Chi Cubs 8, Oakland 7
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FINA

CAC  FINAL
                       1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9   R  H  E
                       -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -
  OAKLAND              0  0  0   0  7  0   0  0  0   7  9  3
  CHICAGO CUBS         1  4  0   0  0  0   0  2  1   8 10  0   FINAL

                  WP - MIKE WUERTZ (1-0)
                  LP - RON FLORES (0-1)

     HOME RUNS:  OAK - BOBBY KIELTY (1) OFF BRYAN COREY IN THE 5TH
                       MARK ELLIS (1) OFF BRYAN COREY IN THE 5TH
                       BOBBY CROSBY (1) OFF BRYAN COREY IN THE 5TH

          TIME: 2:50                   ATT: 7,717
 
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OAKLAND (7) AT CHICAGO CUBS (8)

 OAKLAND          AB  R  H BI  CHICAGO CUBS     AB  R  H BI
 M Ellis 2b        3  1  1  4  J Pierre cf       3  0  1  0
 F Bynum 2b        2  0  0  0  F Pie cf          2  0  1  2
 N Swisher lf      4  1  2  0  J Hairston Jr dh  2  2  1  1
 D Putnam lf       0  0  0  0  M Grissom dh      2  0  0  0
 B Crosby dh       3  1  1  2  D Lee 1b          2  0  1  1
 J Brown dh        1  0  0  0  B Dopirak 1b      2  1  1  0
 D Johnson 1b      3  0  0  0  A Ramirez 3b      3  0  2  2
 D Barton 1b       2  0  0  0  C McGehee c       2  0  0  0
 A Perez 3b        2  0  0  0  T Walker 2b       2  0  0  0
 K Ginter 3b       1  0  0  0  N Perez 2b        2  0  0  0
 B Kielty rf       1  0  0  0  M Barrett c       2  0  0  0
 D Clark rf        3  1  3  1  G Soto c          1  0  0  0
 A Melhuse c       2  1  1  0  J Reyes c         2  0  0  0
 K Suzuki c        1  0  0  0  J Jones c         2  0  0  1
 J Herrera cf      2  1  1  0  M Restovich rf    1  1  0  0
 C Thomas cf       2  0  0  0  M Murton lf       2  1  1  0
 M Rouse ss        1  0  0  0  A Greenberg lf    2  1  1  0
 C Pennington ss   2  1  0  0  R Cedeno ss       1  1  1  1
                               R Theriot 2b      1  1  0  0
 TOTALS           35  7  9  7  TOTALS           36  8 10  8

 OAKLAND                   000 070 000 --  7
 CHICAGO CUBS              140 000 021 --  8

 E--C Pennington 2, D Barton. LOB--OAKLAND 6,
 CHICAGO CUBS 8. 2B--B Kielty. 3B--F Pie. HR--B
 Kielty 1 (1) (off B Corey), M Ellis 1 (1) (off B
 Corey), B Crosby 1 (1) (off B Corey). CS--R
 Cedeno, D Putnam. SF--D Lee.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  OAKLAND
 D Haren                        1 2-3   7   5   5   1   1   0
 J Kennedy                      1 1-3   0   0   0   0   1   0
 C Gaudin                           2   0   0   0   2   3   0
 K Saarloos                         1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 H Street                           1   1   0   0   0   1   0
 J Witasick                         1   2   2   2   1   1   0
 R Flores (L,0-1)                 2-3   0   1   0   1   0   0
  CHICAGO CUBS
 C Zambrano                         3   1   0   0   1   2   0
 R Dempster                         1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 B Corey                            0   6   7   7   1   0   3
 W Ohman                            1   1   0   0   1   1   0
 R Novoa                            2   1   0   0   1   2   0
 B Howry                            1   0   0   0   0   1   0
 M Wuertz (W,1-0)                   1   0   0   0   1   0   0

 WP--D Haren. BALK--D Haren. SO--OAK: C Thomas 2,
 M Ellis, B Crosby, D Barton, D Clark. CHN: M
 Restovich 2, N Perez, A Ramirez, M Murton, J
 Pierre, T Walker. BB--OAK: A Melhuse, K Ginter, B
 Crosby, D Putnam, C Pennington. CHN: N Perez, J
 Jones, M Grissom, R Cedeno, R Theriot. T--2:50.
 A--7,717.

Updated on Thursday, Mar 2, 2006 9:28 pm ET