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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

2011-06-01 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 31340 · 78°F, sunny · Wind 9 mph to RF · 2:49

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 3–1. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 7th. Brett Myers earned the win and Mark Melancon picked up the save. Kosuke Fukudome went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	11
CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

W: Brett Myers L: Doug Davis SV: Mark Melancon

Umpires — HP: Cory Blaser · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Mike Everitt · 3B: Chris Guccione · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Michael Bourn	5	0	2	2	0	0
Clint Barmes	5	0	2	0	0	2
Hunter Pence	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carlos Lee	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jeff Keppinger	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jason Michaels	4	1	1	1	0	1
Chris Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	1
J. R. Towles	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brett Myers	2	0	0	0	0	1
Angel Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Downs	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kosuke Fukudome	4	1	1	1	0	0
Darwin Barney	4	0	0	0	0	1
Starlin Castro	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Pena	2	0	0	0	2	0
Aramis Ramirez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Blake DeWitt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Geovany Soto	3	0	0	0	0	2
Tyler Colvin	2	0	0	0	1	0
Doug Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
DJ LeMahieu	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Snyder	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brett Myers	6.0	3	2	3
Sergio Escalona	0.2	0	0	0
Enerio Del Rosario	1.1	0	0	0
Mark Melancon	1.0	0	1	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doug Davis	6.1	8	0	5
Kerry Wood	0.1	0	1	1
Sean Marshall	1.1	2	0	2
Carlos Marmol	1.0	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Michael Bourn: 9/L89M+
Clint Barmes: S8/L6D
Hunter Pence: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 1

Kosuke Fukudome: HR/F8LXD+
Darwin Barney: 63/G6S
Starlin Castro: 63/G6+
Carlos Pena: 63/G6MD+

Top 2

Carlos Lee: 7/F78M
Jeff Keppinger: 53/G56S-
Jason Michaels: HR/F89D+
Chris Johnson: K

Bot 2

Aramis Ramirez: S7/L7S+
Blake DeWitt: 7/F78D
Geovany Soto: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+

Top 3

J. R. Towles: 53/G5-
Brett Myers: 7/F78D+
Michael Bourn: 43/G4

Bot 3

Tyler Colvin: 31/G3+
Doug Davis: 63/G6
Kosuke Fukudome: 63/G6+

Top 4

Clint Barmes: 43/G4
Hunter Pence: 9/F9S
Carlos Lee: S7/F7S
Jeff Keppinger: PO1(13)

Bot 4

Darwin Barney: K
Starlin Castro: K
Carlos Pena: W
Aramis Ramirez: WP.1-2
Aramis Ramirez: 8/F8RD

Top 5

Jeff Keppinger: S4/G4MD
Jason Michaels: K
Chris Johnson: 8/F8LXD+
J. R. Towles: K

Bot 5

Blake DeWitt: S8/G6M
Geovany Soto: K
Tyler Colvin: W.1-2
Doug Davis: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Kosuke Fukudome: 7/F78M

Top 6

Brett Myers: K
Michael Bourn: 3/BG34S+
Clint Barmes: S9/L4D
Hunter Pence: S9/L34D.1-3
Carlos Lee: K

Bot 6

Darwin Barney: 43/G4
Starlin Castro: 7/F7D+
Carlos Pena: E4/G34
Aramis Ramirez: 9/F9D

Top 7

Jeff Keppinger: S7/L6D-
Jason Michaels: 3/F3S-
Chris Johnson: S56.1-2
J. R. Towles: W.2-3;1-2
Angel Sanchez: K
Michael Bourn: S9/L34D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Clint Barmes: SB2
Clint Barmes: K

Bot 7

Blake DeWitt: 43/G4-
Geovany Soto: HP
Tyler Colvin: 5/F25-
DJ LeMahieu: 43/G4

Top 8

Hunter Pence: K
Carlos Lee: S9/L9S
Jeff Keppinger: 53/G5S-.1-2
Jason Michaels: 43/G4

Bot 8

Kosuke Fukudome: 3/G3S
Darwin Barney: 4!/F89S-
Starlin Castro: 63/G6-

Top 9

Chris Johnson: 6/L6
J. R. Towles: K
Matt Downs: W
Michael Bourn: S9/L9M+.1-3
Clint Barmes: SB2
Clint Barmes: K

Bot 9

Carlos Pena: W
Brad Snyder: K
Blake DeWitt: 8/F8LM
Geovany Soto: PB.1-2
Geovany Soto: K23

Notes & reviews

Chris Johnson's hard grounder bounced and struck Cubs 3B Aramis Ramirez on the face as he dove towards the line; he suffered a laceration on the inside of his upper lip and was taken to the hospital to get stitiches

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