Chi. Cubs 5, Houston 4
When: 2:20 PM ET, Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
67°
Umpires:
Home -
John Tumpane, 1B -
Jim Wolf, 2B -
Ron Kulpa, 3B -
Wally Bell
Attendance:
27606
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Cubs 5, Astros 4: Bryan LaHair homered and delivered a two-out, walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning as Chicago averted a sweep and won its regular-season finale.
LaHair drilled the first pitch he saw from Hector Ambriz (1-1) into right field to plate Darwin Barney with the winning run as the Cubs won for only the second time in 11 games in a matchup between teams with a combined 208 losses.
Carlos Marmol (3-3) earned the victory with one inning of scoreless relief, sending Houston to a franchise-record 107th defeat in its final game as a member of the National League.
Justin Maxwell, mired in a 3-for-29 slump entering the game, clubbed a three-run tying home run in the eighth inning for the Astros, who were seeking their first three-game sweep since taking three from the Cubs on May 21-23.
The Cubs built a 4-1 lead on LaHair's solo homer in the second inning, a bases-loaded walk to Anthony Recker and a two-run single by starter Travis Wood in the fourth. Wood allowed one run on three hits in 6 1/3 innings. Astros starter Edgar Gonzalez gave up four runs in 3 1/3 innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Maxwell's blast - his team high 18th - gave the Astros at least one homer in a season-high seven consecutive games. ... Cubs RHP Shawn Camp, who served up Maxwell's homer, made his 80th appearance of the season, tying Dodgers left-hander Randy Choate for the most in the NL. ... Houston had a streak of 28 straight scoreless innings until LaHair went deep to start the second inning.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Houston |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Edgar Gonzalez |
Player |
Travis Wood
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
3.1 |
IP |
6.1 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
5 |
Hits |
3 |
|
10.80 |
ERA |
1.42 |
Hitting
| Houston |
|
Chi. Cubs |
|
Justin Maxwell
| Player |
Bryan LaHair |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
3 |
RBI |
2 |
|
1 |
HR |
1 |
|
6 |
TB |
5 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.400 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
6 |
1 |
10 |
.194 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
| Chi. Cubs
|
7 |
1 |
10 |
.219 |
14 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
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