LIVE Top 6th Mar 26
AZ 2 +237 o9.0
LAD 4 -267 u9.0
CLE +172 o6.5
SEA -188 u6.5
Final Mar 26
PIT 7 +105 o7.0
NYM 11 -113 u7.0
Final Mar 26
CHW 2 +167 o8.0
MIL 14 -183 u8.0
Final Mar 26
WAS 10 +178 o7.0
CHC 4 -196 u7.0
Final Mar 26
MIN 1 +125 o8.5
BAL 2 -135 u8.5
Final Mar 26
LAA 3 +160 o8.0
HOU 0 -175 u8.0
Final Mar 26
DET 8 -118 o7.0
SD 2 +109 u7.0
Final Mar 26
BOS 3 -155 o8.0
CIN 0 +143 u8.0
Final Mar 26
TEX 3 +143 o8.5
PHI 5 -155 u8.5
Final Mar 26
TB 7 -129 o8.0
STL 9 +119 u8.0
2  Chicago
4  Houston

Chicago vs Houston Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Boxscore

Livescore Details
Team R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Chicago Cubs CHC Chi. Cubs 2 8 1 0 - - - - - - - -
Houston Astros HOU Houston 4 8 1 0 - - - - - - - -

Chi. Cubs Pitcher Ryan Dempster R. Dempster

Houston Pitcher Chris Sampson C. Sampson

Game Info

Location  Minute Maid Park

Temperature  0° Temperature

Attendance  33,339 attendance

Home  CB Bucknor

1st  Joe West

2nd  Ed Rapuano

3rd  Ed Hickox

Batting Stats

Chi. Cubs Batting Stats Table
POS AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
A. Soriano LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .278
R. Theriot SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .325
D. Lee 1B 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .302
A. Ramirez 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .290
K. Fukudome RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
G. Soto C 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .315
J. Edmonds CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .167
M. DeRosa 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .311
R. Dempster SP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
     M. Hoffpauir PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
     J. Ascanio RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     M. Fontenot PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
Totals 33 2 8 2 2 6 11

Battling

  • 2B - Derrek Lee (13)
  • HR - Aramis Ramirez (8)
  • TB - Derrek Lee 4, Aramis Ramirez 5, Geovany Soto 1, Mark DeRosa 2
  • RBI - Aramis Ramirez 2 (31)
  • Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alfonso Soriano (20), Ryan Theriot (18), Kosuke Fukudome (16), Mike Fontenot (9)
  • S - Ryan Dempster (7)
  • GIDP - Jim Edmonds (2)
  • Team LOB - 11

Fielding

Houston Batting Stats Table
POS AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
M. Bourn CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .196
K. Matsui 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .291
M. Tejada SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .342
L. Berkman 1B 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 .388
C. Lee LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .279
     J. Valverde RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G. Blum 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .209
H. Pence RF 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 .293
J. Towles C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .144
     D. Brocail RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
     D. Erstad PH -LF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .308
C. Sampson SP 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059
     B. Ausmus C 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .217
Totals 31 4 8 4 4 6 12

Battling

  • 2B - Miguel Tejada (15), Hunter Pence (11)
  • HR - Hunter Pence (5)
  • TB - Kazuo Matsui 1, Miguel Tejada 2, Lance Berkman 1, Geoff Blum 1, Hunter Pence 7, Brad Ausmus 1
  • RBI - Hunter Pence 4 (27)
  • Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lance Berkman (16), Carlos Lee (22), J.R. Towles (12), Brad Ausmus (5)
  • S - Michael Bourn (2)
  • Team LOB - 12

Fielding

  • DP - 1

Pitching Stats

Chi. Cubs Pitching Stats Table
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R. Dempster 6 .0 6 4 4 2 5 1 2.70
J. Ascanio 2 .0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0.00
  • IBB - Darin Erstad (by Ascanio)
  • Pitches-Strikes - Ryan Dempster 109-66, Jose Ascanio 41-24
  • Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ryan Dempster 7-6, Jose Ascanio 2-3
  • Batters Faced - Ryan Dempster 26, Jose Ascanio 10
Houston Pitching Stats Table
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C. Sampson 6 .2 7 2 2 1 4 1 5.91
D. Brocail 1 .1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.20
J. Valverde 1 .0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.75
  • WP - Jose Valverde
  • Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sampson 83-54, Doug Brocail 13-12, Jose Valverde 13-7
  • Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sampson 12-4, Doug Brocail 0-3, Jose Valverde 2-0
  • Batters Faced - Chris Sampson 27, Doug Brocail 5, Jose Valverde 4
  • Inherited Runners-Scored - Doug Brocail 2-0

CHC vs HOURecords

CHC vs HOURecords

CHC vs HOUHead To Head

Win / Loss
7-3
Over / Under
2-8-0
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U CHC Starter (IP) HOU Starter (IP)
May 19, '08 HOU Chicago logo 7 - 2 CHC -121 u9.5 T. Lilly (5.1) B. Moehler (5.0)
Apr 06, '08 CHC Chicago logo 3 - 2 CHC -210 u9.0 C. Zambrano (7.0) B. Backe (6.0)
Apr 05, '08 CHC Chicago logo 9 - 7 CHC -107 o9.0 J. Marquis (5.1) R. Oswalt (6.2)
Apr 04, '08 CHC Houston logo 4 - 3 HOU +174 u8.0 R. Hill (6.0) C. Sampson (6.2)
Sep 13, '07 HOU Chicago logo 6 - 2 CHC -108 u9.5 S. Trachsel (5.0) W. Williams (7.0)
Sep 12, '07 HOU Chicago logo 3 - 2 CHC -145 u9.0 R. Hill (7.0) M. Albers (6.0)
Sep 11, '07 HOU Houston logo 5 - 4 HOU +126 u9.5 J. Marquis (5.0) B. Backe (5.0)
Sep 02, '07 CHC Chicago logo 6 - 5 CHC -175 o9.5 R. Hill (5.0) W. Williams (5.0)
Sep 01, '07 CHC Chicago logo 4 - 3 CHC -160 u9.0 J. Marquis (6.2) T. Patton (6.0)
Aug 31, '07 CHC Houston logo 6 - 1 HOU +146 u8.5 S. Marshall (3.2) W. Rodriguez (6.0)

Chi. Cubs logo Chicago Record Last 10

Win / Loss
8-2-0
Over / Under
6-4-0
ML
$0
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
May 19, '08 @ Houston logo HOU W 7 - 2 W -121 u9.5 T. Lilly (5.1) B. Moehler (5.0)
May 18, '08 Pittsburgh logo PIT W 4 - 3 W -166 u9.0 J. Marquis (6.0) P. Dumatrait (4.2)
May 17, '08 Pittsburgh logo PIT L 6 - 7 L -236 o9.0 C. Zambrano (4.0) Z. Duke (6.1)
May 16, '08 Pittsburgh logo PIT W 7 - 4 W -148 o10.0 S. Gallagher (6.0) T. Gorzelanny (6.0)
May 15, '08 San Diego logo SD W 4 - 0 W -140 u8.5 R. Dempster (8.1) G. Maddux (4.1)
May 14, '08 San Diego logo SD W 8 - 5 W -108 o7.5 T. Lilly (6.0) J. Peavy (4.0)
May 13, '08 San Diego logo SD L 3 - 4 L -165 u12.5 J. Marquis (5.2) S. Estes (5.1)
May 12, '08 San Diego logo SD W 12 - 3 W -178 o7.5 C. Zambrano (7.0) R. Wolf (4.0)
May 11, '08 Arizona logo ARI W 6 - 4 W -135 o8.0 S. Gallagher (4.1) E. Gonzalez (5.0)
May 10, '08 Arizona logo ARI W 7 - 2 W -117 o8.5 R. Dempster (6.0) M. Scherzer (6.0)

