Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

44-43, 24-22 Away

Final

40-48, 22-24 Home


CHC
PIT

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

S. Youman2-0

6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

C. Zambrano10-7

7.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5 K, 3 BB

Cubs Hitting

hitters
A. SorianoLF
R. TheriotSS
D. Lee1B
A. Ramírez3B
M. DeRosaRF
M. Fontenot2B
A. PagánCF
K. HillC
C. ZambranoP
B. HowryP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	1	0	0	0	.309	.352	.532
1	0	0	0	2	0	.276	.338	.354
4	1	1	0	0	0	.330	.411	.479
4	1	2	0	0	0	.312	.356	.556
4	0	2	1	0	1	.291	.365	.452
4	0	1	0	0	0	.356	.376	.577
3	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.313	.429
3	0	0	0	0	1	.148	.217	.230
3	0	0	0	0	1	.238	.238	.405
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
30	2	7	2	2	3

Batting
2BM DeRosa (17, S Youman); A Ramirez (14, M Capps)
RBIA Pagan (13), M DeRosa (49)
2Out RBIM DeRosa
SFA Pagan
SHR Theriot
GIDPA Ramirez
Team LOB5

Baserunning
CSA Soriano (4, 3rd base by S Youman)

Fielding
EK Hill (1, throw)
AssistsM DeRosa (N McLouth at 2nd base)

Pirates Hitting

hitters
N. McLouthCF
F. Sanchez2B
A. LaRoche1B
X. NadyRF
J. BayLF
J. Bautista3B
R. PaulinoC
J. WilsonSS
S. YoumanP
S. ChaconP
M. CappsP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.241	.320	.375
4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.296	.326	.383
3	1	1	0	0	1	2	.239	.324	.439
3	2	2	1	0	0	0	.291	.344	.504
4	1	2	4	1	0	0	.254	.332	.434
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.257	.334	.405
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.234	.279	.348
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.317	.364
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
30	6	8	6	1	3	5

Batting
HRJ Bay (13, 3rd inning off C Zambrano 1 on, 2 Out)
RBIX Nady (50), J Bay 4 (56), J Bautista (33)
2Out RBIX Nady, J Bay 2
SFJ Bautista
Team LOB5

Baserunning
SBN McLouth (6, 2nd base off C Zambrano/K Hill)

Fielding
DP1 (J Bautista-A LaRoche)

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
C. Zambrano(L,18-13)
B. Howry
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	122-70	4.03
1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	20-15	4.68
8.0	8	6	6	3	5	1	142-85

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsC Zambrano 4-11; B Howry 2-1
Game ScoresC Zambrano 59

Pirates Pitching

pitchers
S. Youman(W,3-5)
S. Chacon(H,12)
M. Capps
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	6	2	2	2	1	91-53	3.00
2.0	0	0	0	0	1	19-13	3.59
1.0	1	0	0	0	1	11-8	2.37
9.0	7	2	2	2	3	121-74

Pitching
HBPX Nady (By C Zambrano)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsS Youman 8-8; S Chacon 0-5; M Capps 0-2
Game ScoresS Youman 51

Scoring Summary

		CHC	PIT
2nd	A Pagan hit sacrifice fly to right, A Ramirez scored, M DeRosa to third.	1	0
3rd	X Nady singled to center, N McLouth scored.	1	1
3rd	J Bay homered to center, X Nady scored.	1	3
6th	M DeRosa doubled to deep right, D Lee scored.	2	3
8th	J Bay singled to left center, F Sanchez and A LaRoche scored, X Nady to third.	2	5
8th	J Bautista hit sacrifice fly to right, X Nady scored.	2	6

Cubs
4
Pirates
8

Game 1

7/7

Cubs
7
Pirates
1

Game 2

8/7

Cubs
2
Pirates
6

Game 3

8/7

PNC Park

6:35 PM, 8 July 2007

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 22,470

Game Time:2:23

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Adrian Johnson
First Base Umpire - Dan Iassogna
Second Base Umpire - Wally Bell
Third Base Umpire - Ron Kulpa

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

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