8:05 PM ET, September 11, 2007
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
W: B. Lidge (4-2)
L: R. Dempster (2-6)
Final in 11
Houston leads 1-0 (as of 9/11)
| Game 1: Tuesday, September 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chi Cubs | 4 | Final in 11 |
| Houston | 5 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, September 12 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 3 | Final |
| Houston | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, September 13 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 6 | Final |
| Houston | 2 | |
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8:05 PM ET, September 11, 2007
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
W: B. Lidge (4-2)
L: R. Dempster (2-6)
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| A Soriano LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .293 | ||
| R Theriot SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .273 | ||
| D Lee 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .314 | ||
| C Floyd RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 | ||
| F Pie PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | ||
| c-M Murton PH-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 | ||
| A Ramirez 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .319 | ||
| M DeRosa 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .287 | ||
| J Jones CF-RF-CF | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .275 | ||
| J Kendall C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 | ||
| J Marquis P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .138 | ||
| C Marmol P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-D Ward PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .337 | ||
| S Fuld PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Howry P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-M Fontenot PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .288 | ||
| R Dempster P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 27 | |||
| a-intentionally walked for C Marmol in the 8th b-struck out swinging for B Howry in the 10th c-walked for F Pie in the 11th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Kendall (10, B Backe) HR: M Derosa (9, 3rd inning off B Backe 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Kendall (19), M DeRosa 3 (68) S: J Kendall 2, F Pie GIDP: R Theriot, M DeRosa Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Jones 2, D Lee 2, A Soriano 1, A Ramirez 1, R Theriot 1 Team LOB: 15 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING PB: J Kendall. Outfield Assist: A Soriano (H Pence at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Marquis | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62-43 | 4.17 | |
| C Marmol | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34-25 | 1.36 | |
| B Howry | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23-16 | 3.47 | |
| R Dempster (L, 2-7) | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17-9 | 3.88 | |
| Totals | 10.1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 136-93 | ||
| PITCHING WP: J Marquis Batters faced: J Marquis 23; C Marmol 7; B Howry 6; R Dempster 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Marquis 10-4; C Marmol 1-1; B Howry 2-0; R Dempster 1-3 Game Scores: J Marquis 38 | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| H Pence CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .324 | ||
| C Biggio 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .252 | ||
| L Berkman 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .276 | ||
| C Lee LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .297 | ||
| M Loretta SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .275 | ||
| E Bruntlett PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | ||
| L Scott RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .260 | ||
| T Wigginton 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .294 | ||
| H Quintero C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .217 | ||
| B Backe P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-J Lane PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .180 | ||
| C Sampson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | ||
| b-O Palmeiro PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .240 | ||
| D Borkowski P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| C Qualls P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| c-M Lamb PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 | ||
| B Lidge P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | |||
| a-singled to left for B Backe in the 5th b-grounded to first for C Sampson in the 6th c-grounded to second for C Qualls in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: C Biggio (29, J Marquis); H Quintero (2, J Marquis); M Loretta (23, J Marquis) 3B: H Pence (9, J Marquis); L Scott (4, R Dempster) RBI: H Pence 2 (58), M Loretta (35), L Scott (64) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: C Lee 1, L Berkman 1, O Palmeiro 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (M Loretta-L Berkman, M Loretta-C Biggio-L Berkman). | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| B Backe | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 97-53 | 5.91 | |
| C Sampson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26-16 | 4.59 | |
| D Borkowski | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16-10 | 5.77 | |
| C Qualls | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19-10 | 2.99 | |
| B Lidge (W, 5-3) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 45-26 | 2.82 | |
| Totals | 11.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 203-115 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: D Ward (By C Qualls) HBP: A Soriano (By B Backe) Batters faced: B Backe 25; C Sampson 4; D Borkowski 4; C Qualls 9; B Lidge 10 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Backe 5-7; C Sampson 0-1; D Borkowski 1-1; C Qualls 4-2; B Lidge 3-1 Game Scores: B Backe 38 | ||||||||||
| CHC | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | J Kendall doubled to left, J Jones scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| 2nd | L Scott scored on J Kendall's passed ball. | 1 | 1 | |
| 3rd | M DeRosa homered to left, C Floyd and A Ramirez scored. | 4 | 1 | |
| 5th | H Pence tripled to deep right center, H Quintero and J Lane scored. | 4 | 3 | |
| 6th | M Loretta doubled to deep left center, C Lee scored. | 4 | 4 | |
| 11th | L Scott tripled to deep center, E Bruntlett scored. | 4 | 5 | |
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| Stadium | Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX |
| Attendance | 33,493 (79.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:36 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Andy Fletcher, First Base - Mike Reilly, Second Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Eric Cooper |
