Rain Holds Off; Cubs Resume Losing
The Cubs were never really in Saturday's game; it could have ended after the first inning.
| Final - 9.1.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Giants | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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Three straight wins?
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The Cubs look for their third win in a row Saturday afternoon... weather permitting.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| San Francisco Giants | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Pagan, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .290 |
| Marco Scutaro, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Pablo Sandoval, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .281 |
| Sergio Romo, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Buster Posey, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .330 |
| Javier Lopez, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joaquin Arias, ph,5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Hunter Pence, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| Hector Sanchez, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Xavier Nady, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .162 |
| Gregor Blanco, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Brandon Crawford, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Tim Lincecum, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .103 |
| Jose Mijares, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Guillermo Mota, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Belt, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
Batting
Triples - Pagan
Doubles - Pence, Nady, Crawford
Hit by pitch - Sanchez
Sacrifice flies - Scutaro
Team LOB - 8
Triples - Pagan
Doubles - Pence, Nady, Crawford
Hit by pitch - Sanchez
Sacrifice flies - Scutaro
Team LOB - 8
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Lincecum (W, 8-14) | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5.21 | 1 | 111-64 |
| Jose Mijares (, 1-0) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 1 | 6-3 |
| Guillermo Mota (, 0-1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.97 | 0 | 6-3 |
| Javier Lopez (, 3-0) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.23 | 0 | 4-4 |
| Sergio Romo (S, 3-2; S,9) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.94 | 0 | 14-10 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David DeJesus, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .269 |
| Luis Valbuena, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .228 |
| Josh Vitters, ph,5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .085 |
| Anthony Rizzo, 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .291 |
| Alfonso Soriano, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .259 |
| Starlin Castro, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Welington Castillo, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .271 |
| Brett Jackson, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Darwin Barney, 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| Justin Germano, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 |
| Tony Campana, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| Michael Bowden, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Beliveau, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adrian Cardenas, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Joe Mather, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Manuel Corpas, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
Batting
Home runs - DeJesus
Doubles - Rizzo
Grounded into DP - Vitters, Jackson
Sacrifices - Germano
Caught Stealing - DeJesus
Team LOB - 3
Home runs - DeJesus
Doubles - Rizzo
Grounded into DP - Vitters, Jackson
Sacrifices - Germano
Caught Stealing - DeJesus
Team LOB - 3
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Germano (L, 2-5) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.30 | 0 | 93-57 |
| Michael Bowden | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 42-29 |
| Jeff Beliveau | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 5-3 |
| Manuel Corpas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.06 | 0 | 19-9 |
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Dan Iassogna, First Base Umpire - Dale Scott, Second Base Umpire - Toby Basner, Third Base Umpire - David Rackley
Duration: 3:09
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Dan Iassogna, First Base Umpire - Dale Scott, Second Base Umpire - Toby Basner, Third Base Umpire - David Rackley
Duration: 3:09
