Houston 8, Chi Cubs 2
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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chi Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 12 1
Houston 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 X 8 11 0
WP: R. Oswalt (12-6)
LP: C. Zambrano (14-8)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 3rd: Houston
- C. Biggio homered to deep left
- L. Scott tripled to deep right center, C. Lee and L. Berkman scored
Bot 5th: Houston
- L. Berkman homered to deep center
Bot 6th: Houston
- M. Lamb doubled to left, E. Bruntlett and O. Palmeiro scored
- L. Scott walked, M. Lamb scored, L. Berkman to third, C. Lee to second
Top 7th: Chi Cubs
- D. Lee grounded out to third, R. Theriot scored
Bot 7th: Houston
- B. Ausmus homered to deep left
Top 8th: Chi Cubs
- R. Theriot singled to center, F. Pie scored
 Chi Cubs
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
R. Theriot ss 5 1 3 1 0 0 3 .286
J. Jones cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 .251
D. Lee 1b 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 .320
C. Floyd rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 4 .290
M. DeRosa 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .285
M. Fontenot 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .302
M. Murton lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 .266
K. Hill c 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .159
C. Zambrano p 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 .267
    S. Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    M. Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    F. Pie ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214
    S. Gallagher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 37 2 12 2 5 4 27  
 Batting
2B - M DeRosa (21, R Oswalt); J Jones (21, D Borkowski).
RBI - D Lee (60), R Theriot (32).
2-out RBI - R Theriot.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Zambrano 1, C Floyd 1, D Lee 1, R Theriot 2, M Fontenot 1.
GIDP - C Floyd, M DeRosa.
Team LOB - 13.
 Fielding
E - M Fontenot (8, ground ball).
 Houston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Biggio 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 .244
    M. Albers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154
    B. Moehler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
M. Lamb 3b 5 1 1 2 0 0 2 .295
L. Berkman 1b 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 .258
C. Lee lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .307
    D. Borkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    T. Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    C. Burke 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .234
L. Scott rf 3 0 1 3 2 2 1 .250
J. Lane cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 7 .162
E. Bruntlett ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .263
B. Ausmus c 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 .235
R. Oswalt p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125
    O. Palmeiro ph-lf 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .241
 Totals 35 8 11 8 6 7 12  
 Batting
2B - C Lee (32, C Zambrano); M Lamb (9, C Zambrano); C Burke (13, S Gallagher).
3B - L Scott (3, C Zambrano).
HR - C Biggio (8, 3rd inning off C Zambrano 0 on, 1 Out), L Berkman (20, 5th inning off C Zambrano 0 on, 0 Out), B Ausmus (3, 7th inning off M Wuertz 0 on, 1 Out).
S - B Ausmus.
RBI - C Biggio (40), L Scott 3 (49), L Berkman (71), M Lamb 2 (34), B Ausmus (21).
2-out RBI - L Scott 3, M Lamb 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Lane 4, B Ausmus 1, M Lamb 1.
Team LOB - 10.
 Fielding
DP - 2 (C Biggio-E Bruntlett-L Berkman, E Bruntlett-C Burke-L Berkman).
 Chi Cubs
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
C. Zambrano (L, 14-8) 5.2 8 7 7 3 6 2 3.69
S. Eyre 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5.45
M. Wuertz 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.54
S. Gallagher 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.25
 Houston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
R. Oswalt (W, 12-6) 6.0 6 0 0 4 4 0 3.42
D. Borkowski 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.51
T. Miller 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.64
M. Albers 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.30
B. Moehler 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.22
Pitches-strikes - C Zambrano 113-70; S Eyre 15-7; M Wuertz 23-15; S Gallagher 23-12; R Oswalt 108-68; D Borkowski 10-5; T Miller 13-5; M Albers 19-11; B Moehler 11-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Zambrano 8-4; S Eyre 0-0; M Wuertz 2-1; S Gallagher 3-0; R Oswalt 7-7; D Borkowski 1-0; T Miller 1-1; M Albers 2-1; B Moehler 3-0.
Batters faced - C Zambrano 29; S Eyre 3; M Wuertz 5; S Gallagher 5; R Oswalt 27; D Borkowski 3; T Miller 3; M Albers 6; B Moehler 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Rick Reed. 2B--Alfonso Marquez. 3B--Tim Timmons.
Time: 3:07.
Attendance: 41,655.
Weather: INDOORS

Updated on Wednesday, Aug 8, 2007 11:14 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Chi Cubs
R. Theriot R. Theriot
3-5
1 RBI
 Houston
L. Scott L. Scott
1-3
3 RBI