Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

6-4, 2-2 Away

Final

4-9, 3-3 Home


CHC
PIT

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	2
0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	2	4	0

Cubs Hitting

hitters
J. PierreCF
J. Hairston Jr.2B
D. Lee1B
A. Ramírez3B
M. BarrettC
A. PagánRF
F. BynumRF
bN. PerezPH
M. MurtonLF
R. CedenoSS
J. WilliamsP
aT. WalkerPH
S. EyreP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.250	.286
4	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.375	.400
3	0	1	0	1	0	.367	.512	.767
4	1	1	0	0	1	.167	.286	.300
4	0	0	0	0	1	.324	.351	.647
2	0	1	0	0	0	.263	.263	.316
1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.313
3	0	2	1	1	0	.342	.405	.605
4	0	1	0	0	0	.351	.351	.514
2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	.462	.500	.615
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
33	1	7	1	2	6

a-grounded to first for J Williams in the 7th

b-flied out to right for F Bynum in the 9th

Batting
2BM Murton (2, Z Duke); A Ramirez (1, Z Duke)
RBIM Murton (9)
2Out RBIM Murton
Team LOB7

Baserunning
CSA Pagan (1, 2nd base by Z Duke/H Cota)

Fielding
DP3 (R Cedeno-J Hairston-D Lee, A Ramirez-D Lee, D Lee)
ER Cedeno (3, throw); J Williams (1, throw)

Pirates Hitting

hitters
C. DuffyCF
J. WilsonSS
J. BayLF
J. BurnitzRF
M. GonzalezP
C. Wilson1B
J. Randa3B
José Castillo2B
H. CotaC
Z. DukeP
aF. SanchezPH
J. GrabowP
R. HernandezP
N. McLouthRF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	0	0	1	0	.178	.229	.311
4	0	0	0	0	0	.341	.400	.614
0	0	0	0	3	0	.341	.474	.500
4	0	1	0	0	0	.260	.288	.480
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	2	1	0	1	2	.345	.424	.966
2	0	1	1	0	1	.243	.256	.405
2	0	1	0	1	0	.318	.404	.432
3	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.226	.172
2	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200
1	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.440	.625
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.450
24	2	4	1	6	4

a-grounded to third for Z Duke in the 7th

Batting
2BJ Randa (3, J Williams)
3BC Wilson (1, J Williams)
RBIJ Randa (4)
SFJ Randa
GIDPH Cota
Team LOB6

Baserunning
CSJ Castillo (1, 2nd base by J Williams/M Barrett)
SBC Wilson (1, 2nd base off J Williams/M Barrett)

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
J. Williams(L,0-2)
S. Eyre
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	4	2	1	4	3	94-57	2.45
2.0	0	0	0	2	1	32-18	0.00
8.0	4	2	1	6	4	126-75

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Williams 7-7; S Eyre 1-2
Game ScoresJ Williams 57

Pirates Pitching

pitchers
Z. Duke(W,10-15)
J. Grabow(H,13)
R. Hernandez(H,12)
M. Gonzalez(S,24)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	6	1	1	1	5	104-71	4.50
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	6.43
0.2	1	0	0	1	1	16-8	0.00
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.60
9.0	7	1	1	2	6	128-85

Pitching
HBPJ Bay (By J Williams)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsZ Duke 11-4; J Grabow 1-0; R Hernandez 0-1; M Gonzalez 0-3
Game ScoresZ Duke 65

Scoring Summary

		CHC	PIT
2nd	H Cota safe at first on throwing error by shortstop R Cedeno, C Wilson scored.	0	1
6th	J Randa hit sacrifice fly to right, C Wilson scored.	0	2
7th	M Murton singled to left, A Ramirez scored.	1	2

Cubs
8
Pirates
6

Game 1

15/4

Cubs
1
Pirates
2

Game 2

16/4

Cubs
7
Pirates
3

Game 3

16/4

PNC Park

12:05 AM, 16 April 2006

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 34,264

Game Time:2:23

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth
First Base Umpire - Bob Davidson
Second Base Umpire - Tim Mcclelland
Third Base Umpire - Marty Foster

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Z. Duke1-1

J. Williams0-1

M. Gonzalez2

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