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May 17, 2009

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Alfonso Soriano Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .275
OBP .250 .339
At Bats 4 149
Hits 1 41
• Singles 1 21
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 24

Chris Sampson Season Stats

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2 0 0
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Wrigley Field - May 17, 2009
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Home Run
Chris Sampson
Ivan Rodriguez
Lance Berkman
Kazuo Matsui
Jeff Keppinger
Miguel Tejada
Darin Erstad
Michael Bourn
Hunter Pence
Alfonso Soriano
Count: 1-1, 1 Out
Count: 1-1, 1 Out

Soriano hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Darin Erstad now playing left field. Aaron Miles pinch hits for Neal Cotts. Miles 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 9 Lee hits a popup towards short. Theriot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Berkman takes first base on ball four. Keppinger moves to second.
Top 9 Bourn strikes out.
Top 9 Matsui hits a popup towards short. Theriot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Neal Cotts now pitching. Keppinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scales misplays the ball. That's an error on Scales.
Bottom 8 Scales hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Chris Sampson now pitching. Jeff Keppinger now playing third base. Fontenot hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui fields it and throws to second for the out. Bradley moves to third.
Bottom 8 Soto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bradley moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Lee hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 8 Blum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops it up and throws to first, with Ascanio covering, for the out.
Top 8 Pence strikes out.
Bottom 7 Fukudome hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Theriot hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Alberto Arias now pitching. Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tejada hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Berkman. The throw from Soto and he is out, Fontenot applying the tag.
Top 7 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fontenot fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Bourn scores. Berkman moves to second.
Top 7 Berkman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Matsui scores. Bourn moves to third.
Top 7 Bourn is hit by the pitch. Matsui moves to second.
Top 7 Jose Ascanio now pitching. Matsui is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Ryan Freel pinch hits for Rich Harden. Freel hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Scales hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tim Byrdak now pitching. Fontenot bunts in front of the plate. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jason Smith pinch hits for Brian Moehler. Smith strikes out. Soto drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Smith out.
Top 6 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. Blum moves to second.
Top 6 Blum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scales fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Pence strikes out.
Top 6 Tejada hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Soto hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bradley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lee hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Fukudome 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 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Berkman hits a popup towards third. Fontenot settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harden fields it and throws to first for the out. Matsui moves to second.
Top 5 Matsui bunts towards third. Fontenot fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Theriot strikes out.
Bottom 4 Soriano hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Harden strikes out.
Bottom 4 Scales hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scales for the out.
Top 4 Moehler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Blum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tejada scores.
Top 4 Pence strikes out.
Top 4 Tejada hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Bradley. Tejada reaches second base with a double. Berkman scores.
Top 4 Lee hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Berkman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Fukudome. Berkman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Fontenot hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Soto hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bradley hits a popup towards short. Tejada settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lee hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bourn. Lee reaches second base with a double. Theriot scores. Fukudome moves to third.
Bottom 3 Fukudome hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Theriot moves to third.
Bottom 3 Theriot hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bourn. Theriot reaches second base with a double. Soriano goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Soriano hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bourn strikes out.
Top 3 Matsui hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Scales settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moehler hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Harden hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scales takes first base on ball four. Soto moves to third. Fontenot moves to second.
Bottom 2 Fontenot takes first base on ball four. Soto moves to second.
Bottom 2 Soto is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Bradley hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lee strikes out.
Top 2 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 2 Blum hits a line drive towards first. Lee reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pence strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fukudome hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Theriot hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Soriano hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tejada hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lee takes first base on ball four. Berkman moves to second.
Top 1 Berkman takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fontenot fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Matsui strikes out.