Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

57-84, 21-51 Away

Final

56-84, 29-41 Home


PIT
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	0
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	5	10	0

Pirates Hitting

hitters
C. DuffyCF
J. WilsonSS
X. NadyRF
J. BayLF
R. Doumit1B
J. Randa1B
J. Bautista3B
José Castillo2B
H. CotaC
S. ChaconP
J. PérezP
J. SharplessP
aJ. BurnitzPH
D. MarteP
J. BaylissP
S. TorresP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	3	4	3	2	1	0	.226	.295	.309
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.273	.316	.378
5	1	2	2	1	0	1	.289	.351	.481
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.285	.391	.530
4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.204	.303	.344
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.310	.374
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.248	.342	.431
4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.268	.314	.409
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	.192	.250	.202
3	1	1	1	0	0	2	.125	.222	.250
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.232	.290	.426
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250
34	7	9	7	3	6	11

a-struck out swinging for J Sharpless in the 8th

Batting
2BS Chacon (1, S Marshall)
HRC Duffy 2 (2, 1st inning off S Marshall 0 on, 0 Out; 9th inning off S Eyre 0 on, 0 Out); X Nady (16, 9th inning off R Dempster 0 on, 1 Out)
RBIC Duffy 3 (15), X Nady 2 (57), H Cota (5), S Chacon (1)
2Out RBIX Nady, S Chacon, C Duffy
SFH Cota
GIDPJ Castillo
Team LOB7

Baserunning
SBC Duffy 2 (18, 2nd base off S Marshall/H Blanco 2)

Fielding
DP2 (J Wilson-J Castillo-R Doumit, J Wilson-J Randa)

Cubs Hitting

hitters
J. PierreCF
F. Bynum2B
bR. TheriotPH-2B
A. Ramírez3B
J. JonesRF
A. PagánLF
cM. MurtonPH-LF
S. Moore1B
D. Lee1B
H. BlancoC
R. CedenoSS
S. MarshallP
C. MarmolP
aB. CoatsPH
L. WalrondP
D. AardsmaP
R. NovoaP
S. EyreP
R. DempsterP
dJ. MabryPH
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.289	.333	.389
2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.296	.398
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.413	.529
4	1	1	2	1	0	1	.280	.344	.542
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.286	.328	.486
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.271	.327	.436
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.294	.358	.426
3	1	2	2	1	0	0	.400	.571	1.200
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.301	.389	.477
4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.266	.306	.437
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.243	.270	.328
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.229
1	1	1	1	1	0	0	.261	.261	.435
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.300	.341
35	5	10	5	3	2	7

a-struck out swinging for C Marmol in the 6th

b-lined out to center for F Bynum in the 7th

c-struck out looking for A Pagan in the 8th

d-grounded to shortstop for R Dempster in the 9th

Batting
2BH Blanco (10, S Chacon); F Bynum (4, S Chacon); S Moore (1, S Chacon)
HRA Ramirez (32, 4th inning off S Chacon 1 on, 0 Out); C Marmol (1, 5th inning off S Chacon 0 on, 0 Out); S Moore (1, 6th inning off S Chacon 0 on, 1 Out)
RBIA Ramirez 2 (93), S Moore 2 (2), C Marmol (1)
GIDPS Moore; J Mabry
Team LOB5

Fielding
DP1 (R Cedeno-F Bynum-S Moore)

Pirates Pitching

pitchers
S. Chacon
J. Pérez
J. Sharpless
D. Marte
J. Bayliss(W,1-1)
S. Torres(S,12)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	8	5	5	2	5	3	97-60	6.80
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	0.00
0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	1.69
0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-6	3.93
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	6.14
1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	3.47
9.0	10	5	5	2	7	3	130-80

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsS Chacon 8-5; J Perez 1-0; J Sharpless 0-2; D Marte 0-1; J Bayliss 0-1; S Torres 2-0
Game ScoresS Chacon 39

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
S. Marshall
C. Marmol
L. Walrond
D. Aardsma
R. Novoa
S. Eyre(L,1-3)
R. Dempster
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
4.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	69-44	5.27
2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	32-20	5.35
0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4-0	15.19
1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	27-14	4.46
0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	9-7	4.35
0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	7-4	2.78
1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	21-13	4.66
9.0	9	7	7	6	11	3	169-102

Pitching
WPS Marshall
Ground Balls-Fly BallsS Marshall 8-3; C Marmol 1-1; L Walrond 0-0; D Aardsma 2-0; R Novoa 0-0; S Eyre 0-0; R Dempster 1-0
Game ScoresS Marshall 27

Scoring Summary

		PIT	CHC
1st	C Duffy homered to right.	1	0
3rd	X Nady singled to left, C Duffy scored, J Wilson to second.	2	0
4th	H Cota hit sacrifice fly to center, R Doumit scored.	3	0
4th	S Chacon doubled to deep right, J Castillo scored.	4	0
4th	C Duffy singled to right, S Chacon scored.	5	0
4th	A Ramirez homered to left, F Bynum scored.	5	2
4th	S Moore doubled to right, A Pagan scored.	5	3
5th	C Marmol homered to left.	5	4
6th	S Moore homered to left center.	5	5
9th	C Duffy homered to center.	6	5
9th	X Nady homered to right.	7	5

Pirates
5
Cubs
4

Game 1

4/9

Pirates
6
Cubs
5

Game 2

6/9

Pirates
2
Cubs
7

Game 3

7/9

Pirates
7
Cubs
5

Game 4

7/9

Wrigley Field

7:20 PM, 7 September 2006

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 27,105

Game Time:2:58

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - James Hoye
First Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
Second Base Umpire - Larry Young
Third Base Umpire - Tom Hallion

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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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

J. Bayliss1-0

S. Eyre0-2

S. Torres4

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