Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 4, Houston 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, August 15, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 20138
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 000102000350
Chi. Cubs
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Starlin Castro SS 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .310
Darwin Barney 2B 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 .290
Aramis Ramirez 3B 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 .293
Carlos Pena 1B 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 .223
Marlon Byrd CF 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 .306
Reed Johnson LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 5 .349
Tyler Colvin RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .131
Geovany Soto C 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 .235
Rodrigo Lopez SP 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .118
     James Russell RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
     Jeff Samardzija RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Blake DeWitt PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .262
     Sean Marshall RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Kerry Wood RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 4 11 4 4 10 19  
Batting
2B - Carlos Pena (17), Geovany Soto 2 (21)
TB - Starlin Castro, Aramis Ramirez 3, Carlos Pena 3, Marlon Byrd, Reed Johnson, Geovany Soto 5
RBI - Carlos Pena 2 (67), Geovany Soto 2 (37)
2-Out RBI - Geovany Soto 2 (15)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Aramis Ramirez (52), Marlon Byrd (35), Reed Johnson 3 (14), Rodrigo Lopez (3)
GIDP - Starlin Castro (17)
Team LOB - 10
Fielding
E - Tyler Colvin (1), Starlin Castro (20)
Outfield Assists - Marlon Byrd (Downs at 3rd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Rodrigo Lopez (W 4-3) 5.1 5 3 2 2 3 0 4.66
James Russell (H 4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.19
Jeff Samardzija (H 12) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.46
Sean Marshall (H 26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.79
Kerry Wood (SV 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.52
Pitches-Strikes - Rodrigo Lopez 86-57, James Russell 10-5, Jeff Samardzija 11-6, Sean Marshall 14-11, Kerry Wood 10-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rodrigo Lopez 7-3, James Russell 0-1, Jeff Samardzija 2-0, Sean Marshall 2-0, Kerry Wood 0-1
Batters Faced - Rodrigo Lopez 23, James Russell 2, Jeff Samardzija 4, Sean Marshall 3, Kerry Wood 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - James Russell 1-0
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jason Bourgeois CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .305
Jose Altuve 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .320
J.D. Martinez LF 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 .271
Carlos Lee 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .261
Matt Downs 3B 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .248
     Mark Melancon RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Brian Bogusevic RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279
     Jason Michaels PH-RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .197
Clint Barmes SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250
     Fernando Rodriguez RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Jimmy Paredes 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277
Humberto Quintero C 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .262
Henry Sosa SP 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
     David Carpenter RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Sergio Escalona RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Angel Sanchez SS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .251
Totals 32 3 5 2 3 7 13  
Batting
2B - Matt Downs 2 (13), Clint Barmes (20)
TB - J.D. Martinez 2, Matt Downs 4, Clint Barmes 2
RBI - Matt Downs 2 (25)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Bourgeois (16), Matt Downs (15), Clint Barmes (31)
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
PB - Humberto Quintero (3)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Henry Sosa (L 0-2) 6.0 7 4 4 2 6 0 6.00
David Carpenter 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.75
Sergio Escalona 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.04
Fernando Rodriguez 1.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.62
Mark Melancon 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.25
Pitches-Strikes - Henry Sosa 94-64, David Carpenter 16-10, Sergio Escalona 1-1, Fernando Rodriguez 22-9, Mark Melancon 18-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Henry Sosa 7-4, David Carpenter 0-0, Sergio Escalona 0-0, Fernando Rodriguez 2-0, Mark Melancon 1-0
Batters Faced - Henry Sosa 27, David Carpenter 3, Sergio Escalona 1, Fernando Rodriguez 6, Mark Melancon 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Sergio Escalona 1-0, Fernando Rodriguez 2-0