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Chi. Cubs 4, Houston 3

When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, August 15, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 20138

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chi. Cubs	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	11	2
Houston	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	5	0

Chi. Cubs

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Starlin Castro	SS	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	.310
Darwin Barney	2B	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	.290
Aramis Ramirez	3B	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	.293
Carlos Pena	1B	5	0	2	2	0	1	1	.223
Marlon Byrd	CF	3	1	1	0	2	2	2	.306
Reed Johnson	LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	5	.349
Tyler Colvin	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.131
Geovany Soto	C	4	0	3	2	0	1	0	.235
Rodrigo Lopez	SP	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.118
James Russell	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Jeff Samardzija	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Blake DeWitt	PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.262
Sean Marshall	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kerry Wood	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		37	4	11	4	4	10	19
Batting
2B - Carlos Pena (17), Geovany Soto 2 (21)
TB - Starlin Castro, Aramis Ramirez 3, Carlos Pena 3, Marlon Byrd, Reed Johnson, Geovany Soto 5
RBI - Carlos Pena 2 (67), Geovany Soto 2 (37)
2-Out RBI - Geovany Soto 2 (15)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Aramis Ramirez (52), Marlon Byrd (35), Reed Johnson 3 (14), Rodrigo Lopez (3)
GIDP - Starlin Castro (17)
Team LOB - 10
Fielding
E - Tyler Colvin (1), Starlin Castro (20)
Outfield Assists - Marlon Byrd (Downs at 3rd)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Rodrigo Lopez (W 4-3)	5.1	5	3	2	2	3	0	4.66
James Russell (H 4)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.19
Jeff Samardzija (H 12)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46
Sean Marshall (H 26)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.79
Kerry Wood (SV 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.52
Pitches-Strikes - Rodrigo Lopez 86-57, James Russell 10-5, Jeff Samardzija 11-6, Sean Marshall 14-11, Kerry Wood 10-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rodrigo Lopez 7-3, James Russell 0-1, Jeff Samardzija 2-0, Sean Marshall 2-0, Kerry Wood 0-1
Batters Faced - Rodrigo Lopez 23, James Russell 2, Jeff Samardzija 4, Sean Marshall 3, Kerry Wood 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - James Russell 1-0

Houston

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Jason Bourgeois	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.305
Jose Altuve	2B	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.320
J.D. Martinez	LF	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	.271
Carlos Lee	1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.261
Matt Downs	3B	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	.248
Mark Melancon	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brian Bogusevic	RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279
Jason Michaels	PH-RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.197
Clint Barmes	SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250
Fernando Rodriguez	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jimmy Paredes	3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.277
Humberto Quintero	C	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.262
Henry Sosa	SP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
David Carpenter	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Sergio Escalona	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Angel Sanchez	SS	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.251
Totals		32	3	5	2	3	7	13
Batting
2B - Matt Downs 2 (13), Clint Barmes (20)
TB - J.D. Martinez 2, Matt Downs 4, Clint Barmes 2
RBI - Matt Downs 2 (25)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Bourgeois (16), Matt Downs (15), Clint Barmes (31)
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
PB - Humberto Quintero (3)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Henry Sosa (L 0-2)	6.0	7	4	4	2	6	0	6.00
David Carpenter	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.75
Sergio Escalona	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.04
Fernando Rodriguez	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.62
Mark Melancon	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.25
Pitches-Strikes - Henry Sosa 94-64, David Carpenter 16-10, Sergio Escalona 1-1, Fernando Rodriguez 22-9, Mark Melancon 18-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Henry Sosa 7-4, David Carpenter 0-0, Sergio Escalona 0-0, Fernando Rodriguez 2-0, Mark Melancon 1-0
Batters Faced - Henry Sosa 27, David Carpenter 3, Sergio Escalona 1, Fernando Rodriguez 6, Mark Melancon 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Sergio Escalona 1-0, Fernando Rodriguez 2-0