Swing And Miss: Cubs 5, Mets 3
Nelson Figueroa struck out a lot of Cubs. The Mets still lost.
| Final - 9.5.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| New York Mets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Stories
Welcome To The World, Dylan Lee. Thanks For Sending Your Dad Back; Derrek Lee Homers Twice In 5-3 Cubs Win
Recap of the Cubs' 5-3 win over the Mets on Saturday, September 5.
Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Mets, Saturday 9/5, 12:10 CT
From Thursday's game.
Overflow Thread 2: Cubs vs. Mets, Saturday 9/5, 12:10 CT
From Thursday's game.
Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Mets, Saturday 9/5, 12:10 CT
From Thursday's game.
Four Months Too Late, Soriano Will Be Scoped: Cubs vs. Mets Preview, Saturday 9/5, 12:10 CT
Finally -- more than four months after it happened -- the Cubs and Alfonso Soriano are admitting that something's wrong with his knee: Alfonso Soriano said he will have arthroscopic surgery on his...
GameThreads
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Cubs Fans GameThread on Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| NY Mets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosuke Fukudome, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .271 |
| Ryan Theriot, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| Derrek Lee, 1B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| Aramis Ramirez, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .315 |
| Milton Bradley, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 |
| Jeff Baker, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 |
| Carlos Marmol, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bobby Scales, LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| Tom Gorzelanny, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Aaron Heilman, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Grabow, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Fontenot, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| Jake Fox, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| Andres Blanco, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Koyie Hill, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .236 |
| Rich Harden, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .190 |
| Sam Fuld, LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
Batting
Home runs - Lee, Ramirez
Doubles - Scales, Fuld
Caught Stealing - Fukudome
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
Errors - Harden
Home runs - Lee, Ramirez
Doubles - Scales, Fuld
Caught Stealing - Fukudome
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
Errors - Harden
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Harden (W, 9-8) | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4.10 | 0 | 102-73 |
| Tom Gorzelanny (, 5-2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 0 | 14-8 |
| Aaron Heilman (, 2-3) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 1 | 21-12 |
| John Grabow (, 3-0) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.08 | 0 | 19-11 |
| Carlos Marmol (S, 2-2; S,9) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.39 | 0 | 30-19 |
| New York Mets | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Pagan, CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .299 |
| Luis Castillo, 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .311 |
| David Wright, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .326 |
| Daniel Murphy, 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Jeff Francoeur, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Cory Sullivan, LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .287 |
| Josh Thole, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 |
| Anderson Hernandez, SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| Nick Evans, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Wilson Valdez, SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .234 |
| Nelson Figueroa, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
| Ken Takahashi, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Fernando Tatis, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Elmer Dessens, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Omir Santos, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Jeremy Reed, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 |
| Pedro Feliciano, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
Batting
Home runs - Sullivan
Grounded into DP - Evans
Sacrifice flies - Wright
Team LOB - 10
Home runs - Sullivan
Grounded into DP - Evans
Sacrifice flies - Wright
Team LOB - 10
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Figueroa (L, 2-4) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4.74 | 0 | 107-65 |
| Ken Takahashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 9-6 |
| Elmer Dessens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.96 | 0 | 11-9 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.08 | 0 | 12-10 |
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Gary Cederstrom, First Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth, Second Base Umpire - Jim Wolf, Third Base Umpire - Adrian Johnson
Duration: 3:00
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Gary Cederstrom, First Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth, Second Base Umpire - Jim Wolf, Third Base Umpire - Adrian Johnson
Duration: 3:00
