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	Woes at Wrigley

Astros 9, Cubs 7

Alfonso Soriano (right) rounds the bases after his 48th leadoff home run. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

By Nick Zaccardi / MLB.com

The Cubs let a four-run comeback go for naught and lost their fourth game in a row at Wrigley when Kerry Wood gave up a two-run homer in the 11th. Alfonso Soriano, Mark DeRosa, Geovany Soto and Jim Edmonds all homered.

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Series at a glance:

Mon. 09/01: HOU 3, CHC 0
Tue. 09/02: HOU 9, CHC 7
Wed. 09/03: HOU 4, CHC 0

Houston (73-66)
Won 7

Houston 9, Chi Cubs 7

Chi Cubs (85-54)
Lost 4

September 2, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Houston	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	9	12	0
Chi Cubs	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	7	15	3

Houston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Bourn, CF	5	1	1	2	1	2	1	.221
Wigginton, LF	4	0	0	0	2	2	1	.296
Tejada, SS	6	0	2	2	0	0	2	.283
Berkman, 1B	5	1	0	0	1	1	4	.334
Blum, 3B	5	2	1	2	1	0	3	.239
Pence, RF	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	.270
Newhan, 2B	5	1	2	2	0	1	4	.260
Wright, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
c-Loretta, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.265
Valverde, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Quintero, H, C	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	.238
Backe, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283
Nieve, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Abercrombie, PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200
Byrdak, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Sampson, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136
b-Erstad, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286
Brocail, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Castillo, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.239
Totals	45	9	12	8	7	9	21
a-Walked for Nieve in the 6th. b-Grounded out for Sampson in the 7th. c-Struck out for Wright in the 11th.
BATTING 2B: Pence (29, Zambrano, C), Tejada (32, Zambrano, C), Quintero, H (5, Zambrano, C). 3B: Pence (4, Howry). HR: Blum (14, 11th inning off Wood, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Bourn; Tejada 3; Blum 4; Pence 7; Newhan 2; Quintero, H 3. RBI: Newhan 2 (8), Tejada 2 (57), Bourn 2 (24), Blum 2 (47). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Quintero, H 2; Newhan; Blum; Berkman; Erstad. S: Backe. GIDP: Tejada. Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING SB: Bourn (35, 2nd base off Zambrano, C/Soto). FIELDING DP: 4 (Tejada-Newhan-Berkman 2, Blum-Newhan-Berkman, Backe-Quintero, H-Berkman).

Chi Cubs	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Soriano, LF	5	1	1	1	1	1	4	.287
Fontenot, 2B	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	.295
c-Blanco, H, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.282
Cedeno, 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272
Lee, 1B	5	0	2	0	1	1	6	.292
Ramirez, A, 3B	5	0	1	0	1	1	3	.278
DeRosa, RF	5	1	2	1	1	0	3	.292
Edmonds, CF	3	2	1	1	1	0	3	.232
Marmol, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-McGehee, C, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Wood, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
d-Ward, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.229
Soto, C	6	2	3	1	0	1	2	.294
Theriot, SS	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	.313
Zambrano, C, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.355
Howry, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Wuertz, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Johnson, R, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.307
Guzman, A, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Fukudome, CF	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.265
Totals	44	7	15	7	8	7	29
a-Grounded out for Wuertz in the 6th. b-Struck out for Marmol in the 9th. c-Flied out for Fontenot in the 10th. d-Flied out for Wood in the 11th.
BATTING 2B: Ramirez, A (37, Backe), Soto (32, Byrdak), Theriot (19, Byrdak). HR: Soriano (24, 1st inning off Backe, 0 on, 0 out), DeRosa (19, 4th inning off Backe, 0 on, 0 out), Soto (21, 4th inning off Backe, 0 on, 1 out), Edmonds (17, 7th inning off Brocail, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Soriano 4; Fontenot 2; Lee 2; Ramirez, A 2; DeRosa 5; Edmonds 4; Soto 7; Theriot 3; Fukudome. RBI: Soriano (64), DeRosa (80), Soto (80), Theriot 2 (36), Fontenot (34), Edmonds (50). 2-out RBI: Fontenot; Edmonds. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Soriano; Lee. GIDP: Edmonds; Zambrano, C; DeRosa; Lee. Team LOB: 12. FIELDING E: Ramirez, A 3 (16, fielding, fielding, throw). DP: (Theriot-Fontenot-Lee).

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Backe	4.1	9	3	3	2	2	3	5.44
Nieve	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.73
Byrdak	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	4.35
Sampson (H, 10)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.10
Brocail (BS, 3)	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	1	4.38
Wright (W, 4-3)	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	4.78
Valverde (S, 39)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.66

Chi Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Zambrano, C	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	3.58
Howry	0.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	5.63
Wuertz	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35
Guzman, A	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Marmol	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.58
Wood (L, 4-3)	2.0	2	2	2	1	4	1	2.81

Byrdak pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
Howry pitched to 5 batters in the 6th.

Pitches-strikes: Backe 91-60, Nieve 2-1, Byrdak 13-8, Sampson 14-9, Brocail 33-14, Wright 30-16, Valverde 22-13, Zambrano, C 86-55, Howry 20-11, Wuertz 10-4, Guzman, A 15-7, Marmol 35-22, Wood 40-28.
Groundouts-flyouts: Backe 7-4, Nieve 2-0, Byrdak 0-0, Sampson 3-0, Brocail 3-2, Wright 1-3, Valverde 0-1, Zambrano, C 7-5, Howry 0-0, Wuertz 3-0, Guzman, A 2-1, Marmol 0-4, Wood 2-0.
Batters faced: Backe 22, Nieve 1, Byrdak 3, Sampson 4, Brocail 9, Wright 9, Valverde 4, Zambrano, C 23, Howry 5, Wuertz 3, Guzman, A 5, Marmol 7, Wood 10.
Inherited runners-scored: Nieve 2-0, Sampson 1-1, Wuertz 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Fieldin Culbreth. 1B: Jim Reynolds. 2B: Tim Timmons. 3B: Gary Cederstrom.
Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, R to L.
T: 4:17.
Att: 39,846.
September 2, 2008

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