Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs - Box Score - July 27, 2009

Scores for Jul 27, 2009

Final in 13

Series: Game 1 of 4

Chi Cubs leads 1-0 (as of 7/27)

(50-49, 22-24 away)

(52-45, 31-18 home)

8:05 PM ET, July 27, 2009

Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	4	0	1	0	2	0	24	.283	.358	.396
K Matsui 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	31	.244	.300	.321
M Tejada SS	5	0	2	0	1	0	26	.327	.358	.470
C Lee LF	5	1	2	1	1	0	20	.311	.362	.496
G Blum 3B	5	0	0	0	0	2	19	.271	.340	.376
H Pence RF	4	0	1	0	1	1	24	.295	.357	.468
C Coste 1B	5	0	0	0	0	3	16	.246	.331	.381
H Quintero C	1	0	0	0	1	1	10	.225	.250	.315
a-M Kata PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.216	.231	.243
L Hawkins P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Valverde P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-J Michaels PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	.193	.264	.349
A Arias P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000
d-J Keppinger PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.269	.351	.401
C Sampson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
W Rodriguez P	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.051	.075	.077
b-I Rodriguez PH-C	3	0	0	0	0	2	12	.258	.290	.411
Totals	41	1	8	1	6	11	199
a-popped out to second for H Quintero in the 8th b-struck out swinging for W Rodriguez in the 8th c-tripled to deep right center for J Valverde in the 10th d-singled to center for A Arias in the 12th
BATTING 2B: M Tejada 2 (33, C Marmol, J Stevens) 3B: J Michaels (1, J Stevens) HR: C Lee (16, 2nd inning off C Zambrano 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Lee (61) S: W Rodriguez, K Matsui GIDP: C Coste, K Matsui, C Lee Astros RISP: 0-7 (G Blum 0-2, C Coste 0-1, I Rodriguez 0-1, C Lee 0-2, K Matsui 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING CS: M Bourn (9, 2nd base by C Zambrano/K Hill)
FIELDING DP: 2 (M Tejada-K Matsui-C Coste 2).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Rodriguez	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	1	101-67	2.65
L Hawkins	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	21-10	2.32
J Valverde	1.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	28-11	2.73
A Arias	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	31-17	1.91
C Sampson (L, 4-2)	1.0	2	4	4	2	0	1	25-11	3.70
Totals	12.0	9	5	5	9	9	2	206-116
PITCHING C Sampson pitched to 4 batters in the 13th IBB: K Hill (By W Rodriguez); M Hoffpauir (By J Valverde); J Fox (By A Arias); M Bradley (By C Sampson) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Rodriguez 19/27; L Hawkins 1/3; J Valverde 2/6; A Arias 3/8; C Sampson 2/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Rodriguez 18-12-19-18; L Hawkins 3-1-4-2; J Valverde 2-3-4-2; A Arias 5-1-5-6; C Sampson 4-0-2-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Rodriguez 13-1; L Hawkins 2-0; J Valverde 1-1; A Arias 4-1; C Sampson 2-1 Game Scores: W Rodriguez 66

Chicago Cubs
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Johnson CF	6	0	0	0	0	2	26	.243	.321	.389
R Theriot SS	6	0	0	0	0	1	27	.294	.348	.411
D Lee 1B	3	2	2	1	3	0	30	.289	.364	.534
A Ramirez 3B	6	1	3	0	0	0	23	.338	.399	.562
M Bradley RF	4	1	1	0	2	0	23	.248	.385	.382
A Soriano LF	6	1	1	4	0	3	21	.252	.313	.449
J Baker 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	13	.196	.241	.353
a-M Hoffpauir PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.238	.286	.424
J Fox C	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.315	.356	.565
K Hill C	2	0	0	0	1	1	10	.203	.297	.305
b-K Fukudome PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.266	.377	.437
J Stevens P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
S Marshall P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231
d-A Blanco PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.218	.277	.276
J Samardzija P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
C Zambrano P	3	0	1	0	0	1	8	.224	.240	.469
A Heilman P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
C Marmol P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-M Fontenot PH-2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	.229	.300	.371
Totals	42	5	9	5	9	9	206
a-intentionally walked for J Baker in the 9th b-walked for K Hill in the 9th c-flied out to center for C Marmol in the 9th d-grounded to second for S Marshall in the 11th
BATTING 2B: C Zambrano (3, W Rodriguez); A Ramirez (8, W Rodriguez); J Baker (3, W Rodriguez) HR: D Lee (20, 4th inning off W Rodriguez 0 on, 0 Out); A Soriano (18, 13th inning off C Sampson 3 on, 0 Out) RBI: D Lee (64), A Soriano 4 (45) GIDP: A Soriano, A Ramirez Cubs RISP: 1-9 (M Fontenot 0-1, A Blanco 0-1, J Baker 0-1, R Johnson 0-1, C Zambrano 0-1, A Soriano 1-2, R Theriot 0-1, M Bradley 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: M Bradley (1, 2nd base off J Valverde/I Rodriguez) CS: M Bradley (2, Home by J Valverde/I Rodriguez)
FIELDING DP: 3 (A Ramirez-J Baker-D Lee, J Baker-R Theriot-D Lee, R Theriot-M Fontenot-D Lee).

Chicago Cubs
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Zambrano	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	103-58	3.36
A Heilman	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	4.40
C Marmol	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-15	3.10
J Stevens	1.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	36-19	0.00
S Marshall	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	3.78
J Samardzija (W, 1-1)	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	24-16	5.40
Totals	13.0	8	1	1	6	11	1	199-120
PITCHING IBB: C Lee (By J Stevens) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Zambrano 14/25; A Heilman 1/3; C Marmol 2/4; J Stevens 1/8; S Marshall 1/1; J Samardzija 5/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Zambrano 15-9-17-17; A Heilman 0-3-4-2; C Marmol 5-2-6-2; J Stevens 5-6-4-4; S Marshall 1-1-1-0; J Samardzija 4-0-5-7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Zambrano 12-4; A Heilman 1-1; C Marmol 1-0; J Stevens 0-2; S Marshall 0-0; J Samardzija 5-1 Game Scores: C Zambrano 67

	HOU	CHC
	2nd	C Lee homered to center.	1	0
	4th	D Lee homered to left.	1	1
	13th	A Soriano homered to center, D Lee, A Ramirez and M Bradley scored.	1	5
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Stadium	Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
Attendance	40,794 (99.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:49
Weather	78 degrees, overcast
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Everitt, First Base - Brian Gorman, Second Base - Gerry Davis, Third Base - C.B. Bucknor

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