Alfonso Soriano Home Run Not Enough; Cubs Lose On Carlos Marmol Meltdown
The Cubs closer had a bad outing. That's been rare lately, but this one cost the Cubs Sunday's game.
| Final - 9.2.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Giants | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| San Francisco Giants | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Pagan, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .291 |
| Marco Scutaro, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Pablo Sandoval, 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Buster Posey, C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .329 |
| Hunter Pence, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Joaquin Arias, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .279 |
| Santiago Casilla, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Javier Lopez, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Xavier Nady, LF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .178 |
| Gregor Blanco, pr,7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Brett Pill, 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 |
| Brandon Belt, ph,3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Matt Cain, P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 |
| Aubrey Huff, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .145 |
| Jose Mijares, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeremy Affeldt, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Crawford, SS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |
Batting
Triples - Belt
Doubles - Nady
Grounded into DP - Arias
Sacrifices - Cain
Stolen Bases - Blanco
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Errors - Pence
Triples - Belt
Doubles - Nady
Grounded into DP - Arias
Sacrifices - Cain
Stolen Bases - Blanco
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Errors - Pence
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cain | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.98 | 0 | 91-57 |
| Jose Mijares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 0 | 10-7 |
| Jeremy Affeldt | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.73 | 0 | 19-13 |
| Santiago Casilla (W, 6-5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | 0 | 12-7 |
| Javier Lopez (S, 3-0; S,6) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.18 | 0 | 4-2 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David DeJesus, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| Luis Valbuena, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .224 |
| Anthony Rizzo, 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 |
| Alfonso Soriano, LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .259 |
| Starlin Castro, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Steve Clevenger, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Brett Jackson, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .190 |
| Darwin Barney, 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Travis Wood, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Manuel Corpas, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| James Russell, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Dave Sappelt, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Shawn Camp, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Marmol, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bryan LaHair, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Joe Mather, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
Batting
Home runs - Soriano
Doubles - Clevenger
Grounded into DP - Mather
Hit by pitch - Castro
Sacrifices - Wood
Team LOB - 4
Fielding
Errors - Rizzo
Home runs - Soriano
Doubles - Clevenger
Grounded into DP - Mather
Hit by pitch - Castro
Sacrifices - Wood
Team LOB - 4
Fielding
Errors - Rizzo
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Wood | 5.2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.64 | 0 | 103-67 |
| Manuel Corpas | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 1 | 14-9 |
| James Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.30 | 0 | 11-7 |
| Shawn Camp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.72 | 0 | 18-11 |
| Carlos Marmol (L, 2-3) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 0 | 31-17 |
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Dale Scott, First Base Umpire - Toby Basner, Second Base Umpire - David Rackley, Third Base Umpire - Dan Iassogna
Duration: 3:07
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Dale Scott, First Base Umpire - Toby Basner, Second Base Umpire - David Rackley, Third Base Umpire - Dan Iassogna
Duration: 3:07
