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Cubs
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
April 6, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs, played on April 6, 2009 at Minute Maid Park.
Game Summary
Date | April 6, 2009 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Home Team |
Houston Astros
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 6, 2009 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carlos Zambrano |
Home Starting Pitcher | Roy Oswalt |
Ballpark | Minute Maid Park |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 43,827 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Derryl Cousins 1B: Jim Joyce 2B: Bill Miller 3B: Brian Knight |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Alfonso Soriano | Left Fielder |
Kosuke Fukudome | Center Fielder |
Derrek Lee | First Baseman |
Milton Bradley | Right Fielder |
Aramis Ramirez | Third Baseman |
Mike Fontenot | Second Baseman |
Geovany Soto | Catcher |
Ryan Theriot | Shortstop |
Carlos Zambrano | Pitcher |
Lou Piniella | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kazuo Matsui | Second Baseman |
Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
Lance Berkman | First Baseman |
Carlos Lee | Left Fielder |
Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
Geoff Blum | Third Baseman |
Hunter Pence | Right Fielder |
Michael Bourn | Center Fielder |
Roy Oswalt | Pitcher |
Cecil Cooper | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cubs
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
April 6, 2009
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Oswalt
Soriano hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fukudome vs. Oswalt
Fukudome 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 -
Cubs, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Oswalt
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Oswalt
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Zambrano
Matsui takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Zambrano
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Zambrano
Berkman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Matsui moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Lee vs. Zambrano
Lee hits a fly ball towards right. Bradley catches it and throws to second to double up Matsui. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Oswalt
Ramirez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fontenot vs. Oswalt
Fontenot hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Soto vs. Oswalt
Soto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fontenot moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Theriot vs. Oswalt
Theriot hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Theriot for the out. Fontenot moves to third. Soto moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Zambrano vs. Oswalt
Zambrano 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 -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Soriano vs. Oswalt
Soriano 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
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Zambrano
Tejada hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Zambrano
There goes Tejada. The throw from Soto and he is out, Theriot applying the tag. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Zambrano
Blum hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Zambrano
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fukudome vs. Oswalt
Fukudome strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Oswalt
Lee hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Oswalt
Bradley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Oswalt
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Zambrano
Bourn hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Oswalt vs. Zambrano
Oswalt bunts towards first. Lee scoops it up and throws to first, with Fontenot covering, for the out. Bourn moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Matsui vs. Zambrano
Matsui hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Bourn moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Rodriguez vs. Zambrano
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Berkman vs. Zambrano
Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fontenot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fontenot vs. Oswalt
Fontenot hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Fontenot reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Soto vs. Oswalt
Soto hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops it up and throws to first, with Oswalt covering, for the out. Fontenot moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Theriot vs. Oswalt
Theriot hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fontenot tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Zambrano vs. Oswalt
Zambrano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Zambrano
Lee hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Zambrano
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Zambrano
Blum hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Oswalt
Soriano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fukudome vs. Oswalt
Fukudome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Oswalt
Lee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matsui settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Zambrano
Pence strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Zambrano
Bourn strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Oswalt vs. Zambrano
Oswalt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zambrano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Oswalt
Bradley hits a popup in front of the plate. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Oswalt
Ramirez hits a popup towards first. Berkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fontenot vs. Oswalt
Fontenot 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
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Zambrano
Matsui strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Zambrano
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Zambrano
Berkman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Zambrano
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soto vs. Oswalt
Soto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Theriot vs. Oswalt
Theriot hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Zambrano vs. Oswalt
Zambrano strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Soriano vs. Oswalt
Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Zambrano
Tejada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Zambrano
Blum takes first base on ball four. Tejada moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pence vs. Heilman
Aaron Heilman now pitching.
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Tejada moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Bourn vs. Heilman
Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heilman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tejada scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Michaels vs. Cotts
Darin Erstad pinch hits for Roy Oswalt. Neal Cotts now pitching. Jason Michaels pinch hits for Darin Erstad.
Michaels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fukudome vs. Geary
Geoff Geary now pitching.
Fukudome hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Geary
Lee strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Geary
Bradley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matsui settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Marmol
Carlos Marmol now pitching.
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Marmol
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Marmol
Berkman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Marmol
Lee hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ramirez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Geary
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fontenot vs. Geary
Fontenot hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soto vs. Geary
There's a wild pitch. Fontenot moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Soto vs. Geary
Soto strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Theriot vs. Geary
Theriot takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Hoffpauir vs. Geary
Micah Hoffpauir pinch hits for Carlos Marmol.
Hoffpauir hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fontenot scores. Theriot moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Soriano vs. Geary
Soriano hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Gregg
Kevin Gregg now pitching. Joey Gathright now playing center field.
Tejada hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Gregg
Blum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tejada moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Pence vs. Gregg
Pence hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tejada tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Gregg
Bourn hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Gregg
Jason Smith pinch hits for Geoff Geary.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/6/2009 -- Chicago at Houston (N) Chicago AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Soriano A, lf 5 1 2 1 Matsui K, 2b 3 0 1 0 Fukudome K, cf 4 0 0 0 Rodriguez I, c 4 0 0 0 Gregg K, p 0 0 0 0 Berkman L, 1b 2 0 1 0 Lee D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Lee C, lf 4 0 0 0 Bradley M, rf 3 0 0 0 Tejada M, ss 4 2 3 0 Ramirez A, 3b 4 1 1 1 Blum G, 3b 3 0 1 0 Fontenot M, 2b 4 2 3 0 Pence H, rf 3 0 0 1 Soto G, c 4 0 1 0 Bourn M, cf 4 0 2 1 Theriot R, ss 2 0 1 1 Oswalt R, p 1 0 0 0 Zambrano C, p 3 0 0 0 Erstad D, ph 0 0 0 0 Heilman A, p 0 0 0 0 Michaels J, ph 1 0 0 0 Cotts N, p 0 0 0 0 Geary G, p 0 0 0 0 Marmol C, p 0 0 0 0 Smith J, ph 1 0 0 0 Hoffpauir M, ph 1 0 1 1 Gathright J, cf 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 9 4 30 2 8 2 Chicago 110 100 001 -- 4 Houston 000 000 101 -- 2 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Zambrano C (W)* 6.0 5 1 1 3 6 Heilman A 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Cotts N 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Marmol C 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Gregg K (S) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Oswalt R (L) 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 Geary G 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th DP -- Chicago 2, Houston 1 LOB -- Chicago 6, Houston 7 2B -- Fontenot M HR -- Soriano A, Ramirez A CS -- Tejada M SH -- Oswalt R SF -- Theriot R, Pence H WP -- Geary G T -- 2:39 A -- 43827
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