Houston 5, Chi Cubs 3
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(2-5)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9 2
Chi Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 7 0
WP: C. Qualls (1-1) S: D. Wheeler (1)
LP: B. Howry (0-2)
(3-4)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Houston
- C. Burke doubled to deep left center, C. Biggio scored
Top 4th: Houston
- M. Ensberg singled to center, C. Lee scored
Top 5th: Houston
- L. Berkman hit sacrifice fly to deep right center, C. Biggio scored
Bot 6th: Chi Cubs
- A. Ramirez singled to center, J. Jones scored
- M. Barrett doubled to deep right, A. Ramirez scored
Bot 7th: Chi Cubs
- J. Jones singled to second, A. Soriano scored on second baseman C. Biggio's throwing error
Top 8th: Houston
- A. Everett homered to deep left, M. Ensberg scored
 Houston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Biggio 2b 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 .267
C. Burke cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .208
L. Berkman 1b 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 .167
C. Lee lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .240
M. Ensberg 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .217
J. Lane rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154
A. Everett ss 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .300
H. Quintero c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
W. Williams p 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200
    C. Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    L. Scott ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .294
    R. White p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 34 5 9 5 2 9 13  
 Batting
2B - C Biggio 2 (3, T Lilly 2); C Burke (4, T Lilly); C Lee (1, T Lilly); M Ensberg (1, B Howry); L Scott (2, B Howry).
HR - A Everett (1, 8th inning off B Howry 1 on, 1 Out).
S - C Biggio , C Burke.
SF - L Berkman.
RBI - C Burke (2), M Ensberg (1), L Berkman (3), A Everett 2 (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Williams 2, C Biggio 1, C Lee 2, M Ensberg 1.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
E - A Everett (3, ground ball); C Biggio (1, throw).
DP - 2 (A Everett-L Berkman 2).
 Chi Cubs
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
A. Soriano cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .219
J. Jones rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .231
D. Lee 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .414
A. Ramirez 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 .429
C. Floyd lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .250
    R. Dempster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Barrett c 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .227
M. DeRosa 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .292
    M. Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    B. Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    M. Murton lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
C. Izturis ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .261
T. Lilly p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    R. Theriot 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
    D. Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
 Totals 33 3 7 2 3 3 16  
 Batting
2B - M Barrett (1, W Williams).
RBI - A Ramirez (5), M Barrett (4).
2-out RBI - M Barrett.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Floyd 1, M DeRosa 2.
GIDP - M DeRosa, C Floyd.
Team LOB - 6.
 Base Running
SB - A Soriano (1, 2nd base off C Qualls/H Quintero).
 Houston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
W. Williams 6.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 4.22
C. Qualls (W, 1-1; BS, 1) 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6.00
R. White (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
D. Wheeler (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00
 Chi Cubs
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
T. Lilly 6.0 6 3 3 1 5 0 2.77
M. Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
B. Howry (L, 0-2) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 7.36
R. Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
WP - T Lilly, B Howry.
IBB - L Berkman (by M Wuertz).
HBP - H Quintero (by T Lilly).
Pitches-strikes - W Williams 96-65; C Qualls 20-12; R White 14-6; T Lilly 90-57; M Wuertz 14-7; B Howry 25-17; R Dempster 8-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - W Williams 7-9; C Qualls 1-1; R White 3-0; T Lilly 3-11; M Wuertz 2-0; B Howry 2-0; R Dempster 0-1.
Batters faced - W Williams 25; C Qualls 5; R White 3; T Lilly 27; M Wuertz 4; B Howry 6; R Dempster 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Eric Cooper.
Weather: 39 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 9 mph, out to right.

Updated on Monday, Apr 9, 2007 5:14 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Houston
A. Everett A. Everett
1-3, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Chi Cubs
M. Barrett M. Barrett
2-3
1 RBI