Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
April 7, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 2009 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, Houston Astros 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 5 1 1 1
  Gregg p 0 0 0 0
Theriot ss 3 1 2 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Cotts p 0 0 0 0
  Fukudome cf 0 0 0 0
Lee 1b 3 0 1 1
Bradley rf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson cf,lf 3 0 1 0
Soto c 1 0 0 0
  Hill c 2 0 0 0
Fontenot 2b 4 0 0 0
Dempster p 2 0 0 0
  Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Miles ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez I. c 4 1 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
Tejada ss 3 0 1 0
Blum 3b 4 1 2 0
  Keppinger pr,3b 1 0 1 1
Pence rf 3 1 2 1
Bourn cf 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez W. p 2 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Chicago 001 000 010 0261
Houston 000 011 000 13101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster   6.0 6 2 2 3 5
  Guzman   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Heilman   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Cotts  L(0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Gregg   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.1
10
3
3
6
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez   6.0 4 1 1 3 4
  Sampson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Valverde   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Byrdak   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Brocail  W(1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
3
9

  E–Theriot (1), Tejada (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Ramirez-Fontenot-Lee, Houston 2. Matsui-Tejada-Berkman, Matsui-Berkman.  2B–Chicago Theriot (1,off W. Rodriguez).  3B–Houston Matsui (1,off Dempster).  HR–Chicago Soriano (2,8th inning off Hawkins 0 on 1 out), Houston Pence (1,5th inning off Dempster 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Soto (1,by W. Rodriguez).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Tejada (1,by Gregg).  Team–11.  CS–Theriot (1,2nd base by Hawkins/I. Rodriguez); Matsui (1,2nd base by Guzman/Hill).  SB–Matsui (1,2nd base off Dempster/Soto).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Bill Miller, 2B–Brian Knight, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:18.  A–31,121.
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