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Chicago Cubs @ New York Mets

2008-09-23 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 50615 · 65°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph from CF · 2:47

New York Mets defeated Chicago Cubs 6–2. New York Mets put up 4 in the 6th. Johan Santana earned the win and Luis Ayala picked up the save. Jose Reyes went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
NYN	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0		6	9

W: Johan Santana L: Chad Gaudin SV: Luis Ayala

Umpires — HP: Phil Cuzzi · 1B: Jim Wolf · 2B: Jerry Layne · 3B: Randy Marsh · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alfonso Soriano	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ronny Cedeno	4	1	1	0	0	2
Derrek Lee	4	0	1	0	0	1
Reed Johnson	3	0	2	1	1	0
Mark DeRosa	3	0	0	0	1	0
Casey McGehee	4	1	1	0	0	1
Kosuke Fukudome	4	0	2	1	0	0
Henry Blanco	4	0	1	0	0	2
Sean Marshall	2	0	0	0	0	2
Micah Hoffpauir	2	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Fontenot	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daryle Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Reyes	4	0	2	3	1	1
Luis Castillo	4	0	0	0	1	1
David Wright	4	0	2	2	1	1
Carlos Beltran	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Delgado	3	1	1	0	1	2
Ramon Castro	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ryan Church	4	1	1	0	0	1
Nick Evans	1	1	0	0	0	0
Johan Santana	3	2	1	0	0	1
Daniel Murphy	1	1	1	0	1	0
Argenis Reyes	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sean Marshall	5.0	4	2	7
Chad Gaudin	0.1	4	0	0
Kevin Hart	0.2	1	0	1
Angel Guzman	2.0	0	3	3

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johan Santana	8.0	7	2	10
Pedro Feliciano	0.1	2	0	0
Luis Ayala	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alfonso Soriano: K
Ronny Cedeno: K
Derrek Lee: D9/F9LD
Reed Johnson: 9/F9S+

Bot 1

Jose Reyes: S8/G6M+
Luis Castillo: 54(1)/FO/G5S
David Wright: S7/L7S+.1-2
Carlos Beltran: 8/F8LS+
Carlos Delgado: K

Top 2

Mark DeRosa: 9/F9LD+
Casey McGehee: D7/F7LD+
Kosuke Fukudome: D9/L9LD+.2-H
Henry Blanco: K
Sean Marshall: K

Bot 2

Ramon Castro: K
Ryan Church: 43/G4+
Nick Evans: 2/P2LF+

Top 3

Alfonso Soriano: 7/F7M
Ronny Cedeno: D8/F89XD+
Derrek Lee: 8/F78D+
Reed Johnson: S8/L8RM+.2-H
Mark DeRosa: 5/P25+

Bot 3

Johan Santana: K
Jose Reyes: 6/L6
Luis Castillo: 4/P34D

Top 4

Casey McGehee: K
Kosuke Fukudome: S7/L7S+
Henry Blanco: 3/P3F
Sean Marshall: K

Bot 4

David Wright: W
Carlos Beltran: K
Carlos Delgado: K
Ramon Castro: 9/F89S+

Top 5

Alfonso Soriano: 5/P6S+
Ronny Cedeno: 8/F8RM+
Derrek Lee: 9/F9M+

Bot 5

Ryan Church: K
Nick Evans: HP
Johan Santana: S6/G4MS.1-2
Jose Reyes: K
Luis Castillo: W.2-3;1-2
David Wright: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Carlos Beltran: 9/F89M+

Top 6

Reed Johnson: W
Mark DeRosa: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Casey McGehee: 9/F9M+
Kosuke Fukudome: 53/G56S

Bot 6

Carlos Delgado: D7/F7LS+
Ramon Castro: S1/G34S-.2-H(E1/TH)
Ryan Church: S9/G34+.1-2
Daniel Murphy: S9/G4+.2-3;1-2
Johan Santana: 42(3)/FO/G34S.2-3;1-2
Jose Reyes: T9/G3.3-H;2-H;1-H
Luis Castillo: 4/G34S
David Wright: K

Top 7

Henry Blanco: K
Micah Hoffpauir: K
Alfonso Soriano: 7/F7M+

Bot 7

Carlos Beltran: 6/P56+
Carlos Delgado: W
Ramon Castro: K
Ryan Church: 6(1)/FO/G6S

Top 8

Ronny Cedeno: K
Derrek Lee: K
Reed Johnson: S9/L34D+
Mark DeRosa: W.1-2
Casey McGehee: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 8

Daniel Murphy: W
Argenis Reyes: K
Jose Reyes: W.1-2
Luis Castillo: K
David Wright: 6/L6D+

Top 9

Kosuke Fukudome: 5/P5F
Henry Blanco: S67/G56
Micah Hoffpauir: S9/L4D+.1-2
Mike Fontenot: 3/G3.2-3;1-2
Daryle Ward: 6/P

Notes & reviews

Santana faked a bunt then punched at the pitch and broke his bat, with bat and ball arriving at pitcher at same time; pitcher could not make play; the bat went faster than ball and settled 25 feet behind mound; the ball struck the bat and caromed away from Cub infielders who ended with no play

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