Texas 6, Chi Cubs 5
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(32-39)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chi Cubs 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 13 0
Texas 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 9 0
WP: E. Gagne (2-0)
LP: B. Howry (3-4)
(28-44)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 2nd: Texas
- V. Diaz homered to deep right, M. Byrd scored
- A. Melhuse homered to deep left
Bot 3rd: Texas
- M. Byrd singled to right, J. Hairston Jr. and I. Kinsler scored
Top 5th: Chi Cubs
- D. Lee singled to center, M. Fontenot scored
- M. DeRosa singled to left, D. Lee scored, D. Ward to second
- R. Bowen singled to right center, D. Ward scored, M. DeRosa to second
- A. Pagan singled to right, M. DeRosa scored, R. Bowen to second
Top 6th: Chi Cubs
- D. Lee singled to right, A. Soriano scored
Bot 9th: Texas
- F. Catalanotto singled to deep right, K. Lofton scored, B. Wilkerson to second
 Chi Cubs
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
A. Soriano lf 4 1 2 0 1 1 3 .303
M. Fontenot 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 6 .348
D. Lee dh 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .354
D. Ward 1b 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 .293
M. DeRosa 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 5 .271
R. Bowen c 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 .271
A. Pagan rf 5 0 3 1 0 1 2 .312
F. Pie cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .233
R. Theriot ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .255
    C. Floyd ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .299
    C. Izturis ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
 Totals 37 5 13 5 6 8 27  
 Batting
2B - A Pagan (5, V Padilla); M Fontenot (4, V Padilla); A Soriano (21, W Eyre).
S - F Pie.
RBI - D Lee 2 (39), M DeRosa (33), R Bowen (12), A Pagan (7).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Bowen 2, M DeRosa 1, M Fontenot 3, A Pagan 1.
GIDP - M DeRosa, R Theriot.
Team LOB - 13.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (M Fontenot-D Ward).
 Texas
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
I. Kinsler 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .235
J. Hairston Jr. lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .237
M. Young ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .289
M. Byrd cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .364
V. Diaz dh 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 .256
    K. Lofton ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .277
A. Melhuse c 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .308
B. Wilkerson rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .218
T. Metcalf 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .217
    F. Catalanotto ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .202
R. Vazquez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .247
 Totals 33 6 9 6 1 11 7  
 Batting
2B - J Hairston Jr (4, T Lilly).
HR - V Diaz (9, 2nd inning off T Lilly 1 on, 0 Out), A Melhuse (1, 2nd inning off T Lilly 0 on, 0 Out).
S - A Melhuse.
RBI - V Diaz 2 (25), A Melhuse (6), M Byrd 2 (13), F Catalanotto (19).
GIDP - R Vazquez.
Team LOB - 4.
 Fielding
DP - 2 (I Kinsler-M Young-R Vazquez, M Young-I Kinsler-R Vazquez).
 Chi Cubs
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
T. Lilly 7.0 6 5 5 1 10 2 3.90
B. Howry (L, 3-4) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 3.89
 Texas
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
V. Padilla 4.0 10 4 4 3 5 0 6.69
W. Eyre 2.2 3 1 1 2 2 0 3.06
R. Mahay 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
A. Otsuka 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.95
E. Gagne (W, 2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.47
WP - W Eyre.
IBB - A Soriano (by W Eyre).
HBP - D Lee (by V Padilla).
Pitches-strikes - T Lilly 104-75; B Howry 23-16; V Padilla 87-52; W Eyre 47-23; R Mahay 2-1; A Otsuka 11-7; E Gagne 17-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - T Lilly 4-7; B Howry 3-1; V Padilla 3-4; W Eyre 6-0; R Mahay 0-1; A Otsuka 2-1; E Gagne 1-1.
Batters faced - T Lilly 27; B Howry 8; V Padilla 25; W Eyre 12; R Mahay 1; A Otsuka 3; E Gagne 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--James Hoye. 1B--Bill Miller. 2B--Marvin Hudson. 3B--Ed Montague.
Time: 3:03.
Attendance: 38,406.
Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, in from right.
Game Notes
THE HOME RUNS BY TEXAS' VICTOR DIAZ AND ADAM MELHUSE IN THE SECOND INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Friday, Jun 22, 2007 4:50 am ET

 
 Top Batters
 Chi Cubs
D. Lee D. Lee
3-4
2 RBI
 Texas
V. Diaz V. Diaz
1-3, 1 HR
2 RBI