Cubs 3, Pirates 1
Chicago — Alfonso Soriano provided all the offense Ted Lilly (3-6) with two solo home runs off Pirates starter Jeff Karstens (2-3). It was Soriano’s second multi-homer game of the season. Lilly stifled the Pirates going 7 innings allowing just a solo home run to Ryan Doumit in the 5th. Carlos Marmol pitched a perfect 9th for his 14th save of the season.
Koyie Hill added a pair of doubles in the Cubs win, who beat the Bucs for only the 3rd time in 11 tries this season. The Pirates are 8-3 now against the Cubs on the year, but just 18-48 against the rest of baseball.
The Cubs place LHP John Grawbow (knee) on the 15 day DL and Carlos Zambrano on the Restricted List. LHP James Russell and RHP Jeff Stevens were recalled from Triple-A Iowa.
| Final |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| PIT |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
| CHC « |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
X |
3 |
8 |
0 |
| Batting |
| 2B – R Doumit (14, T Lilly). |
|
| HR – R Doumit (7, 5th inning off T Lilly 0 on, 0 Out). |
|
| RBI – R Doumit (28). |
|
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – L Milledge 1, R Church 2. |
|
| GIDP – A McCutchen. |
|
| Team LOB – 5. |
|
|
|
| Batting |
| 2B – K Hill 2 (4, J Karstens 2); S Castro (7, J Lopez). |
|
| HR – A Soriano 2 (13, 4th inning off J Karstens 0 on, 2 Out, 6th inning off J Karstens 0 on, 2 Out). |
|
| SF – S Castro. |
|
| RBI – A Soriano 2 (38), S Castro (18). |
|
| 2-out RBI – A Soriano 2. |
|
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – D Lee 1, T Colvin 1, T Lilly 1. |
|
| Team LOB – 6. |
|
|
| Base Running |
| CS – K Fukudome (4, 2nd base by J Karstens/R Doumit). |
| Fielding |
| DP – 1 (R Theriot-S Castro-D Lee). |
|
| Pittsburgh |
|
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
| J. Karstens (L, 2-3) |
6.0 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1.42 |
4.46 |
|
| J. Lopez |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.41 |
2.79 |
|
| B. Donnelly |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.73 |
5.70 |
|
| D.J. Carrasco |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.36 |
4.02 |
|
|
| Chi Cubs |
|
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
CSeason ERA |
| T. Lilly (W, 3-6) |
7.0 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1.06 |
3.12 |
|
| S. Marshall (H, 7) |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.04 |
2.17 |
|
| C. Marmol (S, 14) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1.21 |
2.27 |
|
|
|
| IBB – S Castro (by J Karstens). |
|
| Pitches-strikes – J Karstens 80-55; J Lopez 13-9; B Donnelly 16-10; D Carrasco 8-7; C Marmol 12-10; T Lilly 101-73; S Marshall 15-10. |
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| Ground balls-fly balls – J Karstens 6-9; J Lopez 0-1; B Donnelly 0-0; D Carrasco 1-1; C Marmol 1-0; T Lilly 9-10; S Marshall 1-0. |
|
| Batters faced – J Karstens 25; J Lopez 3; B Donnelly 2; D Carrasco 3; C Marmol 3; T Lilly 27; S Marshall 3. |
|
| Game Details |
| Umpires: HP–Dale Scott. 1B–Jerry Meals. 2B–Mark Wegner. 3B–Dan Iassogna. |
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