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May 21, 2008

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 5 0
Astros 5 9 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 5 0
Astros 5 9 0

Geovany Soto Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .316
OBP .333 .417
At Bats 3 152
Hits 1 48
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 1 34

Jose Valverde Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 13
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Minute Maid Park - May 21, 2008
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Jose Valverde
J.R. Towles
Lance Berkman
Kazuo Matsui
Geoff Blum
Miguel Tejada
Darin Erstad
Michael Bourn
Hunter Pence
Geovany Soto
Aramis Ramirez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 5 0 3
Houston Astros 5 9 0 8
Winning Pitcher Shawn Chacon
Losing Pitcher Sean Gallagher
Save Jose Valverde
Game Winning RBI Carlos Lee
Attendance 33,251
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count: 0-1, 2 Outs
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Soto hits a popup towards first. Berkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hoffpauir strikes out.
Top 9 Ramirez takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jose Valverde now pitching. Darin Erstad now playing left field. Lee strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bourn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Darin Erstad pinch hits for Doug Brocail. Erstad strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bob Howry now pitching. Towles strikes out.
Top 8 Fukudome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Theriot hits a line drive towards first. Berkman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doug Brocail now pitching. Mike Fontenot pinch hits for Jon Lieber. Fontenot hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Pence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Blum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Jon Lieber now pitching. Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Fukudome settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 DeRosa strikes out.
Top 7 Edmonds hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoffpauir moves to third.
Top 7 Soto hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hoffpauir hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Hoffpauir reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Berkman strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Matsui. The throw from Soto and he is safe. Matsui steals second.
Bottom 6 Tejada hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Matsui takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Scott Eyre now pitching. Bourn strikes out.
Top 6 Ramirez hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fukudome hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Chacon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Towles takes first base on ball four. Blum moves to third. Pence moves to second.
Bottom 5 Michael Wuertz now pitching. Pence takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Blum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berkman scores. Blum moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lee hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Berkman. The throw from Soto and he is safe. Berkman steals second.
Bottom 5 Berkman is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops it up and throws to first, with Gallagher covering, for the out.
Top 5 Theriot hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gallagher strikes out.
Top 5 DeRosa strikes out.
Bottom 4 Matsui hits a fly ball into right field. Fukudome settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bourn hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Fukudome who is chasing the ball. Bourn reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Chacon hits a fly ball into left field. Hoffpauir settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Towles strikes out.
Top 4 Edmonds hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Soto strikes out.
Top 4 Hoffpauir hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Blum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lee hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Berkman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gallagher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bourn scores. Matsui moves to third.
Bottom 3 Matsui hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Bourn moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Bourn. The throw from Soto and he is safe. Bourn steals second.
Bottom 3 Bourn hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Ramirez strikes out.
Top 3 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fukudome hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chacon hits a fly ball into right field. Fukudome settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Towles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Pence strikes out.
Bottom 2 Blum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops it up and throws to first, with Gallagher covering, for the out.
Top 2 Chacon fires to first and picks off Theriot.
Top 2 Theriot hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gallagher hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeRosa hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lee hits a popup, foul, towards short. Theriot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Berkman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Tejada hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Matsui takes first base on ball four. Bourn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Edmonds hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Soto hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Soto reaches second base with a double. Hoffpauir scores.
Top 1 Hoffpauir hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Hoffpauir reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lee hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Fukudome takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Theriot hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.