Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
June 11, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 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 1, Houston Astros 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 5 0 1 0
Theriot ss 4 0 0 0
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Gregg p 0 0 0 0
  Scales 2b 1 0 0 0
Fukudome cf 5 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 1 1 1
Hoffpauir rf 5 0 1 0
Fontenot 3b 4 0 1 0
Hill c 3 0 0 0
  Bradley ph 1 0 1 0
  Soto c 1 0 0 0
Blanco 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Dempster p 1 0 1 0
  Miles ph,2b 3 0 0 0
  Ascanio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 6 1 1 0
Tejada ss 6 0 1 0
Pence rf 5 1 0 0
Lee lf 2 0 0 1
  Michaels lf 3 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 2 0
Blum 3b 6 0 3 1
Rodriguez c 5 0 0 0
Keppinger 2b 5 0 1 0
Ortiz p 2 0 2 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Kata ph 1 0 1 0
  Fulchino p 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 2 11 2
Chicago 000 000 001 000 0161
Houston 100 000 000 000 12110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster   7.0 7 1 1 0 4
  Marmol   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Gregg   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Ascanio  L(0-1) 1.2 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
12.2
11
2
2
3
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz   5.1 3 0 0 3 5
  Byrdak   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Arias   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Sampson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Fulchino  W(2-1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
13.0
6
1
1
5
11

  E–Blanco (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Blanco-Miles-Lee, Houston 2. Tejada-Keppinger-Berkman, Tejada-Keppinger-Berkman.  2B–Houston Bourn (13,off Dempster); Berkman (11,off Dempster).  HR–Chicago Lee (7,9th inning off Hawkins 0 on 1 out).  SH–Blanco (3,off Hawkins).  IBB–Soriano (4,by Hawkins); Berkman (6,by Ascanio).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Lee (4,off Dempster).  Team–11.  SB–Pence (7,2nd base off Ascanio/Soto); Pence (7,2nd base off Ascanio/Soto).  CS–Keppinger (2,2nd base by Dempster/Hill); Keppinger (2,2nd base by Dempster/Hill).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–4:08.  A–34,250.
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