Chicago Cubs 9, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 98
Played on Sunday, July 20, 2008 (D) at Minute Maid Park
CHI N 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 - 9 13 0 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Theriot ss 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 3 Fukudome rf 5 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 Lee 1b 5 1 2 3 0 2 10 0 Ramirez 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 Edmonds cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 DeRosa lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Soto c 4 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 Fontenot 2b 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 Dempster p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 9 13 9 0 8 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Fontenot-Theriot-Lee. BATTING - 2B: Fukudome 2 (19,off Backe,off Byrdak); Lee (27,off Backe); DeRosa (16,off Sampson); Fontenot (14,off Sampson). HR: Fontenot (8,5th inning off Backe 0 on 1 out). SH: Dempster (12,off Backe). GDP: Ramirez (9,off Paronto). Team LOB: 4.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Matsui 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 Erstad cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 Berkman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 Lee lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tejada ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Blum 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 Pence rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Towles c 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 Backe p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sampson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paronto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 0 6 0 1 7 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Matsui-Tejada-Berkman. E: Blum (4). BATTING - GDP: Tejada (12,off Dempster). Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dempster W(11-4) 8 6 0 0 1 7 0 30 Marmol 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 6 0 0 1 7 0 33
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Backe L(6-10) 6.2 8 4 4 0 8 1 28 Wright 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sampson 1.1 3 4 3 0 0 0 8 Byrdak 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Paronto 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 9 13 9 8 0 8 1 40 Inherited Runners - Scored: Wright 1-0; Byrdak 1-0; Paronto 2-2. . Umpires: HP - Bill Miller, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Paul Emmel Official Scorer: Greg Porzucek Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 41461 Starting Lineups: Chicago Cubs Houston Astros 1. Theriot ss Matsui 2b 2. Fukudome rf Erstad cf 3. Lee 1b Berkman 1b 4. Ramirez 3b Lee lf 5. Edmonds cf Tejada ss 6. DeRosa lf Blum 3b 7. Soto c Pence rf 8. Fontenot 2b Towles c 9. Dempster p Backe p CUBS 1ST: Theriot flied to right; Fukudome doubled to left; Lee doubled to right [Fukudome scored]; Ramirez flied to center; Edmonds singled to center [Lee scored]; DeRosa forced Edmonds (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Matsui lined to left; Erstad grounded out (first unassisted); Berkman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0. CUBS 2ND: Soto struck out; Fontenot popped to first; Dempster popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Lee singled to left; Tejada grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lee out at second]; Blum flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0. CUBS 3RD: Theriot grounded out (first to pitcher); Fukudome struck out; Lee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Pence grounded out (pitcher to first); Towles grounded out (shortstop to first); Backe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0. CUBS 4TH: Ramirez flied to center; Edmonds struck out; DeRosa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Matsui grounded out (first unassisted); Erstad grounded out (third to first); Berkman singled to left; Lee flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Astros 0. CUBS 5TH: Soto struck out; Fontenot homered; Dempster grounded out (second to first); Theriot singled to right; Fukudome flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Tejada singled to left; Blum singled to right [Tejada to second]; Pence singled to shortstop [Tejada to third, Blum to second]; Towles struck out; Backe was called out on strikes; Matsui popped to third; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0. CUBS 6TH: Lee struck out; Ramirez was called out on strikes; Edmonds singled to left; DeRosa forced Edmonds (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Erstad struck out; Berkman struck out; Lee singled to center; Tejada flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Astros 0. CUBS 7TH: Soto grounded out (third to first); Fontenot singled to shortstop; Dempster out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Fontenot to second]; Theriot singled to left [Fontenot scored, Theriot to second (on throw)]; WRIGHT REPLACED BACKE (PITCHING); Fukudome flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 4, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Blum popped to third; Pence grounded out (third to first); Towles walked; NEWHAN BATTED FOR WRIGHT; Newhan flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 4, Astros 0. CUBS 8TH: SAMPSON REPLACED NEWHAN (PITCHING); Lee grounded out (third to first); Ramirez grounded out (third to first); Edmonds flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 4, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: Matsui struck out; Erstad struck out; Berkman lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 4, Astros 0. CUBS 9TH: DeRosa doubled to right; Soto reached on an error by Blum; Fontenot doubled to left [DeRosa scored, Soto scored (unearned)]; Dempster grounded out (third to first) [Fontenot to third]; Theriot singled to right [Fontenot scored]; BYRDAK REPLACED SAMPSON (PITCHING); Fukudome doubled to center [Theriot to third]; PARONTO REPLACED BYRDAK (PITCHING); Lee singled to center [Theriot scored, Fukudome scored]; Ramirez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lee out at second]; 5 R (4 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 9, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: MARMOL REPLACED DEMPSTER (PITCHING); Lee grounded out (third to first); Tejada grounded out (shortstop to first); Blum popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 9, Astros 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubs 9 13 0 4 Astros 0 6 1 6
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