Athletics 9, Cubs 5
Chicago — After a 1-hour, 41-minute rain delay at Wrigley Field the Chicago Cubs (28-36) and the Oakland Athletics (33-33) started a baseball game. The Cubs’ gloves didn’t come. The Cubs committed four errors, including two in the four-run fourth by former Gold Glove 1B Derrek Lee and two more in a three-run seventh by Tyler Colvin, along with a run scoring wild pitch by Jeff Stevens. A sloppy game played on a rainy Chicago night.
Oakland’s Rajai Davis and Kevin Kouzmanoff, who extended his career-high hitting streak to 15 games, led the charge with three hits apiece. Davis also drove in two runs to help the A’s recover from a weekend sweep in San Francisco. Trevor Cahill got the win for Oakland and improved 6-2 on the year and is now undefeated in his last 6 starts. Carlos Zambrano suffered the loss and dropped to 2-5.
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1 |
2 |
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R |
H |
E |
| OAK « |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
13 |
0 |
| CHC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
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| Batting |
| 2B – R Davis (10, C Zambrano); K Kouzmanoff (12, S Marshall). |
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| 3B – C Pennington (3, J Stevens). |
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| S – T Cahill. |
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| RBI – R Davis 2 (18), M Ellis (14), C Pennington 2 (21). |
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| 2-out RBI – C Pennington. |
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| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – R Sweeney 1, K Suzuki 2, J Cust 2. |
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| GIDP – M Ellis. |
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| Team LOB – 8. |
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| Batting |
| 2B – C Tracy (2, T Cahill). |
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| HR – T Colvin (7, 8th inning off B Ziegler 0 on, 1 Out). |
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| RBI – S Castro (14), T Colvin (17), C Tracy (4), K Hill (7), C Zambrano (2). |
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| 2-out RBI – C Tracy, K Hill. |
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| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – S Castro 1, C Zambrano 1. |
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| Team LOB – 6. |
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| Base Running |
| CS – R Theriot (3, 3rd base by T Cahill/K Suzuki). |
| Fielding |
| E – D Lee (3, field 2); T Colvin (2, field 2). |
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| DP – 1 (C Tracy-K Hill-D Lee). |
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| Oakland |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
| T. Cahill (W, 6-2) |
5.2 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1.17 |
3.23 |
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| J. Blevins (H, 8) |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.58 |
4.12 |
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| B. Ziegler |
1.2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 |
2.81 |
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| C. Breslow (H, 4) |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.12 |
3.14 |
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| A. Bailey |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.96 |
1.73 |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
| C. Zambrano (L, 2-5) |
6.0 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
1.70 |
5.66 |
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| J. Stevens |
1.0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.25 |
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| J. Grabow |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.10 |
9.00 |
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| S. Marshall |
1.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.02 |
2.01 |
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| WP – C Zambrano, J Stevens. |
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| HPB – M Byrd (by T Cahill). |
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| Pitches-strikes – T Cahill 96-64; J Blevins 9-5; B Ziegler 19-14; C Breslow 3-3; A Bailey 17-13; C Zambrano 104-65; J Stevens 23-12; J Grabow 10-5; S Marshall 12-9. |
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| Ground balls-fly balls – T Cahill 8-4; J Blevins 1-1; B Ziegler 4-1; C Breslow 0-0; A Bailey 1-1; C Zambrano 8-6; J Stevens 1-1; J Grabow 2-2; S Marshall 3-1. |
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| Batters faced – T Cahill 25; J Blevins 2; B Ziegler 6; C Breslow 1; A Bailey 4; C Zambrano 30; J Stevens 6; J Grabow 4; S Marshall 4. |
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| Game Details |
| Umpires: HP–Sam Holbrook. 1B–Greg Gibson. 2B–Brian Knight. 3B–Gerry Davis. |
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