Detroit 5, Chi Cubs 3
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(34-34)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chi Cubs 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 11 1
Detroit 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 X 5 10 0
WP: Z. Miner (5-1) S: F. Rodney (15)
LP: R. Harden (4-4)
(40-31)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 4th: Detroit
- M. Cabrera homered to deep left center
Top 5th: Chi Cubs
- G. Soto homered to deep left
Bot 5th: Detroit
- G. Laird homered to deep left
Top 6th: Chi Cubs
- M. Fontenot grounded into fielder's choice, M. Bradley scored, J. Fox to third, K. Fukudome out at second
Bot 6th: Detroit
- A. Everett singled to third, M. Thames scored, B. Inge to third, M. Ordonez to second
- C. Granderson walked, B. Inge scored, M. Ordonez to third, A. Everett to second
Top 7th: Chi Cubs
- J. Fox hit sacrifice fly to deep right, R. Theriot scored
Bot 8th: Detroit
- M. Cabrera walked, G. Laird scored, A. Everett to third, P. Polanco to second
 Chi Cubs
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
A. Soriano lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .227
R. Theriot ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .287
D. Lee dh 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .294
M. Hoffpauir 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 .268
M. Bradley rf 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 .241
J. Fox 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 .300
K. Fukudome cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 .259
G. Soto c 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 .228
M. Fontenot 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 .228
 Totals 35 3 11 3 1 7 8 0 33  
 Batting
2B - G Soto (8, R Porcello).
HR - G Soto (6, 5th inning off R Porcello 0 on, 1 Out).
SF - J Fox.
RBI - G Soto (21), M Fontenot (27), J Fox (6).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Soriano 1, M Hoffpauir 2, K Fukudome 2, J Fox 1.
GIDP - J Fox, A Soriano.
Team LOB - 13.
 Fielding
E - G Soto (3, dropped foul ball).
 Detroit
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
C. Granderson cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 .263
P. Polanco 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .265
M. Cabrera 1b 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 .332
M. Thames dh 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 .268
D. Kelly lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333
B. Inge 3b 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .275
M. Ordonez rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .275
    J. Anderson pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
G. Laird c 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 .226
A. Everett ss 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .262
 Totals 33 5 10 5 2 7 7 1 22  
 Batting
HR - M Cabrera (15, 4th inning off R Harden 0 on, 0 Out), G Laird (3, 5th inning off R Harden 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - M Cabrera 2 (46), G Laird (17), A Everett (27), C Granderson (42).
2-out RBI - A Everett, C Granderson, M Cabrera.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Thames 2, P Polanco 3, M Cabrera 1.
Team LOB - 11.
 Base Running
SB - C Granderson (13, 2nd base off R Harden/G Soto).
 
 Fielding
DP - 2 (B Inge-P Polanco, B Inge-P Polanco-M Cabrera).
 Chi Cubs
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
R. Harden (L, 4-4) 5.1 4 4 2 4 3 2 1.42 5.10  
A. Heilman 1.2 3 0 0 1 2 0 1.62 3.86  
J. Ascanio 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.63 3.52  
S. Marshall 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.34 4.36  
C. Marmol 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.53 3.44  
 Detroit
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
R. Porcello 5.0 7 2 2 4 3 1 1.36 3.55  
N. Robertson 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.81 7.71  
Z. Miner (W, 5-1; BS, 2) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1.59 4.23  
B. Seay (H, 15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.05 3.68  
B. Lyon (H, 3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.19 4.00  
J. Zumaya (H, 5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.52 3.70  
F. Rodney (S, 15) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.33 3.90  
Pitches-strikes - R Harden 109-58; A Heilman 29-20; J Ascanio 9-6; S Marshall 3-3; C Marmol 16-7; R Porcello 97-59; N Robertson 4-3; Z Miner 19-9; B Seay 5-4; B Lyon 16-10; J Zumaya 15-11; F Rodney 24-14.
Ground balls-fly balls - R Harden 4-9; A Heilman 1-2; J Ascanio 0-0; S Marshall 0-0; C Marmol 0-0; R Porcello 12-1; N Robertson 0-0; Z Miner 1-1; B Seay 0-1; B Lyon 1-1; J Zumaya 0-1; F Rodney 0-1.
Batters faced - R Harden 24; A Heilman 9; J Ascanio 3; S Marshall 1; C Marmol 3; R Porcello 24; N Robertson 1; Z Miner 5; B Seay 1; B Lyon 3; J Zumaya 4; F Rodney 5.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Adrian Johnson. 3B--Tim Mcclelland.
Time: 3:19.
Attendance: 36,438.
Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 3 mph, swirling.

Updated on Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 10:36 pm ET

 
 Top Batters
 Chi Cubs
G. Soto Geovany Soto
2-4, 1 HR
1 RBI
 Detroit
M. Cabrera Miguel Cabrera
2-4, 1 HR
2 RBI