Final
Series tied 2-2 (as of 9/25)
| Game 1: Monday, September 22 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 9 | Final |
| NY Mets | 5 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, September 23 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 2 | Final |
| NY Mets | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, September 24 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 9 | Final in 10 |
| NY Mets | 6 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, September 25 | ||
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| Chi Cubs | 6 | Final |
| NY Mets | 7 | |
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7:10 PM ET, September 25, 2008
Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| F Pie LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .244 | ||
| R Theriot SS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .302 | ||
| M Hoffpauir 1B | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .387 | ||
| J Edmonds CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .232 | ||
| M Fontenot 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .295 | ||
| C McGehee 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .222 | ||
| K Fukudome RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .258 | ||
| K Hill C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .111 | ||
| R Harden P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .087 | ||
| C Gaudin P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-R Johnson PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 | ||
| N Cotts P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Howry P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-D Ward PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .216 | ||
| K Hart P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| a-grounded to shortstop for C Gaudin in the 8th b-grounded to pitcher for B Howry in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Hoffpauir (8, P Martinez); M Fontenot (22, R Rincon) HR: M Hoffpauir 2 (2, 1st inning off P Martinez 0 on, 2 Out; 7th inning off R Rincon 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Hoffpauir 5 (8), C McGehee (5) 2-out RBI: M Hoffpauir, C McGehee GIDP: F Pie Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Ward 1, K Hill 1, J Edmonds 1, K Fukudome 2 Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: F Pie (3, 2nd base off P Martinez/R Cancel) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Hoffpauir (2, ground ball) DP: 1 (C McGehee-R Theriot-M Hoffpauir). | ||||||||||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| R Harden | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 98-49 | 1.77 | |
| C Gaudin (H, 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-12 | 5.96 | |
| N Cotts (H, 9) | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20-13 | 4.41 | |
| B Howry (B, 4) | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-8 | 5.17 | |
| K Hart (L, 2-2) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25-12 | 7.01 | |
| Totals | 8.2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 171-94 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: R Harden 25; C Gaudin 4; N Cotts 4; B Howry 3; K Hart 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Harden 4-9; C Gaudin 2-1; N Cotts 2-0; B Howry 0-0; K Hart 0-0 Game Scores: R Harden 57 | ||||||||||
| New York Mets | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| J Reyes SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .299 | ||
| D Murphy LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .325 | ||
| D Wright 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .300 | ||
| C Delgado 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .273 | ||
| C Beltran CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .282 | ||
| R Church RF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .284 | ||
| R Martinez 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | ||
| R Cancel C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | ||
| P Martinez P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | ||
| R Rincon P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Stokes P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | ||
| a-M Anderson PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 | ||
| S Schoeneweis P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-D Easley PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .270 | ||
| P Feliciano P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| J Smith P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| a-grounded to shortstop for B Stokes in the 7th b-struck out swinging for S Schoeneweis in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: R Church (14, R Harden); R Cancel (2, C Gaudin) RBI: D Wright (124), R Church 2 (49), J Reyes (68), R Martinez (2), R Cancel (5), C Beltran (110) SF: D Wright 2-out RBI: R Church 2, R Martinez, R Cancel, C Beltran GIDP: C Delgado Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Murphy 1, R Martinez 2, D Easley 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: J Reyes 3 (55, 2nd base off K Hart/K Hill, 2nd base off R Harden/K Hill 2); C Beltran (25, 3rd base off B Howry/K Hill) CS: R Church (3, 2nd base by R Harden/K Hill) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: D Wright (16, ground ball) DP: 1 (R Martinez-J Reyes-C Delgado). | ||||||||||
| New York Mets | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| P Martinez | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 99-67 | 5.61 | |
| R Rincon | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8-6 | 4.50 | |
| B Stokes | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15-7 | 3.41 | |
| S Schoeneweis | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22-13 | 3.20 | |
| P Feliciano | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-3 | 4.08 | |
| J Smith (W, 6-3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16-8 | 3.61 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 165-104 | ||
| PITCHING WP: J Smith Batters faced: P Martinez 29; R Rincon 3; B Stokes 3; S Schoeneweis 5; P Feliciano 1; J Smith 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: P Martinez 8-1; R Rincon 0-1; B Stokes 0-1; S Schoeneweis 2-0; P Feliciano 0-0; J Smith 2-0 Game Scores: P Martinez 43 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| CHC | NYM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | M Hoffpauir homered to right center. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | C McGehee singled to right, J Edmonds scored, M Fontenot to second. | 2 | 0 | |
| 1st | D Wright hit sacrifice fly to center, J Reyes scored. | 2 | 1 | |
| 3rd | M Hoffpauir doubled to deep center, R Theriot scored. | 3 | 1 | |
| 4th | R Church doubled to right, D Wright and C Beltran scored. | 3 | 3 | |
| 7th | M Hoffpauir homered to right, F Pie and R Theriot scored. | 6 | 3 | |
| 7th | J Reyes grounded out to shortstop, R Cancel scored. | 6 | 4 | |
| 8th | R Martinez singled to left, C Beltran scored, R Church to second. | 6 | 5 | |
| 8th | R Cancel singled to right, R Church scored, R Martinez to third. | 6 | 6 | |
| 9th | C Beltran singled to right, J Reyes scored, C Delgado to second. | 6 | 7 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY |
| Attendance | 51,174 (122.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:20 |
| Weather | 64 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 18 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jerry Layne, First Base - Randy Marsh, Second Base - Phil Cuzzi, Third Base - Jim Wolf |