Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros

51-68, 26-37 Away

Final/18

57-62, 34-30 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. PierreCF	1-8	1	0	0	.280
C. IzturisSS	4-8	0	0	1	.259
A. PagánLF	0-3	1	0	0	.290
S. EyreP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
B. HowryP	0-0	0	0	0	1.000
P. NevinPH	0-1	0	0	0	.232
R. NovoaP	0-0	0	0	0	.250
N. PerezPH	0-1	0	0	0	.256
A. GuzmanP	0-0	0	0	0	.143
C. ZambranoPH	0-1	0	0	0	.170
R. DempsterP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
C. MarmolPH	0-1	0	0	0	.238
R. HillP	0-0	0	0	0	.083
A. Ramírez3B	3-8	2	0	0	.281
J. JonesRF	2-7	2	1	3	.277
J. Mabry1B	1-8	0	0	0	.221
R. Cedeno2B	1-7	1	1	1	.252
H. BlancoC	1-3	0	0	0	.252
M. BarrettPH-C	1-4	0	0	0	.325
J. MateoP	0-1	0	0	0	.000
R. TheriotPH	0-0	0	0	0	.360
W. OhmanP	0-0	0	0	0	1.000
M. WuertzP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
D. AardsmaP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
M. MurtonLF	2-5	1	1	3	.296

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Mateo	5.0	4	2	1	2	78-54	3.00
W. Ohman	0.2	2	2	0	0	11-7	5.04
M. Wuertz	0.1	2	2	1	0	12-4	4.41
D. Aardsma	0.2	0	0	0	1	12-8	4.55
S. Eyre	0.2	2	0	0	1	16-10	2.60
B. Howry	0.2	0	0	0	0	5-4	3.10
R. Novoa	2.0	1	0	2	0	28-12	4.50
A. Guzman	3.0	2	0	1	3	54-36	6.68
R. Dempster	3.0	2	0	1	2	53-29	3.70
R. Hill	2.0	1	0	0	3	28-19	6.90

CHC

HOU

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Daikin Park

1:05 AM, 16 August 2006

Houston, Texas

Attendance: 41,531

Game Time:5:36

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jeff Kellogg
First Base Umpire - Jerry Meals
Second Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher
Third Base Umpire - Mike Reilly


CHC
HOU

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	R	H	E
1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	17	0
0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16	0

R. Hill3-5

2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 K, 0 BB

D. Borkowski1-1

6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		CHC	HOU
1st	C Izturis singled to center, J Pierre scored.	1	0
2nd	R Cedeno homered to left.	2	0
4th	A Huff doubled to deep center, M Lamb and L Berkman scored, A Huff out at third.	2	2
5th	J Jones homered to center, A Pagan and A Ramirez scored.	5	2
6th	A Everett tripled to left, L Scott and A Huff scored.	5	4
6th	O Palmeiro doubled to right, A Everett and B Ausmus scored, O Palmeiro out at third.	5	6
9th	M Murton homered to left.	6	6
18th	M Murton singled to right, A Ramirez and J Jones scored, M Barrett to third.	8	6

Data is currently unavailable.

Cubs
3
Astros
0

Game 1

15/8

Cubs
8
Astros
6

Game 2

16/8

Cubs
1
Astros
0

Game 3

16/8

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 @ Houston Astros

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R. Hill3-5

D. Borkowski1-1

Scoring Summary

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