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Series: Game 1 of 3

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Houston leads 1-0 (as of 4/4)

Game 1: Friday, April 4
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Game 2: Saturday, April 5
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Game 3: Sunday, April 6
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Astros 4

(2-3, 2-3 away)

Cubs 3

(1-3, 1-3 home)

2:20 PM ET, April 4, 2008

Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois 

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W: W. Wright (1-0)

L: J. Lieber (0-1)

S: J. Valverde (1)

View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-PitchInning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Houston - Top of 1st		SCORE
Rich Hill pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
M Bourn grounded out to first.00
H Pence popped out to first.00
L Berkman grounded out to third.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 1st		SCORE
Chris Sampson pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
A Soriano grounded out to shortstop.00
R Theriot grounded out to second.00
D Lee flied out to right.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 2nd		SCORE
Rich Hill pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
C Lee popped out to second.00
M Tejada doubled to right.00
T Wigginton walked.00
M Loretta popped out to first.00
J Towles hit by pitch, M Tejada to third, T Wigginton to second.00
C Sampson struck out swinging.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 2nd		SCORE
Chris Sampson pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
A Ramirez flied out to right.00
K Fukudome singled to center.00
M DeRosa grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, K Fukudome out at second.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 3rd		SCORE
Rich Hill pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
M Bourn walked.00
H Pence grounded into fielder's choice to second, M Bourn out at second.00
L Berkman flied out to left.00
C Lee grounded out to third.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 3rd		SCORE
Chris Sampson pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
G Soto flied out to right.00
F Pie grounded out to first.00
R Hill struck out swinging.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 4th		SCORE
Rich Hill pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
M Tejada struck out swinging.00
T Wigginton struck out swinging.00
M Loretta walked.00
J Towles homered to left, M Loretta scored.20
C Sampson grounded out to second.20
2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 4th		SCORE
Chris Sampson pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
A Soriano lined out to center.20
R Theriot flied out to center.20
D Lee flied out to center.20
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 5th		SCORE
Rich Hill pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
M Bourn struck out looking.20
H Pence flied out to center.20
L Berkman singled to center.20
C Lee singled to left, L Berkman to second.20
M Tejada lined out to first.20
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 5th		SCORE
Chris Sampson pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
A Ramirez popped out to first.20
K Fukudome grounded out to first.20
M DeRosa singled to center.20
G Soto flied out to center.20
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 6th		SCORE
Rich Hill pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
T Wigginton grounded out to third.20
M Loretta flied out to left.20
J Towles flied out to right.20
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 6th		SCORE
Chris Sampson pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
F Pie flied out to right.20
R Johnson hit for R Hill.20
R Johnson doubled to deep left.20
A Soriano grounded out to first, R Johnson to third.20
R Theriot grounded out to third.20
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 7th		SCORE
Jon Lieber pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
J Lieber relieved R Hill.20
C Sampson grounded out to pitcher.20
M Bourn struck out swinging.20
H Pence grounded out to catcher.20
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 7th		SCORE
Chris Sampson pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
D Lee grounded out to shortstop.20
A Ramirez reached on infield single to third.20
K Fukudome singled to right, A Ramirez to second.20
M DeRosa grounded out to third, A Ramirez to third, K Fukudome to second.20
G Soto singled to left, A Ramirez and K Fukudome scored.22
W Wright relieved C Sampson.22
F Pie grounded into fielder's choice to second, G Soto out at second.22
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 8th		SCORE
Jon Lieber pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
L Berkman safe at first on error by second baseman M DeRosa.22
C Lee flied out to center.22
M Tejada tripled to left, L Berkman scored.32
T Wigginton hit sacrifice fly to center, M Tejada scored.42
M Loretta grounded out to third.42
2 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 8th		SCORE
Doug Brocail pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
R Cedeno hit for J Lieber.42
D Brocail relieved W Wright.42
D Ward hit for R Cedeno.42
D Ward grounded out to first.42
A Soriano flied out to right.42
R Theriot singled to right.42
D Lee singled to center, R Theriot to third.42
A Ramirez struck out swinging.42
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 9th		SCORE
Michael Wuertz pitching for ChicagoHOUCHC
A Soriano at second base.42
M Wuertz relieved J Lieber.42
M DeRosa at third base.42
D Ward in left field.42
J Towles grounded out to second.42
D Erstad hit for D Brocail.42
D Erstad flied out to center.42
M Bourn grounded out to second.42
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Bottom of 9th		SCORE
Jose Valverde pitching for HoustonHOUCHC
J Valverde relieved D Brocail.42
K Fukudome popped out to shortstop.42
M DeRosa homered to left.43
G Soto flied out to left.43
F Pie fouled out to third.43
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors