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Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros

2016-09-10 · Day game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 41854 · 73°F, dome, dry · 2:54

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 2–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 3rd — Alex Bregman homers (8) on a line drive to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Jorge Soler strikes out swinging — worth 13% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Collin McHugh L: John Lackey SV: Ken Giles

Umpires — HP: Mark Carlson · 1B: Mark Wegner · 2B: Quinn Wolcott · 3B: CB Bucknor · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dexter Fowler	3	0	1	0	1	2
Kris Bryant	4	0	0	0	0	1
Anthony Rizzo	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jorge Soler	3	1	0	0	1	3
Miguel Montero	4	0	1	0	0	1
Willson Contreras	1	0	0	1	2	1
Jason Heyward	3	0	0	0	0	0
Javier Baez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Tommy La Stella	2	0	0	0	1	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	3	0	0	0	1	2
Alex Bregman	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jose Altuve	3	1	1	0	0	0
Yuli Gurriel	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marwin Gonzalez	3	0	1	1	0	2
Colby Rasmus	1	0	0	0	2	0
A. J. Reed	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Castro	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Marisnick	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Kemp	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Lackey	6.0	4	3	5
Justin Grimm	1.0	1	1	1
Carl Edwards	1.0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Collin McHugh	5.0	2	3	6
Chris Devenski	1.0	0	0	2
Will Harris	1.0	0	1	0
Luke Gregerson	1.0	0	1	2
Ken Giles	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dexter Fowler: S9/L89S.B-2(E4/TH)
Kris Bryant: 63/G6+
Anthony Rizzo: K
Jorge Soler: K

Bot 1

George Springer: 9/F9LS
Alex Bregman: 43/G4+
Jose Altuve: 63/G6

Top 2

Miguel Montero: K
Willson Contreras: W
Jason Heyward: 4/F4D
Javier Baez: WP.1-2
Javier Baez: K

Bot 2

Yuli Gurriel: 6/F78S
Marwin Gonzalez: S8/G4M+
Colby Rasmus: W.1-2
A. J. Reed: W.2-3;1-2
Jason Castro: 6/IF
Jake Marisnick: K

Top 3

Tommy La Stella: 8/F8LXD+
Dexter Fowler: W
Kris Bryant: 6/DP.1X1(63)

Bot 3

George Springer: K
Alex Bregman: HR/F89D+
Jose Altuve: S5/BG56S
Yuli Gurriel: S8/L8LS+.1-3
Marwin Gonzalez: 34/SH/BG34S.3-H;1-2
Colby Rasmus: W
A. J. Reed: 3/G34+

Top 4

Anthony Rizzo: 5/F5-
Jorge Soler: W
Miguel Montero: D9/L9LD+.1-3
Willson Contreras: 9/SF/F9LM.3-H;2-3(TH)
Jason Heyward: 53/G56S-

Bot 4

Jason Castro: 31/G3+
Jake Marisnick: E5/G56S+
George Springer: CS2(24)
George Springer: K

Top 5

Javier Baez: K
Tommy La Stella: 8/F8RS
Dexter Fowler: K

Bot 5

Alex Bregman: 63/G6
Jose Altuve: 9/F89M
Yuli Gurriel: 43/G4

Top 6

Kris Bryant: 2/F23F-
Anthony Rizzo: K
Jorge Soler: K

Bot 6

Marwin Gonzalez: K
Colby Rasmus: 9/L89M
A. J. Reed: K

Top 7

Miguel Montero: 9/F9S
Willson Contreras: W
Jason Heyward: CS2(26)
Jason Heyward: 5/F5F-

Bot 7

Jason Castro: K
Jake Marisnick: 6/L6D
George Springer: W
Alex Bregman: S9/MREV/L8RM.1XH(962)

Top 8

Javier Baez: 7/F7D
Tommy La Stella: W
Dexter Fowler: SB2
Dexter Fowler: K
Kris Bryant: K

Bot 8

Tony Kemp: 5/F5F-
Yuli Gurriel: K
Marwin Gonzalez: K

Top 9

Anthony Rizzo: W
Jorge Soler: WP.1-2
Jorge Soler: K
Miguel Montero: 3/G3.2-3
Willson Contreras: K

Notes & reviews

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