Chi Cubs 8, NY Mets 7

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(38-60)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chi Cubs 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 12 0 NY Mets 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 11 0 WP: G. Maddux (8-11) S: R. Dempster (17) LP: S. Trachsel (9-5)	(59-40)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Chi Cubs

- M. Barrett homered to deep left center

- P. Nevin doubled to left, A. Ramirez and J. Jones scored

Bot 1st: NY Mets

- C. Delgado singled to left center, P. Lo Duca and C. Beltran scored

- C. Floyd grounded into fielder's choice, C. Delgado scored, D. Wright out at second

Bot 4th: NY Mets

- X. Nady doubled to deep center, C. Floyd scored

Top 5th: Chi Cubs

- A. Ramirez homered to deep left, M. Barrett scored

- J. Jones homered to deep center

- J. Pierre singled to center, P. Nevin and N. Perez scored

Bot 7th: NY Mets

- P. Lo Duca grounded out to second, C. Woodward scored, J. Valentin to third, J. Reyes to second

- C. Beltran hit sacrifice fly to left center, J. Valentin scored

- D. Wright singled to center, J. Reyes scored, C. Delgado to second

Chi Cubs
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Pierre cf	4	0	1	2	1	0	1	.278
R. Cedeno ss	5	0	0	0	0	3	5	.248
M. Barrett c	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	.335
A. Ramirez 3b	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	.266
J. Jones rf	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	.293
P. Nevin 1b	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	.259
M. Murton lf	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	.281
N. Perez 2b	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.254
G. Maddux p	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	.098
M. Wuertz p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Eyre p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B. Howry p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
R. Dempster p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	38	8	12	8	3	6	15

Batting 2B - J Jones (23, S Trachsel); P Nevin 2 (4, S Trachsel 2). HR - M Barrett (11, 1st inning off S Trachsel 0 on, 2 Out), A Ramirez (22, 5th inning off S Trachsel 1 on, 0 Out), J Jones (16, 5th inning off S Trachsel 0 on, 0 Out). S - G Maddux. RBI - M Barrett (38), P Nevin 2 (21), A Ramirez 2 (63), J Jones (49), J Pierre 2 (19). 2-out RBI - M Barrett, P Nevin 2, J Pierre 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Cedeno 3, M Murton 1. Team LOB - 7.

Base Running SB - J Pierre (37, 2nd base off H Bell/P Lo Duca).    Fielding DP - 1 (N Perez-R Cedeno-P Nevin).

NY Mets
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Reyes ss	4	1	0	0	1	2	1	.289
P. Lo Duca c	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	.301
C. Beltran cf	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.274
C. Delgado 1b	3	1	2	2	1	0	1	.258
D. Wright 3b	4	0	2	1	0	1	1	.317
C. Floyd lf	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	.253
X. Nady rf	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	.266
C. Woodward 2b	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.233
C. Bradford p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
E. Chavez ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283
D. Sanchez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Trachsel p	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125
H. Bell p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Valentin ph-2b	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.283
Totals	36	7	11	7	2	6	11

Batting 2B - C Beltran (24, G Maddux); C Floyd (14, G Maddux); X Nady (14, G Maddux). SF - C Beltran. RBI - C Delgado 2 (67), C Floyd (35), X Nady (39), P Lo Duca (32), C Beltran (80), D Wright (80). 2-out RBI - D Wright. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Floyd 1, J Reyes 1. GIDP - C Delgado. Team LOB - 5.

Chi Cubs
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
G. Maddux (W, 8-11)	6.0	10	7	7	1	4	0	4.83
M. Wuertz (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00
S. Eyre (H, 12)	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.20
B. Howry (H, 14)	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.56
R. Dempster (S, 17)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.23
NY Mets
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
S. Trachsel (L, 9-5)	4.2	10	8	8	3	3	3	5.14
H. Bell	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.20
C. Bradford	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.62
D. Sanchez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70

WP - S Trachsel.

Pitches-strikes - G Maddux 88-63; M Wuertz 2-2; S Eyre 8-2; B Howry 21-13; R Dempster 9-7; S Trachsel 101-59; H Bell 35-23; C Bradford 15-12; D Sanchez 9-5.

Ground balls-fly balls - G Maddux 9-5; M Wuertz 1-0; S Eyre 0-1; B Howry 1-2; R Dempster 2-0; S Trachsel 8-3; H Bell 3-2; C Bradford 2-0; D Sanchez 2-1.

Batters faced - G Maddux 28; M Wuertz 1; S Eyre 2; B Howry 5; R Dempster 3; S Trachsel 27; H Bell 9; C Bradford 3; D Sanchez 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Jim Reynolds. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Gary Cederstrom. 3B--Bob Davidson. Time: 3:09. Attendance: 45,631. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.

Game Notes

THE HOME RUNS BY CHICAGO'S ARAMIS RAMIREZ AND JACQUE JONES IN THE FIFTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Monday, Jul 24, 2006 10:42 pm ET