Ramirez 1, R Theriot 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: J Pierre (55, 2nd base off K Lohse/J Valentin) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Mabry (1, ground ball) | ||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| C Zambrano (W, 16-7) | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 110-64 | 3.43 | |
| S Eyre | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-8 | 2.85 | |
| B Howry | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 3.22 | |
| R Dempster | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26-17 | 4.77 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 148-90 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: C Zambrano 29; S Eyre 3; B Howry 1; R Dempster 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Zambrano 7-6; S Eyre 1-0; B Howry 1-0; R Dempster 1-0 Game Scores: C Zambrano 53 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| D Wise CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .207 | ||
| S Hatteberg 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .287 | ||
| E Encarnacion 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .285 | ||
| A Dunn LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .239 | ||
| J Valentin C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .267 | ||
| T Hollandsworth RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .269 | ||
| c-N Hopper PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 | ||
| B Phillips SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .281 | ||
| R Olmedo 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .216 | ||
| K Lohse P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | ||
| J Standridge P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Bray P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-B Harris PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 | ||
| J Johnson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-J Castro PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | ||
| G Majewski P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| R Franklin P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| d-C Denorfia PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for B Bray in the 4th b-grounded to shortstop for J Johnson in the 7th c-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for T Hollandsworth in the 8th d-doubled to deep right for R Franklin in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: D Wise (2, C Zambrano); B Phillips (28, C Zambrano); C Denorfia (3, R Dempster) HR: B Phillips (17, 2nd inning off C Zambrano 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: B Phillips 3 (74), D Wise (1) 2-out RBI: D Wise Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: S Hatteberg 2, J Valentin 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING Picked Off: B Phillips (2nd base by C Zambrano) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Valentin (7, throw); R Olmedo 2 (3, ground ball 2); D Wise (1, bobble); B Phillips (16, ground ball); E Encarnacion (25, throw) | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| K Lohse (L, 3-5) | 3.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 65-45 | 4.89 | |
| J Standridge | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20-10 | 4.82 | |
| B Bray | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16-10 | 4.20 | |
| J Johnson | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36-26 | 2.57 | |
| G Majewski | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 | 4.54 | |
| R Franklin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-6 | 4.74 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 152-102 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: K Lohse 18; J Standridge 4; B Bray 5; J Johnson 12; G Majewski 3; R Franklin 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Lohse 3-3; J Standridge 1-1; B Bray 0-0; J Johnson 5-3; G Majewski 2-1; R Franklin 1-1 Game Scores: K Lohse 25 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| CHC | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | R Theriot reached on bunt single to right, J Pierre scored, R Theriot to second on throwing error by catcher J Valentin. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | A Ramirez homered to left, R Theriot scored. | 3 | 0 | |
| 2nd | B Phillips homered to left center, A Dunn and T Hollandsworth scored. | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | D Wise doubled to deep center, R Olmedo scored. | 3 | 4 | |
| 3rd | M Murton singled to center, A Ramirez scored on error by center fielder D Wise. | 4 | 4 | |
| 3rd | J Mabry hit sacrifice fly to right, M Murton scored. | 5 | 4 | |
| 4th | C Zambrano homered to center. | 6 | 4 | |
| 4th | A Pagan walked, R Theriot scored, A Ramirez to third, M Murton to second. | 7 | 4 | |
| 4th | J Mabry singled to right, A Ramirez and M Murton scored, A Pagan to third. | 9 | 4 | |
| 4th | H Blanco safe at first on error by second baseman R Olmedo, A Pagan scored, J Mabry to second. | 10 | 4 | |
| 7th | J Pierre doubled to left, R Cedeno scored. | 11 | 4 | |
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Game Notes
| THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 6 MINUTE DELAY. |
Game Information
| Stadium | Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH |
| Attendance | 28,264 (66.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:54 |
| Weather | 69 degrees, overcast |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Jeff Nelson, Second Base - Adam Dowdy, Third Base - Randy Marsh |