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Astros
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
July 29, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Houston Astros, played on July 29, 2009 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 29, 2009 |
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Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 29, 2009 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Hampton |
Home Starting Pitcher | Randy Wells |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 41,538 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Gerry Davis 1B: CB Bucknor 2B: Mike Everitt 3B: Brian Gorman |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Michael Bourn | Center Fielder |
Jeff Keppinger | Third Baseman |
Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
Carlos Lee | Left Fielder |
Geoff Blum | First Baseman |
Hunter Pence | Right Fielder |
Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
Kazuo Matsui | Second Baseman |
Mike Hampton | Pitcher |
Cecil Cooper | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Reed Johnson | Center Fielder |
Ryan Theriot | Shortstop |
Derrek Lee | First Baseman |
Aramis Ramirez | Third Baseman |
Milton Bradley | Right Fielder |
Alfonso Soriano | Left Fielder |
Jeff Baker | Second Baseman |
Koyie Hill | Catcher |
Randy Wells | Pitcher |
Lou Piniella | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
July 29, 2009
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Wells
Bourn hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Keppinger vs. Wells
Keppinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Wells
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hampton
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Theriot vs. Hampton
Theriot hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Theriot reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lee vs. Hampton
Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores. Theriot tags and moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Ramirez vs. Hampton
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Theriot scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Bradley vs. Hampton
Bradley takes first base on ball four. Ramirez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soriano vs. Hampton
Soriano hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Hampton
Baker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Hampton
There's a wild pitch. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Hill vs. Hampton
Hill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Baker scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Hampton
Wells bunts between the mound and first base. Hampton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wells for the out. Hill moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Hampton
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Wells
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Theriot. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Wells
Blum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Wells
Pence takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Wells
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Theriot vs. Hampton
Theriot hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Hampton
Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Hampton
Ramirez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Hampton
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keppinger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Wells
Matsui hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hampton vs. Wells
Hampton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Wells
Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wells fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Keppinger vs. Wells
Keppinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wells fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Hampton
Soriano strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Hampton
Baker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matsui settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Hampton
Hill hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Wells
Kosuke Fukudome now playing center field.
Tejada hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Wells
Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Wells
Blum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Pence vs. Wells
Pence hits a line drive, foul, towards first. Lee reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Hampton
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Fukudome vs. Hampton
Fukudome hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Theriot vs. Hampton
Theriot takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Hampton
Lee hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Pence. Lee reaches second base with a double. Theriot goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Ramirez vs. Hampton
Ramirez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Bradley vs. Hampton
Bradley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lee scores. Ramirez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Soriano vs. Hampton
Soriano hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Wells
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Wells
Matsui hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kata vs. Wells
Matt Kata pinch hits for Mike Hampton.
Kata hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Norris
Bud Norris now pitching.
Baker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matsui settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Norris
Hill strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Norris
Wells takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Fukudome vs. Norris
Fukudome strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Wells
Bourn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Keppinger vs. Wells
Keppinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Wells
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Theriot vs. Norris
Theriot hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Norris
Lee strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Norris
Ramirez hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Wells
Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Wells
Blum strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Wells
Pence hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Wells
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Fukudome settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Norris
Bradley hits a line drive into center field. Bourn picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bourn. Bradley moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Norris
Jake Fox pinch hits for Alfonso Soriano.
There's a wild pitch. Bradley moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Fox vs. Norris
Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bradley tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Norris
Baker hits a fly ball into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Hill vs. Norris
Hill hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Baker moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wells vs. Norris
Wells hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Fukudome vs. Norris
Fukudome strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Wells
Andres Blanco now playing shortstop. Micah Hoffpauir now playing first base. Jake Fox now playing left field.
Matsui hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Michaels vs. Wells
Jason Michaels pinch hits for Bud Norris.
Michaels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Wells
Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wells fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Michaels moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Keppinger vs. Wells
Keppinger hits a fly ball into center field. Fukudome settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Tejada vs. Wells
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanco fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Blanco vs. Brocail
Doug Brocail now pitching. Carlos Lee now playing first base. Geoff Blum now playing shortstop. Jason Michaels now playing left field.
Blanco hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hoffpauir vs. Brocail
Hoffpauir hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pence who is chasing the ball. Hoffpauir reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Fontenot vs. Brocail
Mike Fontenot pinch hits for Aramis Ramirez.
Fontenot takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Bradley vs. Brocail
Bradley hits a line drive towards first. Lee reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fox vs. Brocail
Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoffpauir scores. Fontenot moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Brocail
Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Hill vs. Brocail
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 0 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Atkins
Mike Fontenot now playing second base. Jeff Baker now playing third base. Mitch Atkins now pitching.
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker juggles the ball. That's an error on Baker. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Atkins
Blum hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cubs, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pence vs. Atkins
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanco scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/29/2009 -- Houston at Chicago (D) Houston AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Bourn M, cf 3 0 1 0 Johnson R, cf 2 1 1 0 Keppinger J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Fukudome K, cf 3 0 0 0 Tejada M, ss 4 0 1 0 Theriot R, ss 3 2 1 0 Brocail D, p 0 0 0 0 Blanco A, ss 1 1 1 1 Lee C, lf-1b 4 0 0 0 Lee D, 1b 3 1 1 2 Blum G, 1b-ss 4 0 0 0 Hoffpauir M, 1b 1 1 1 0 Pence H, rf 3 0 1 0 Ramirez A, 3b 3 2 2 2 Rodriguez I, c 3 0 0 0 Fontenot M, ph-2b 0 0 0 0 Matsui K, 2b 3 0 3 0 Bradley M, rf 4 2 2 1 Hampton M, p 1 0 0 0 Soriano A, lf 3 1 1 3 Kata M, ph 1 0 0 0 Fox J, ph-lf 1 0 1 2 Norris B, p 0 0 0 0 Baker J, 2b-3b 4 1 1 0 Michaels J, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Hill K, c 5 0 2 1 Wells R, p 2 0 0 0 Atkins M, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 0 6 0 35 12 14 12 Houston 000 000 000 -- 0 Chicago 610 200 12x -- 12 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Hampton M (L) 4.0 8 9 9 4 1 Norris B 3.0 3 1 1 1 4 Brocail D 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Wells R (W) 8.0 6 0 0 2 1 Atkins M 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Theriot R, Bourn M, Baker J DP -- Chicago 4 LOB -- Houston 6, Chicago 8 2B -- Theriot R, Lee D, Baker J 3B -- Hoffpauir M HR -- Soriano A, Ramirez A, Blanco A SH -- Wells R SF -- Lee D, Fox J WP -- Hampton M, Norris B T -- 2:34 A -- 41538
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