Chicago Next 3 Games

Houston logo Houston Record Last 10

Win / Loss
6-4-0
Over / Under
4-5-1
ML
$0
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
May 19, '08 Chicago logo CHC L 2 - 7 L +113 u9.5 B. Moehler (5.0) T. Lilly (5.1)
May 18, '08 @ Texas logo TEX W 5 - 4 W +116 u11.0 B. Backe (6.1) K. Gabbard (5.0)
May 17, '08 @ Texas logo TEX L 2 - 6 L +101 u10.0 R. Oswalt (6.0) V. Padilla (7.0)
May 16, '08 @ Texas logo TEX L 8 - 16 L +102 o11.0 S. Chacon (3.1) S. Ponson (5.0)
May 15, '08 @ San Francisco logo SF W 8 - 7 W +124 o8.0 C. Sampson (6.0) T. Lincecum (6.0)
May 14, '08 @ San Francisco logo SF W 6 - 3 W -113 P9.0 B. Moehler (5.0) P. Misch (6.0)
May 13, '08 @ San Francisco logo SF L 2 - 4 L +119 u8.0 B. Backe (6.0) M. Cain (8.0)
May 12, '08 @ San Francisco logo SF W 7 - 3 W -145 o8.0 R. Oswalt (8.0) B. Zito (6.0)
May 11, '08 @ Los Angeles logo LAD W 8 - 5 W +130 o9.0 S. Chacon (6.0) H. Kuroda (6.2)
May 10, '08 @ Los Angeles logo LAD W 5 - 0 W +160 u8.5 C. Sampson (7.0) C. Billingsley (5.0)

Houston Next 3 Games

Series Stats

Remaining Games - Series CHC @ HOU
Date CHC Starter HOU Starter
Wed, May 21 20:05 ET S. Gallagher R (0-0 ) S. Chacon R (0-0 )

Series Game Records

Chi. Cubs
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 0-0 0-0 0-0
Game 2 0-0 0-0 0-0
Game 3 0-0 0-0 0-0
Game 4 0-0 0-0 0-0
Houston
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 0-0 0-0 0-0
Game 2 0-0 0-0 0-0
Game 3 0-0 0-0 0-0
Game 4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Next 3 Series

Chi. Cubs
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Thu, May 22 - Thu, May 22 @ HOU logo HOU 86-75 47-33 H
Fri, May 23 - Sun, May 25 @ PIT logo PIT 67-95 39-42 H
Mon, May 26 - Thu, May 29 vs LAD logo LAD 84-78 0-0 A
Houston
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Thu, May 22 - Thu, May 22 vs CHC logo CHC 97-64 0-0 A
Fri, May 23 - Sun, May 25 vs PHI logo PHI 92-70 0-0 A
Wed, May 28 - Fri, May 30 @ STL logo STL 86-76 46-35 H

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CHC vs HOUInjury report

Chicago logoChicago's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
No injuries to report.

Chicago Starters Last Game

Pitchers
POS # Player
SP 21 Jason Marquis
RP 48 Neal Cotts
RP 50 Jeff Samardzija
RP 62 Bob Howry
Hitters
POS # Player
LF 12 Alfonso Soriano
RF 1 Kosuke Fukudome
1B 25 Derrek Lee
3B 16 Aramis Ramirez
CF 15 Jim Edmonds
PH-CF 9 * Reed Johnson
2B 7 Mark DeRosa
C 18 Geovany Soto
RP 62 * Bob Howry
SS 2 Ryan Theriot
SP 21 Jason Marquis
RP 48 * Neal Cotts
PH 5 * Ronny Cedeno
RP 50 * Jeff Samardzija
PH-C 24 * Henry Blanco
(* - Change In Order)

Houston's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
No injuries to report.

Houston Starters Last Game

Pitchers
POS # Player
Hitters
POS # Player
(* - Change In Order)

CHC vs HOUStats

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  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds
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  • IP: Innings pitched by the starter
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  • ER: Earned runs allowed by the starter
  • SO: Strikeouts thrown by the starter
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  • EB Hits: Average extra base hits per game
  • SB: Average stolen bases per game
  • OBP: On base percentage
  • R: Runs allowed
  • ER: Earned runs allowed
  • AVG: Batting average allowed
  • HR: Average home runs allowed
  • BB: Average bases on balls (walks) allowed
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