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April 7, 2009

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Cubs 2 6 1
Astros 2 7 0
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Astros 2 7 0

Kazuo Matsui Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .333
OBP .500 .500
At Bats 3 6
Hits 1 2
• Singles 0 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 2
RBI’s 0 0

Neal Cotts Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Minute Maid Park - April 7, 2009
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Out
Neal Cotts
Koyie Hill
Derrek Lee
Mike Fontenot
Aramis Ramirez
Aaron Miles
Alfonso Soriano
Reed Johnson
Milton Bradley
Kazuo Matsui
Michael Bourn
Hunter Pence
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

Matsui hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fontenot reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Erstad strikes out.
Bottom 9 Neal Cotts now pitching. Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cotts fields it and throws to third for the out. Pence moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jeff Keppinger pinch runs for Geoff Blum. Pence takes first base on ball four. Keppinger moves to second.
Bottom 9 Blum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ramirez strikes out.
Top 9 Jose Valverde now pitching. Darin Erstad now playing left field. Bradley strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tejada hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fontenot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Aaron Heilman now pitching. Aaron Miles now playing shortstop. Berkman takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Theriot. The throw from Rodriguez and he is out, Tejada applying the tag.
Top 8 Lee hits a popup, foul, towards first. Berkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Theriot hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Soriano hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 LaTroy Hawkins now pitching. Aaron Miles pinch hits for Angel Guzman. Miles strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 7 There goes Matsui. The throw from Hill and he is out, Theriot applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot misplays the ball. That's an error on Theriot.
Bottom 7 Angel Guzman now pitching. Jason Smith pinch hits for Chris Sampson. Smith strikes out.
Top 7 Fontenot hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hill hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Chris Sampson now pitching. Johnson bunts towards first. Berkman scoops it up and throws to first, with Sampson covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Bourn hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Blum scores. There goes Pence trying to get to third. Soriano throws the ball in to Ramirez, who tags Pence for the out.
Bottom 6 Pence hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Blum moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Koyie Hill now catching. Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ramirez strikes out.
Top 6 Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards second. Matsui scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Theriot moves to third.
Top 6 Lee takes first base on ball four. Theriot moves to second.
Top 6 Theriot takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Berkman strikes out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Matsui hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Johnson who is chasing the ball. Matsui reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bourn hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Dempster scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bourn for the out.
Bottom 5 Pence hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Soriano strikes out.
Top 5 Dempster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fontenot hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fontenot for the out.
Bottom 4 Blum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dempster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tejada hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops it up and throws to first, with Dempster covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dempster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Soto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Matsui. The throw from Soto and he is safe. Matsui steals second.
Bottom 3 Matsui takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bourn hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Theriot scores.
Top 3 Theriot hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Theriot reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Soriano strikes out.
Top 3 Dempster bunts towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pence strikes out.
Bottom 2 Blum hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tejada takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Lee hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fontenot hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Soto is hit by the pitch. Johnson moves to second.
Top 2 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ramirez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lee throws the ball in to Matsui who tags Ramirez, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 2 Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Berkman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Matsui hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ramirez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Theriot hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Soriano strikes out.