Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 4, Chi. Cubs 3
When: 2:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 24054
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Chi. Cubs
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Starlin Castro SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .308
Darwin Barney 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .294
Aramis Ramirez 3B 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 .297
     Tony Campana PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
Carlos Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .225
Geovany Soto C 5 1 2 1 0 2 5 .238
Marlon Byrd CF 4 0 1 0 1 2 5 .301
Alfonso Soriano LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .245
Tyler Colvin RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .138
Casey Coleman SP 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .133
     John Grabow RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Jeff Baker PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .287
     Ramon Ortiz RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Reed Johnson PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .352
     Jeff Samardzija RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 3 11 3 3 8 28  
Batting
HR - Aramis Ramirez (23), Geovany Soto (13)
TB - Starlin Castro, Darwin Barney 2, Aramis Ramirez 5, Geovany Soto 5, Marlon Byrd, Alfonso Soriano, Tyler Colvin, Reed Johnson
RBI - Aramis Ramirez 2 (76), Geovany Soto (38)
2-Out RBI - Aramis Ramirez 2 (26)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Starlin Castro 3 (47), Darwin Barney (36), Marlon Byrd (37), Alfonso Soriano 2 (43), Tyler Colvin (13)
Team LOB - 12
Baserunning
SB - Starlin Castro (13, 2nd off Carpenter/Corporan), Darwin Barney (6, 2nd off Norris/Corporan), Tony Campana (15, 2nd off Melancon/Corporan)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Casey Coleman (L 2-5) 3.2 10 4 4 2 4 0 7.43
John Grabow 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.88
Ramon Ortiz 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.45
Jeff Samardzija 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.41
WP - Casey Coleman
Pitches-Strikes - Casey Coleman 85-62, John Grabow 22-14, Ramon Ortiz 22-16, Jeff Samardzija 13-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Casey Coleman 3-2, John Grabow 1-1, Ramon Ortiz 2-1, Jeff Samardzija 1-0
Batters Faced - Casey Coleman 23, John Grabow 5, Ramon Ortiz 6, Jeff Samardzija 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - John Grabow 3-0
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
J.B. Shuck CF-LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .258
Jose Altuve 2B 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 .314
J.D. Martinez LF 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .258
     Fernando Rodriguez RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Mark Melancon RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Matt Downs 1B 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .255
Jimmy Paredes 3B 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 .296
Brian Bogusevic RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 .288
Clint Barmes SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .254
Carlos Corporan C 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .177
Bud Norris SP 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .119
     Jason Michaels PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .197
     David Carpenter RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Sergio Escalona RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Jason Bourgeois CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
Totals 34 4 10 4 3 8 16  
Batting
2B - Brian Bogusevic (4)
TB - J.B. Shuck 2, Jose Altuve, J.D. Martinez, Matt Downs 2, Jimmy Paredes, Brian Bogusevic 2, Clint Barmes, Bud Norris
RBI - Matt Downs 2 (27), Brian Bogusevic 2 (10)
2-Out RBI - Matt Downs 2 (9), Brian Bogusevic 2 (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J.B. Shuck (2), Jimmy Paredes (6), Brian Bogusevic 2 (10), Clint Barmes 2 (33)
Team LOB - 9
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Bud Norris (W 6-8) 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 2 3.61
David Carpenter (H 2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.38
Sergio Escalona (H 5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.92
Fernando Rodriguez (H 4) 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.52
Mark Melancon (SV 12) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.20
HBP - Darwin Barney (by Norris)
Pitches-Strikes - Bud Norris 101-61, David Carpenter 24-15, Sergio Escalona 5-2, Fernando Rodriguez 22-15, Mark Melancon 16-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bud Norris 2-4, David Carpenter 0-2, Sergio Escalona 1-0, Fernando Rodriguez 1-1, Mark Melancon 2-0
Batters Faced - Bud Norris 25, David Carpenter 5, Sergio Escalona 1, Fernando Rodriguez 6, Mark Melancon 5