Jeff Samardzija Throws Cubs' First Complete Game Of 2012
The Cubs' ace -- yes, he is -- threw his final game of the year, and went out on a real high note.
| Final - 9.8.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
The Cubs' ace -- yes, he is -- threw his final game of the year, and went out on a real high note.
You'd hate to say, in early September, that one loss on one particular day ended a team's season, because a baseball season is long, and full of twists and turns. And fortunately, today, I won't...
Could it happen again?
Cubs won last night!
The Cubs go for two in a row at Pittsburgh.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi. Cubs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David DeJesus, RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .264 |
| Luis Valbuena, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .223 |
| Anthony Rizzo, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| Alfonso Soriano, LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Joe Mather, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Starlin Castro, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .281 |
| Welington Castillo, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Darwin Barney, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| Jeff Samardzija, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| Tony Campana, CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Samardzija (W, 9-13) | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3.81 | 120-81 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Holt, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
| Starling Marte, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .240 |
| Andrew McCutchen, CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .341 |
| Garrett Jones, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 |
| Pedro Alvarez, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Alex Presley, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 |
| Clint Barmes, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 |
| Gaby Sanchez, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Rod Barajas, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 |
| Josh Harrison, PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Michael McKenry, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| James McDonald, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 |
| Tony Watson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jared Hughes, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Clement, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| Jason Grilli, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Resop, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McDonald | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.93 | 90-56 | |
| Tony Watson | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.65 | 13-7 | |
| Jared Hughes | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.62 | 9-5 | |
| Jason Grilli (L, 1-5) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.60 | 22-13 | |
| Chris Resop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.69 | 17-10 |