Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
September 10, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 2012 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 4, Houston Astros 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Mather cf,lf 5 0 2 0
Barney 2b 4 0 2 0
Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0
Soriano lf 3 0 0 0
  Campana cf 0 0 0 0
Castro ss 4 1 2 0
Castillo c 3 2 1 0
Vitters 3b 4 0 1 0
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
Sappelt rf 5 1 2 3
Volstad p 2 0 1 0
  LaHair ph 1 0 0 0
  Socolovich p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenas ph 0 0 0 0
  Chapman p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Valbuena 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Paredes 2b 5 0 1 0
Martinez F. rf 4 0 2 0
Wallace 1b 4 0 0 0
Maxwell cf 4 1 2 0
Castro c 3 0 1 1
Dominguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Martinez J. lf 3 0 0 0
Greene ss 3 0 0 0
Keuchel p 0 0 0 0
  Laird ph 1 0 0 0
  Fick p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno p 0 0 0 0
  Barnes ph 1 0 0 0
  Ambriz p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Bogusevic ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Chicago 010 001 2004110
Houston 000 100 000160
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Volstad  W(3-10) 5.0 4 1 1 5 4
  Socolovich   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Russell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Chapman   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Camp   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Marmol  SV(19) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Keuchel   4.0 6 1 1 2 1
  Fick   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Rodriguez  L(1-10) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Cedeno   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Ambriz   2.0 2 2 2 3 0
  Cruz   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Barney-Castro-Rizzo, Houston 2. Fick-Paredes-Wallace, Dominguez-Castro-Wallace.  2B–Chicago Sappelt 2 (2,off Keuchel,off Ambriz); Castro (24,off Ambriz).  3B–Houston Maxwell (3,off Volstad); Paredes (1,off Volstad).  HBP–Rizzo (3,by Fick); Vitters (1,by F. Rodriguez).  IBB–Castro (4,by Fick); W. Castillo (2,by Ambriz); Cardenas (1,by Ambriz).  Team LOB–13.  Team–11.  SB–Castro (24,2nd base off Cruz/Castro); Maxwell (7,2nd base off Chapman/W. Castillo).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–3:50.  A–13,121.
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