Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Houston 7,
Chi. Cubs 2
When: 2:05 PM ET, Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jerry Layne, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Edward Montague
Attendance: 41502
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jerry Layne, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Edward Montague
Attendance: 41502
Final Scoring Summary
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Juan Pierre | CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Neifi Perez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .245 |
| Todd Walker | PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .287 |
| Derrek Lee | 1B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .313 |
| Aramis Ramirez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .252 |
| Michael Barrett | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .305 |
| Bob Howry | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Glendon Rusch | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Phil Nevin | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .247 |
| Angel Pagan | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .310 |
| Matt Murton | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .268 |
| Jacque Jones | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .307 |
| Ronny Cedeno | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .265 |
| Mark Prior | SP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| Roberto Novoa | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Will Ohman | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Henry Blanco | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Juan Pierre (15), Neifi Perez (9) | |||||||||
| HR - Henry Blanco (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Juan Pierre 4, Neifi Perez 2, Derrek Lee 3, Phil Nevin, Matt Murton, Henry Blanco 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Derrek Lee (14), Henry Blanco (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Aramis Ramirez 2 (28), Michael Barrett (22), Mark Prior 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Matt Murton (13) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Juan Pierre (10, 2nd by Pettitte/Ausmus), Derrek Lee (3, 2nd by Pettitte/Ausmus) | |||||||||
| PO - Juan Pierre (1st by Pettitte), Derrek Lee (1st by Pettitte) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Mark Prior (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mark Prior (L 0-4) | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Roberto Novoa | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.22 |
| Will Ohman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.46 |
| Bob Howry | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.35 |
| Glendon Rusch | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8.19 |
| WP - Mark Prior | ||||||||
| HBP - Willy Taveras (by Prior) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mark Prior 109-59, Roberto Novoa 4-4, Will Ohman 11-5, Bob Howry 4-3, Glendon Rusch 37-21 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mark Prior 5-6, Roberto Novoa 1-0, Will Ohman 0-0, Bob Howry 0-1, Glendon Rusch 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mark Prior 27, Roberto Novoa 2, Will Ohman 2, Bob Howry 1, Glendon Rusch 9 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Will Ohman 1-0, Bob Howry 2-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Craig Biggio | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .277 |
| Jason Lane | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
| Willy Taveras | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .260 |
| Mike Lamb | 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Lance Berkman | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .322 |
| Brad Lidge | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Preston Wilson | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .289 |
| Morgan Ensberg | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Adam Everett | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Brad Ausmus | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .239 |
| Andy Pettitte | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .097 |
| Orlando Palmeiro | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 |
| Dan Wheeler | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Burke | PH-2B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Totals | 30 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Lamb (14), Preston Wilson (16) | |||||||||
| TB - Craig Biggio 2, Mike Lamb 3, Lance Berkman, Preston Wilson 2, Adam Everett 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Craig Biggio (31), Mike Lamb 3 (26), Lance Berkman (76) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mike Lamb 3 (14), Lance Berkman (26) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Preston Wilson 4 (37), Orlando Palmeiro (8) | |||||||||
| S - Willy Taveras (7), Brad Ausmus (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Mike Lamb (3) | |||||||||
| PO - Andy Pettitte 2 (Pierre at 1st, Lee at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Andy Pettitte (W 7-9) | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5.37 |
| Dan Wheeler (H 12) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.72 |
| Brad Lidge | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.35 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Andy Pettitte 106-62, Dan Wheeler 29-23, Brad Lidge 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Andy Pettitte 8-6, Dan Wheeler 0-4, Brad Lidge 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Andy Pettitte 27, Dan Wheeler 8, Brad Lidge 4 | ||||||||