Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
June 9, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 2009 at Minute Maid Park. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Houston Astros 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 5 1 1 0
Theriot ss 5 0 0 0
Fukudome cf 4 1 2 2
Lee 1b 3 2 2 1
Bradley rf 6 0 0 0
Fontenot 3b 5 2 4 1
Soto c 5 0 3 1
Blanco 2b 4 0 2 2
Lilly p 4 1 1 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Fox ph 1 0 1 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 16 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 2 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 2 1
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Keppinger 3b 3 0 0 0
Maysonet 2b 3 0 0 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Backe ph,p 0 0 0 0
  Kata ph 1 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Chicago 311 002 0007160
Houston 000 000 001151
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lilly  W(7-4) 6.2 3 0 0 2 4
  Heilman   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Marshall   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  L(2-4) 3.0 8 5 5 2 3
  Backe   3.0 6 2 2 3 4
  Arias   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Byrdak   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
8
9

  E–Maysonet (2), Maysonet (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Maysonet-Tejada-Berkman, Houston 1. Maysonet-Tejada-Berkman.  2B–Chicago Soriano (14,off Moehler); Fukudome (12,off Moehler); Lee (10,off Backe); Blanco (3,off Backe); Fontenot (9,off Arias); J. Fox (2,off Byrdak), Houston Pence (9,off Lilly).  3B–Chicago Lilly (1,off Moehler).  HR–Chicago Fontenot (6,3rd inning off Moehler 0 on 0 out), Houston Berkman (11,9th inning off Marshall 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Lee (2,by Moehler).  Team LOB–16.  Team–6.  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:13.  A–29,669.
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