Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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
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
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 | ||||||||