Chicago Cubs vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - May 23, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for May 23, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Houston won 3-0

Game 1: Monday, May 21
Chi Cubs	4	Final
Houston	8	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, May 22
Chi Cubs	1	Final
Houston	2	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, May 23
Chi Cubs	1	Final
Houston	5	Final
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Cubs 1

(15-29, 6-14 away)

Astros 5

(21-23, 16-10 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX SW

8:05 PM ET, May 23, 2012

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0
HOU	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	-	5	9	0

W: W. Rodriguez (4-4)

L: J. Samardzija (4-3)

Chicago Cubs
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	.282	.367	.391
R Johnson CF	4	1	2	1	0	1	21	.246	.319	.446
S Castro SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	14	.313	.323	.413
A Soriano LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	15	.257	.291	.392
J Mather 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	.278	.371	.519
J Baker 1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	15	.238	.327	.310
R Dolis P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
M Bowden P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
D Barney 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	18	.259	.306	.374
K Hill C	4	0	0	0	0	1	15	.250	.250	.250
J Samardzija P	2	0	1	0	0	1	9	.118	.167	.118
a-T Campana PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.302	.355	.349
J Russell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
B LaHair 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.310	.408	.612
Totals	35	1	10	1	0	8	136
a-struck out swinging for J Samardzija in the 7th
BATTING 2B: J Baker (3, W Rodriguez); J Mather (4, W Rodriguez) HR: R Johnson (2, 1st inning off W Rodriguez 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: R Johnson (9) S: D DeJesus GIDP: A Soriano Cubs RISP: 0-9 (K Hill 0-2, J Baker 0-1, A Soriano 0-2, S Castro 0-1, D Barney 0-3) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: J Mather (2, 2nd base off B Lyon/J Castro)

Chicago Cubs
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Samardzija (L, 4-3)	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	90-58	3.00
J Russell	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	1.80
R Dolis	0.2	3	3	3	2	1	0	32-15	4.74
M Bowden	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	6.23
Totals	8.0	9	5	5	4	5	0	133-80
PITCHING IBB: J Castro (By J Samardzija) HBP: J Altuve (By R Dolis) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Samardzija 13/26; J Russell 2/3; R Dolis 4/8; M Bowden 0/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Samardzija 13-7-18-20; J Russell 2-0-1-3; R Dolis 6-0-5-4; M Bowden 0-0-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Samardzija 8-6; J Russell 0-3; R Dolis 0-1; M Bowden 0-1 Game Scores: J Samardzija 54

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Altuve 2B	3	0	0	1	1	1	24	.309	.365	.455
J Lowrie SS	5	0	0	0	0	1	17	.279	.357	.479
T Buck RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	.232	.293	.333
C Lee 1B	4	2	3	0	0	0	19	.306	.366	.433
B Bogusevic CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.211	.303	.297
C Johnson 3B	4	2	2	0	0	1	18	.288	.319	.438
J Martinez LF	4	1	3	3	0	0	7	.235	.342	.356
J Maxwell LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.292	.351
J Castro C	2	0	1	0	2	0	13	.220	.304	.319
W Rodriguez P	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.100	.000
a-M Gonzalez PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.214	.228	.321
B Lyon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-M Downs PH	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	.167	.224	.407
B Myers P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	33	5	9	5	4	5	133
a-popped out to second for W Rodriguez in the 7th b-walked for B Lyon in the 8th
BATTING 2B: J Castro (4, J Samardzija) 3B: J Martinez (1, J Samardzija) RBI: J Martinez 3 (25), M Downs (6), J Altuve (15) 2-out RBI: J Martinez 3, M Downs, J Altuve Astros RISP: 2-7 (J Castro 0-1, J Martinez 2-2, J Lowrie 0-2, W Rodriguez 0-2) Team LOB: 9
FIELDING DP: 1 (C Johnson-J Altuve-C Lee).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Rodriguez (W, 4-4)	7.0	8	1	1	0	5	1	105-65	2.14
B Lyon (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	17-12	1.65
B Myers	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	1.69
Totals	9.0	10	1	1	0	8	1	136-87
PITCHING HBP: R Johnson (By W Rodriguez); D DeJesus (By W Rodriguez) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Rodriguez 18/30; B Lyon 2/4; B Myers 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Rodriguez 16-13-13-23; B Lyon 1-5-4-2; B Myers 4-3-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Rodriguez 10-6; B Lyon 0-1; B Myers 1-1 Game Scores: W Rodriguez 62

Scoring Summary

			CHC	HOU
	1st	R Johnson homered to left. (363 feet)	1	0
	4th	J Martinez tripled to right, C Lee and C Johnson scored.	1	2
	8th	J Martinez singled to center, C Lee scored, C Johnson to second.	1	3
	8th	M Downs walked, C Johnson scored, J Martinez to third, J Castro to second.	1	4
	8th	J Altuve hit by pitch, J Martinez scored, J Castro to third, M Downs to second.	1	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	18,732 (44.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:57
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Tschida, First Base - Jeff Nelson, Second Base - Bill Welke, Third Base - Chris Guccione