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September 2, 2008

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Bottom 11 R H E
Astros 9 12 0
Cubs 7 15 3
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Astros 9 12 0
Cubs 7 15 3

Geovany Soto Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .600 .295
OBP .600 .373
At Bats 5 444
Hits 3 131
• Singles 1 76
• Doubles 1 32
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 21
Walks 0 57
RBI’s 1 80

Jose Valverde Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 38
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Wrigley Field - September 2, 2008
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Strikeout
Jose Valverde
Humberto Quintero
Lance Berkman
Jose Castillo
Geoff Blum
Miguel Tejada
Ty Wigginton
Michael Bourn
Hunter Pence
Geovany Soto
Mark DeRosa

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 9 12 0 11
Chicago Cubs 7 15 3 12
Winning Pitcher Wesley Wright
Losing Pitcher Kerry Wood
Save Jose Valverde
Game Winning RBI Geoff Blum
Attendance 39,846
Time of Game 4 hours 17 minutes
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Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Soto strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Daryle Ward pinch hits for Kerry Wood. Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Wigginton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 DeRosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 11 Jose Valverde now pitching. Ramirez strikes out.
Top 11 Quintero strikes out.
Top 11 Mark Loretta pinch hits for Wesley Wright. Loretta strikes out.
Top 11 Pence hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Ramirez. Pence moves to second.
Top 11 Blum hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 11 Berkman takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Ronny Cedeno now playing second base. Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Lee strikes out.
Bottom 10 Henry Blanco pinch hits for Mike Fontenot. Blanco hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Soriano hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Fukudome hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Theriot moves to second.
Bottom 10 Theriot takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Wigginton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Bourn strikes out.
Top 10 Castillo strikes out.
Top 10 Kerry Wood now pitching. Quintero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez juggles the ball. That's an error on Ramirez.
Bottom 9 Soto hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Casey McGehee pinch hits for Carlos Marmol. McGehee strikes out.
Bottom 9 DeRosa bunts towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Wesley Wright now pitching. Jose Castillo now playing second base. Ramirez takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Newhan strikes out.
Top 9 Pence hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez juggles the ball. That's an error on Ramirez.
Top 9 Blum hits a popup towards first. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Berkman hits a fly ball into right field. DeRosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Fontenot takes first base on ball four. Fukudome moves to third. Soriano moves to second.
Bottom 8 Soriano takes first base on ball four. Fukudome moves to second.
Bottom 8 Fukudome takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Theriot strikes out.
Top 8 Tejada hits a popup towards short. Theriot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wigginton strikes out.
Top 8 Carlos Marmol now pitching. Kosuke Fukudome now playing center field. Bourn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ramirez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Soto hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brocail fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Edmonds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 DeRosa hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Doug Brocail now pitching. Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Darin Erstad pinch hits for Chris Sampson. Erstad hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guzman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Quintero takes first base on ball four. Newhan moves to second.
Top 7 Newhan hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Pence hits a fly ball into right field. DeRosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Angel Guzman now pitching. Blum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blum for the out.
Bottom 6 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Fontenot hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Theriot scores.
Bottom 6 Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. Theriot moves to third.
Bottom 6 Reed Johnson pinch hits for Michael Wuertz. Chris Sampson now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Theriot hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Pence. Theriot reaches second base with a double. Edmonds scores. Soto scores.
Bottom 6 Soto hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Pence. Soto reaches second base with a double. Edmonds moves to third.
Bottom 6 Tim Byrdak now pitching. Edmonds takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops it up and throws to first, with Wuertz covering, for the out.
Top 6 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Abercrombie scores. Bourn moves to third.
Top 6 Michael Wuertz now pitching. Wigginton takes first base on ball four. Abercrombie moves to third. Bourn moves to second.
Top 6 Bourn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Newhan scores. Quintero scores. Abercrombie moves to second.
Top 6 Reggie Abercrombie pinch hits for Fernando Nieve. Abercrombie takes first base on ball four. Newhan moves to third. Quintero moves to second.
Top 6 Quintero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Newhan moves to second.
Top 6 Newhan hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Pence scores.
Top 6 Bob Howry now pitching. Pence hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Edmonds who is chasing the ball. Pence reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Fernando Nieve now pitching. DeRosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fontenot moves to third.
Bottom 5 Lee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fontenot moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fontenot hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fontenot scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Berkman strikes out.
Top 5 Tejada hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Quintero scores. Bourn scores. Wigginton moves to third.
Top 5 Wigginton takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes Bourn. The throw from Soto and he is safe. Bourn steals second.
Top 5 Bourn takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Backe bunts towards the mound. Zambrano fields it and throws to first for the out. Quintero moves to third.
Top 5 Quintero hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Edmonds. Quintero reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Soriano strikes out.
Bottom 4 Zambrano hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zambrano for the out. Theriot moves to second.
Bottom 4 Theriot hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Soto hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Edmonds hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 DeRosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Newhan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fontenot fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Pence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tejada moves to third.
Top 4 Blum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fontenot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Berkman hits a popup towards short. Theriot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tejada hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Soriano. Tejada reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Fontenot strikes out.
Bottom 3 Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wigginton hits a popup towards short. Theriot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bourn strikes out.
Top 3 Backe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Zambrano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Theriot hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Soto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Quintero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Newhan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fontenot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blum scores. Pence moves to third.
Top 2 Pence hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Zambrano. The ball bounces into foul territory, and onto the outfield grass. Pence reaches second base with a double. Blum moves to third.
Top 2 Blum takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berkman for the out.
Bottom 1 Edmonds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Backe fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 DeRosa takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Wigginton. Ramirez reaches second base with a double. Lee moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lee hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Fontenot hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Soriano hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Tejada hits a popup towards first. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wigginton strikes out.
Top 1 Bourn hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.