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Cubs
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
May 6, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 6, 2009 at Minute Maid Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 6, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 6, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rich Harden |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Hampton |
| Ballpark | Minute Maid Park |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 29,415 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Wally Bell 1B: Adrian Johnson 2B: Marvin Hudson 3B: John Hirschbeck |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alfonso Soriano | Left Fielder |
| Ryan Theriot | Shortstop |
| Milton Bradley | Right Fielder |
| Aramis Ramirez | Third Baseman |
| Geovany Soto | Catcher |
| Reed Johnson | Center Fielder |
| Micah Hoffpauir | First Baseman |
| Aaron Miles | Second Baseman |
| Rich Harden | Pitcher |
| Lou Piniella | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kazuo Matsui | Second Baseman |
| Michael Bourn | Center Fielder |
| Lance Berkman | First Baseman |
| Carlos Lee | Left Fielder |
| Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
| Hunter Pence | Right Fielder |
| Geoff Blum | Third Baseman |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
| Mike Hampton | Pitcher |
| Cecil Cooper | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
May 6, 2009
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Hampton
Soriano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Theriot vs. Hampton
Theriot hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Bradley vs. Hampton
Bradley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Soriano moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Ramirez vs. Hampton
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Soto vs. Hampton
Soto takes first base on ball four. Soriano moves to third. Bradley moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Hampton
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bourn who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. Soriano scores. Bradley scores. Soto goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Hoffpauir vs. Hampton
The ball gets by Rodriguez for a passed ball. Johnson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hoffpauir vs. Hampton
Hoffpauir strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Harden
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harden fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Harden
Bourn strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Harden
Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Harden
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Hampton
Miles hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Miles reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Harden vs. Hampton
Harden bunts and there's an error on the play. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Soriano vs. Hampton
Soriano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matsui settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Theriot vs. Hampton
Theriot hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Bradley vs. Hampton
Bradley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matsui settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Harden
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Harden
Pence hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Bradley. Pence reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Blum vs. Harden
Blum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hoffpauir scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blum for the out. Pence moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Rodriguez vs. Harden
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Hampton
Ramirez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Soto vs. Hampton
Soto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hampton
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hampton vs. Harden
Hampton strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Harden
Matsui hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Harden
Bourn hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Miles reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Harden
Berkman takes first base on ball four. Matsui moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Lee vs. Harden
There's a wild pitch. Matsui moves to third. Berkman moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Lee vs. Harden
Lee takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Tejada vs. Harden
Tejada hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoffpauir vs. Hampton
Hoffpauir hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops it up and throws to first, with Hampton covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Hampton
Miles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Harden vs. Hampton
Harden hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Soriano vs. Hampton
Soriano strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Harden
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Harden
Blum takes first base on ball four. Pence moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Harden
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Pence moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Hampton vs. Harden
Hampton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pence scores. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Matsui vs. Harden
Matsui strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Theriot vs. Hampton
Theriot hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Hampton
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Hampton
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Soto vs. Hampton
Soto strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Harden
Bourn hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Harden
Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Harden
Lee hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hampton
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hoffpauir vs. Hampton
Hoffpauir hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pence. Hoffpauir reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Miles vs. Hampton
Miles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Harden vs. Hampton
The ball gets by Rodriguez for a passed ball. Johnson scores. Hoffpauir moves to third. Miles moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Harden vs. Hampton
Harden strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Soriano vs. Arias
Alberto Arias now pitching.
Soriano strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Theriot vs. Arias
Theriot strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Harden
Tejada hits a line drive into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Harden
Pence hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hoffpauir settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Harden
Blum strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Arias
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Arias
Ramirez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Soto vs. Arias
Soto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Arias
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoffpauir vs. Arias
Hoffpauir hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hoffpauir for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Harden
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Erstad vs. Harden
Darin Erstad pinch hits for Alberto Arias.
Erstad hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Harden
Matsui hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Soto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Wright
Wesley Wright now pitching.
Miles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Harden vs. Wright
Harden strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Wright
Soriano strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Harden
Bourn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Harden
Berkman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Harden
Lee hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Marmol
Carlos Marmol now pitching.
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hoffpauir fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pence vs. Marmol
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Marmol
Blum hits a popup towards third. Ramirez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Theriot vs. Fulchino
Jeff Fulchino now pitching.
Theriot hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Fulchino
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bradley for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Fulchino
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Gregg
Kevin Gregg now pitching. Reed Johnson now playing right field. Joey Gathright now playing center field.
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Gregg
Jason Michaels pinch hits for Jeff Fulchino.
Michaels strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Gregg
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/6/2009 -- Chicago at Houston (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Soriano A, lf 5 1 1 0 Matsui K, 2b 5 0 2 0
Theriot R, ss 5 0 0 0 Bourn M, cf 4 1 1 0
Bradley M, rf 5 1 1 0 Berkman L, 1b 3 1 1 2
Gregg K, p 0 0 0 0 Lee C, lf 3 0 1 0
Ramirez A, 3b 4 1 2 1 Tejada M, ss 4 0 0 0
Soto G, c 3 1 0 0 Pence H, rf 4 1 2 0
Johnson R, cf-rf 3 2 1 3 Blum G, 3b 3 0 0 0
Hoffpauir M, 1b 4 0 1 0 Rodriguez I, c 4 0 0 0
Miles A, 2b 3 0 1 0 Hampton M, p 2 0 1 1
Harden R, p 4 0 1 0 Arias A, p 0 0 0 0
Marmol C, p 0 0 0 0 Erstad D, ph 1 0 0 0
Gathright J, cf 0 0 0 0 Wright W, p 0 0 0 0
Fulchino J, p 0 0 0 0
Michaels J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 6 8 4 34 3 8 3
Chicago 400 001 100 -- 6
Houston 000 100 020 -- 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Harden R (W)* 7.0 8 3 3 3 4
Marmol C 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregg K (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton M (L) 5.1 7 5 3 4 4
Arias A 1.2 1 1 1 0 3
Wright W 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Fulchino J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
E -- Blum G
DP -- Chicago 1, Houston 1
LOB -- Chicago 7, Houston 7
2B -- Miles A, Pence H, Hoffpauir M
3B -- Johnson R
HR -- Ramirez A, Berkman L
WP -- Harden R, Arias A
PB -- Rodriguez I 2
T -- 2:49
A -- 29415
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