Chi Cubs 5, St. Louis 3
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(76-71)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chi Cubs 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 7 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9 1
WP: C. Zambrano (16-12) S: B. Howry (8)
LP: A. Wainwright (13-11)
(69-76)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 4th: Chi Cubs
- M. DeRosa singled to shallow right, A. Ramirez scored
Bot 6th: St. Louis
- A. Pujols homered to deep center
Top 7th: Chi Cubs
- C. Floyd homered to deep right
Top 9th: Chi Cubs
- D. Ward doubled to deep center, J. Kendall, J. Jones and F. Pie scored
Bot 9th: St. Louis
- J. Edmonds homered to deep right
- R. Ludwick homered to deep center
 Chi Cubs
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
A. Soriano lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .287
R. Theriot ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .270
D. Lee 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .311
A. Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .316
C. Floyd rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .291
    F. Pie cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .216
M. DeRosa 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .288
J. Jones cf-rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .274
J. Kendall c 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .288
C. Zambrano p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
    D. Ward ph 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 .347
    R. Dempster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    B. Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 33 5 7 5 4 5 6  
 Batting
2B - A Ramirez (34, A Wainwright); F Pie (9, J Isringhausen); D Ward (12, J Isringhausen).
HR - C Floyd (8, 7th inning off A Wainwright 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - M DeRosa (69), C Floyd (43), D Ward 3 (19).
2-out RBI - M DeRosa, D Ward 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Zambrano 1, C Floyd 1, A Soriano 1.
Team LOB - 5.
 Base Running
CS - A Soriano (6, 2nd base by A Wainwright/Y Molina).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (R Theriot-M DeRosa-D Lee).
 St. Louis
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
A. Miles 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .300
R. Ankiel rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .284
    J. Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A. Pujols 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .321
J. Edmonds cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .250
S. Schumaker lf-rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
S. Spiezio 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .269
    R. Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
    R. Ludwick lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .255
Y. Molina c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .277
A. Wainwright p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .278
    M. Cairo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
    R. Branyan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .196
B. Ryan ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .318
    S. Taguchi ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .296
 Totals 35 3 9 3 2 3 12  
 Batting
HR - A Pujols (31, 6th inning off C Zambrano 0 on, 2 Out), J Edmonds (12, 9th inning off R Dempster 0 on, 1 Out), R Ludwick (13, 9th inning off R Dempster 0 on, 2 Out).
RBI - A Pujols (92), J Edmonds (46), R Ludwick (43).
2-out RBI - A Pujols, R Ludwick.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Miles 2, Y Molina 1.
GIDP - J Edmonds.
Team LOB - 7.
 Fielding
E - S Schumaker (2, throw).
 Chi Cubs
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
C. Zambrano (W, 16-12) 8.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 4.14
R. Dempster 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 2 4.22
B. Howry (S, 8) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.41
 St. Louis
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
A. Wainwright (L, 13-11) 7.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 3.71
R. Franklin 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.34
J. Isringhausen 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 0 2.17
IBB - J Jones (by J Isringhausen).
Pitches-strikes - C Zambrano 101-66; R Dempster 22-12; B Howry 6-4; A Wainwright 96-58; R Franklin 15-8; J Isringhausen 22-11.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Zambrano 13-8; R Dempster 1-1; B Howry 1-0; A Wainwright 7-10; R Franklin 2-0; J Isringhausen 1-1.
Batters faced - C Zambrano 29; R Dempster 5; B Howry 3; A Wainwright 27; R Franklin 3; J Isringhausen 7.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Fieldin Culbreth. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Paul Schrieber.
Time: 2:26.
Attendance: 45,750.
Weather: 65 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, left to right.

Updated on Friday, Sep 14, 2007 10:58 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Chi Cubs
D. Ward D. Ward
1-1
3 RBI
 St. Louis
A. Pujols A. Pujols
2-4, 1 HR
1 RBI