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San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs

2012-08-31 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 32476 · 91°F, sunny · Wind 10 mph to RF · 3:09

Chicago Cubs defeated San Francisco Giants 6–4. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 3rd. Chris Volstad earned the win and Carlos Marmol picked up the save. Alfonso Soriano went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	8
CHN	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0		6	10

W: Chris Volstad L: Madison Bumgarner SV: Carlos Marmol

Umpires — HP: CB Bucknor · 1B: Dan Iassogna · 2B: Dale Scott · 3B: David Rackley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Angel Pagan	3	2	1	0	1	0
Ryan Theriot	3	1	2	0	1	0
Pablo Sandoval	3	1	0	1	0	1
Buster Posey	3	0	3	2	1	0
Hunter Pence	4	0	1	1	0	0
Brandon Belt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joaquin Arias	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gregor Blanco	4	0	0	0	0	3
Madison Bumgarner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marco Scutaro	1	0	0	0	0	0
Francisco Peguero	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hector Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Mather	3	1	0	0	1	0
Josh Vitters	4	0	0	0	0	1
Anthony Rizzo	4	2	2	1	0	1
Alfonso Soriano	4	1	2	3	0	1
Starlin Castro	4	1	1	0	0	0
Welington Castillo	4	1	2	1	0	1
Brett Jackson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Darwin Barney	3	0	1	0	1	0
Chris Volstad	2	0	1	0	0	1
Bryan LaHair	1	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Valbuena	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Madison Bumgarner	4.0	6	2	3
George Kontos	2.0	2	1	2
Jose Mijares	1.0	0	0	0
Jeremy Affeldt	1.0	2	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Volstad	5.2	5	3	2
Jeff Beliveau	0.1	0	0	0
James Russell	1.0	0	0	2
Shawn Camp	1.0	3	0	1
Carlos Marmol	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Angel Pagan: 7/F7M
Ryan Theriot: W
Pablo Sandoval: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M+

Bot 1

Joe Mather: W
Josh Vitters: K
Anthony Rizzo: K
Alfonso Soriano: SB2
Alfonso Soriano: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Starlin Castro: 9/L9M+

Top 2

Buster Posey: S8/L8LS
Hunter Pence: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Brandon Belt: 3/G3

Bot 2

Welington Castillo: 9/F9LM
Brett Jackson: 8/F8LD
Darwin Barney: W
Chris Volstad: K

Top 3

Joaquin Arias: 2/F2RF-
Gregor Blanco: 43/G4
Madison Bumgarner: K

Bot 3

Joe Mather: 6/F6-
Josh Vitters: 7/F78D
Anthony Rizzo: S8/L8LS
Alfonso Soriano: HR/F7LD+.1-H
Starlin Castro: S9/G4
Welington Castillo: D7/F78D+.1-H;B-H(E2)(UR)
Brett Jackson: 1

Top 4

Angel Pagan: 3/G34S
Ryan Theriot: S7/G56
Pablo Sandoval: 46(1)/FO/G34
Buster Posey: D9/L89M.1-H
Hunter Pence: 9/F9S

Bot 4

Darwin Barney: 43/G4
Chris Volstad: S5/G5+
Joe Mather: 8/F8RD
Josh Vitters: 5/L5+

Top 5

Brandon Belt: 3/G34S
Joaquin Arias: S9/L8RM
Gregor Blanco: K
Marco Scutaro: 63/G6+

Bot 5

Anthony Rizzo: HR/F8LXD+/UREV
Alfonso Soriano: K
Starlin Castro: 5!3/G5
Welington Castillo: K

Top 6

Angel Pagan: W
Ryan Theriot: SB2
Ryan Theriot: 7/F78D.2-3
Pablo Sandoval: 9/SF/L89M+.3-H
Buster Posey: W
Hunter Pence: S8/L8LM.1-2
Brandon Belt: 9/F89D+

Bot 6

Brett Jackson: W
Darwin Barney: CS2(26)
Darwin Barney: 9/F9S
Bryan LaHair: S9/L9M
Joe Mather: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 7

Joaquin Arias: 53/G56
Gregor Blanco: K
Francisco Peguero: K

Bot 7

Josh Vitters: 53/G56+
Anthony Rizzo: 7/F8LM
Alfonso Soriano: 8/F8LM

Top 8

Angel Pagan: S7/L6+
Ryan Theriot: SB2
Ryan Theriot: S7/G6.2-3
Pablo Sandoval: K
Buster Posey: S8/L8RM.3-H;1-3
Hunter Pence: 53/G5S.3-H;1-2
Brandon Belt: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Starlin Castro: 63/G6
Welington Castillo: S8/L6MD+
Brett Jackson: 6/L6-
Darwin Barney: D7/F7LD+.1-3
Luis Valbuena: 6!3/G6

Top 9

Joaquin Arias: 8/F8LS
Gregor Blanco: K
Hector Sanchez: K23

Notes & reviews

replay,5,rizza001,CHN,scotd901,CHI11,O,Y,I,,H $Anthony Rizzo's fly ball hit the green at the top of the brick wall and caromed back onto the field; the ball was ruled in play and Rizzo reached 3B; crew chief Dale Scott watched the replay and overturned the call to a home run

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