Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

39-80, 12-48 Away

Final

46-70, 30-28 Home


HOU
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0
0	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	-	7	11	0

J. Germano2-2

6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K, 1 BB

B. Norris5-10

3.1 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

Astros Hitting

hitters
J. Altuve2B
M. GonzalezSS-3B
S. Pearce1B-LF
J. MaxwellLF
C.J. FickP
X. CedenoP
aB. BogusevicPH-CF
S. Moore3B-1B
B. FranciscoRF
J. CastroC
B. BarnesCF
M. StoreyP
W. WrightP
B. NorrisP
F. MartínezLF
bT. GreenePH-SS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.305	.358	.423
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.286	.328
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.318	.418	.432
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.239	.315	.469
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.216	.302	.314
4	2	2	1	1	0	2	.246	.302	.468
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.241	.305	.389
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.251	.328	.371
3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.188	.188	.375
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	.135	.154	.162
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.121	.121	.242
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.279	.382
30	2	7	2	1	2	9

a-bunt grounded out to pitcher for X Cedeno in the 7th

b-struck out looking for F Martinez in the 8th

Batting
HRS Moore (7, 2nd inning off J Germano 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIS Moore (19), B Barnes (3)
GIDPM Gonzalez 2
Team LOB4
Team RISP0-2 (B Barnes 0-1, B Francisco 0-1)

Fielding
DP3 (J Castro-M Gonzalez, J Altuve-M Gonzalez-S Pearce, M Gonzalez-S Pearce)
PBJ Castro 2

Cubs Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusRF
J. Vitters3B
A. Rizzo1B
A. SorianoLF
S. CastroSS
L. Valbuena2B
B. JacksonCF
S. ClevengerC
J. GermanoP
J. RussellP
S. CampP
aJ. MatherPH
C. MarmolP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	2	4	3	2	1	0	.270	.363	.399
5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.103	.100	.138
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.296	.337	.485
2	1	0	0	0	2	1	.263	.320	.488
4	2	3	2	1	0	1	.276	.307	.422
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.207	.286	.347
4	1	2	1	0	0	2	.188	.257	.281
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.228	.268	.309
1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143
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	.213	.262	.338
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
31	7	11	6	3	7	10

a-struck out swinging for S Camp in the 8th

Batting
2BL Valbuena (12, B Norris); B Jackson (1, C Fick); S Castro (16, M Storey)
3BB Jackson (1, B Norris)
HRD DeJesus 2 (4, 3rd inning off B Norris 0 on, 0 Out; 4th inning off B Norris 1 on, 1 Out); S Castro (12, 3rd inning off B Norris 1 on, 2 Out)
RBIB Jackson (1), D DeJesus 3 (33), S Castro 2 (58)
2Out RBIB Jackson, S Castro 2
SHJ Germano
GIDPA Rizzo; L Valbuena
Team LOB8
Team RISP1-7 (B Jackson 1-3, A Rizzo 0-1, J Vitters 0-1, S Clevenger 0-1, J Germano 0-1)

Baserunning
CSD DeJesus (6, 2nd base by B Norris/J Castro)

Fielding
DP4 (A Rizzo, A Rizzo-S Castro-J Germano, S Castro-L Valbuena-A Rizzo-J Vitters, A Rizzo-S Castro-A Rizzo)
PBS Clevenger

Astros Pitching

pitchers
B. Norris(L,5-10)
C.J. Fick
X. Cedeno
M. Storey
W. Wright
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
3.1	8	6	6	3	4	3	81-50	5.23
2.1	1	1	0	3	2	0	39-18	3.86
0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	3.93
1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	26-16	3.12
0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-9	2.97
8.0	11	7	6	7	10	3	163-96

Pitching
WPB Norris
HBPS Pearce (By J Germano)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedB Norris 13-20; C Fick 4-9; X Cedeno 1-1; M Storey 2-6; W Wright 1-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesB Norris 20-7-10-13; C Fick 6-1-7-4; X Cedeno 1-2-0-0; M Storey 3-4-7-2; W Wright 2-1-3-3
Ground Balls-Fly BallsB Norris 3-2; C Fick 5-0; X Cedeno 0-0; M Storey 0-1; W Wright 0-2
Game ScoresB Norris 21

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
J. Germano(W,2-2)
J. Russell
S. Camp
C. Marmol
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.1	5	2	2	1	6	1	93-60	3.91
0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8-3	3.48
1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	3.66
1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	16-11	4.34
9.0	7	2	2	2	9	1	128-81

Pitching
IBBD DeJesus (By C Fick)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedJ Germano 10-24; J Russell 1-2; S Camp 2-3; C Marmol 4-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesJ Germano 24-9-11-16; J Russell 1-0-1-1; S Camp 3-0-2-2; C Marmol 5-2-2-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Germano 6-6; J Russell 3-0; S Camp 2-0; C Marmol 0-1
Game ScoresJ Germano 60

Scoring Summary

		HOU	CHC
2nd	S Moore homered to left (376 feet).	1	0
2nd	B Jackson tripled to deep center, S Castro scored.	1	1
3rd	D DeJesus homered to right (384 feet).	1	2
3rd	S Castro homered to left center (401 feet), A Soriano scored.	1	4
4th	D DeJesus homered to center (413 feet), J Germano scored.	1	6
6th	B Jackson scored, S Clevenger to third, D DeJesus to second on passed ball by J Castro.	1	7
7th	B Barnes grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first to third, S Moore scored, J Castro out at second, B Francisco out at third, B Barnes to first.	2	7

Astros
1
Cubs
7

Game 1

14/8

Astros
10
Cubs
1

Game 2

15/8

Astros
2
Cubs
7

Game 3

15/8

Wrigley Field

7:20 PM, 15 August 2012

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 33,714

Game Time:3:01

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
First Base Umpire - Brian Gorman
Second Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor
Third Base Umpire - Tony Randazzo

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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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

J. Germano2-2

B. Norris5-10

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