Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 5, Chi. Cubs 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tim Tschida, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Chris Guccione
Attendance: 18732
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Chi. Cubs 1000000001100
Houston 00020003-590
Chi. Cubs
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
David DeJesus RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282
Reed Johnson CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .246
Starlin Castro SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 .313
Alfonso Soriano LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .257
Joe Mather 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .278
Jeff Baker 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .238
     Rafael Dolis RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Mike Bowden RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Darwin Barney 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .259
Koyie Hill C 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250
Jeff Samardzija SP 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .118
     Tony Campana PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .302
     James Russell RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Bryan LaHair 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
Totals 35 1 10 1 0 8 19  
Batting
2B - Joe Mather (4), Jeff Baker (3)
HR - Reed Johnson (2)
TB - David DeJesus, Reed Johnson 5, Starlin Castro 2, Joe Mather 3, Jeff Baker 3, Jeff Samardzija
RBI - Reed Johnson (9)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alfonso Soriano 2 (16), Darwin Barney (11), Koyie Hill 2 (4)
S - David DeJesus (1)
GIDP - Alfonso Soriano (6)
Team LOB - 10
Baserunning
SB - Joe Mather (2, 2nd off Lyon/Castro)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Samardzija (L 4-3) 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 0 3.00
James Russell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.80
Rafael Dolis 0.2 3 3 3 2 1 0 4.74
Mike Bowden 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.23
HBP - Jose Altuve (by Dolis)
IBB - Jason Castro (by Samardzija)
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Samardzija 90-58, James Russell 9-6, Rafael Dolis 32-15, Mike Bowden 2-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Samardzija 8-3, James Russell 0-2, Rafael Dolis 0-0, Mike Bowden 0-1
Batters Faced - Jeff Samardzija 26, James Russell 3, Rafael Dolis 8, Mike Bowden 1
Inherited Runners-Scored - Mike Bowden 3-0
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .309
Jed Lowrie SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .279
Travis Buck RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Carlos Lee 1B 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .306
Brian Bogusevic CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .211
Chris Johnson 3B 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 .288
J.D. Martinez LF 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 .235
     Justin Maxwell LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211
Jason Castro C 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 .220
Wandy Rodriguez SP 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
     Marwin Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
     Brandon Lyon RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     Matt Downs PH 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .167
     Brett Myers RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 5 9 5 4 5 14  
Batting
2B - Jason Castro (4)
3B - J.D. Martinez (1)
TB - Carlos Lee 3, Chris Johnson 2, J.D. Martinez 5, Jason Castro 2
RBI - Jose Altuve (15), J.D. Martinez 3 (25), Matt Downs (6)
2-Out RBI - Jose Altuve (6), J.D. Martinez 3 (10), Matt Downs (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jed Lowrie 3 (20), Jason Castro (7), Wandy Rodriguez (4)
Team LOB - 9
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Wandy Rodriguez (W 4-4) 7.0 8 1 1 0 5 1 2.14
Brandon Lyon (H 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.65
Brett Myers 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.69
HBP - Reed Johnson (by Rodriguez), David DeJesus (by Rodriguez)
Pitches-Strikes - Wandy Rodriguez 105-65, Brandon Lyon 17-12, Brett Myers 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Wandy Rodriguez 9-5, Brandon Lyon 0-1, Brett Myers 1-1
Batters Faced - Wandy Rodriguez 30, Brandon Lyon 4, Brett Myers 4