Final in 13
Chi Cubs leads 1-0 (as of 7/27)
| Game 1: Monday, July 27 | ||
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| Houston | 1 | Final in 13 |
| Chi Cubs | 5 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 28 | ||
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| Houston | 11 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 29 | ||
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| Houston | 0 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 12 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, July 30 | ||
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| Houston | 3 | Final |
| Chi Cubs | 12 | |
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8:05 PM ET, July 27, 2009
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
W: J. Samardzija (1-1)
L: C. Sampson (4-2)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Houston - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Zambrano pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Michael Bourn | Ball, Strike (looking), M Bourn grounded out to second | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, K Matsui grounded out to second | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Tejada | Strike (foul), M Tejada grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Wandy Rodriguez pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Reed Johnson | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), R Johnson grounded out to pitcher | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Theriot | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), R Theriot flied out to center | 0 | 0 |
| Derrek Lee | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, D Lee singled to left | 0 | 0 |
| Aramis Ramirez | Strike (swinging), A Ramirez grounded into fielder's choice to second, D Lee out at second | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Carlos Zambrano pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Carlos Lee | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Foul, C Lee homered to center | 1 | 0 |
| Geoff Blum | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), G Blum grounded out to pitcher | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Pence | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, H Pence flied out to left | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Coste | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Strike (swinging), C Coste struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Wandy Rodriguez pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Milton Bradley | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, M Bradley singled to right center | 1 | 0 |
| Alfonso Soriano | A Soriano grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Bradley out at second | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Baker | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), J Baker struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Carlos Zambrano pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Humberto Quintero | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), H Quintero struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), W Rodriguez lined out to center | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Bourn | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, M Bourn walked | 1 | 0 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), M Bourn caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Wandy Rodriguez pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Koyie Hill | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), K Hill struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Zambrano | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, C Zambrano doubled to deep center | 1 | 0 |
| Reed Johnson | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), R Johnson struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Theriot | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, R Theriot grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Carlos Zambrano pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Kazuo Matsui | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Strike (looking), K Matsui struck out looking | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Tejada | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, M Tejada grounded out to second | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Lee | Strike (looking), C Lee flied out to center | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Wandy Rodriguez pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Derrek Lee | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), D Lee homered to left | 1 | 1 |
| Aramis Ramirez | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), A Ramirez doubled to deep center | 1 | 1 |
| Milton Bradley | M Bradley grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Soriano | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Strike (swinging), A Soriano struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Baker | Ball, Ball, J Baker grounded out to third | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Carlos Zambrano pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Geoff Blum | Strike (swinging), G Blum grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Hunter Pence | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, H Pence walked | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Coste | C Coste grounded into double play, third to second to first, H Pence out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Wandy Rodriguez pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Koyie Hill | Ball, K Hill grounded out to third | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Zambrano | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), C Zambrano struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Reed Johnson | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), R Johnson struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Carlos Zambrano pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Humberto Quintero | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, H Quintero walked | 1 | 1 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | Strike (bunted foul), Ball, W Rodriguez sacrificed to first, H Quintero to second | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Bourn | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, M Bourn walked | 1 | 1 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Ball, K Matsui grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Bourn out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Wandy Rodriguez pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Ryan Theriot | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), R Theriot grounded out to pitcher | 1 | 1 |
| Derrek Lee | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, D Lee walked | 1 | 1 |
| Aramis Ramirez | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), A Ramirez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, D Lee out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Carlos Zambrano pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Miguel Tejada | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, M Tejada grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Lee | C Lee singled to center | 1 | 1 |
| Geoff Blum | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), G Blum flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| Hunter Pence | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), H Pence singled to center, C Lee to third | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Coste | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), C Coste struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Wandy Rodriguez pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Milton Bradley | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, M Bradley grounded out to third | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Soriano | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), A Soriano struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Baker | Ball, Ball, J Baker doubled to deep right | 1 | 1 |
| Koyie Hill | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), K Hill intentionally walked | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Zambrano | C Zambrano grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, K Hill out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Heilman pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| A Heilman relieved C Zambrano. | 1 | 1 | |
| M Kata hit for H Quintero. | 1 | 1 | |
| Matt Kata | Ball, M Kata popped out to second, I Rodriguez hit for W Rodriguez | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), I Rodriguez struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Bourn | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Foul, M Bourn grounded out to first | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| LaTroy Hawkins pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| L Hawkins relieved W Rodriguez. | 1 | 1 | |
| I Rodriguez catching. | 1 | 1 | |
| Reed Johnson | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, R Johnson grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Theriot | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, Ball, R Theriot grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Derrek Lee | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, D Lee walked | 1 | 1 |
| Aramis Ramirez | Strike (swinging), Ball, Houston's L Hawkins ejected by M Everitt in the 8th, J Valverde relieved L Hawkins, A Ramirez grounded into fielder's choice to second, D Lee out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Carlos Marmol pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| C Marmol relieved A Heilman. | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazuo Matsui | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), K Matsui struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Tejada | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, M Tejada hit a ground rule double to deep center | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Lee | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, C Lee grounded out to third | 1 | 1 |
| Geoff Blum | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), G Blum struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Jose Valverde pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Milton Bradley | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, M Bradley walked | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Soriano | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), A Soriano struck out swinging, M Bradley stole second, M Hoffpauir hit for J Baker | 1 | 1 |
| Micah Hoffpauir | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), M Hoffpauir intentionally walked, K Fukudome hit for K Hill | 1 | 1 |
| Kosuke Fukudome | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, K Fukudome walked, M Bradley to third, M Hoffpauir to second, M Fontenot hit for C Marmol | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Fontenot | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (bunted foul), M Bradley caught stealing home, to catcher, M Hoffpauir to third on runner's fielder's choice, Foul, Ball, M Fontenot flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 10th | SCORE | ||
| Jeff Stevens pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| J Fox catching. | 1 | 1 | |
| J Stevens relieved C Marmol. | 1 | 1 | |
| M Fontenot at second base. | 1 | 1 | |
| Hunter Pence | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), H Pence struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Coste | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), C Coste struck out looking, J Michaels hit for J Valverde | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Michaels | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, J Michaels tripled to deep right center | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), I Rodriguez struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | ||
| Alberto Arias pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| A Arias relieved J Valverde. | 1 | 1 | |
| Reed Johnson | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, R Johnson grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Theriot | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), R Theriot struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Derrek Lee | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), D Lee flied out to right | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 11th | SCORE | ||
| Jeff Stevens pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Michael Bourn | Strike (looking), M Bourn flied out to left | 1 | 1 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, K Matsui flied out to left | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Tejada | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, M Tejada doubled to deep left | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Lee | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), C Lee intentionally walked, S Marshall relieved J Stevens | 1 | 1 |
| Geoff Blum | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), G Blum struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | ||
| Alberto Arias pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Aramis Ramirez | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), A Ramirez singled to right | 1 | 1 |
| Milton Bradley | Strike (foul), M Bradley grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Ramirez out at second | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Soriano | Ball, Strike (looking), A Soriano grounded out to third, M Bradley to second | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Fox | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), J Fox intentionally walked, A Blanco hit for S Marshall | 1 | 1 |
| Andres Blanco | Ball, Strike (looking), A Blanco grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 12th | SCORE | ||
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| J Samardzija relieved S Marshall. | 1 | 1 | |
| Hunter Pence | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, H Pence grounded out to first | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Coste | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), C Coste popped out to first, J Keppinger hit for A Arias | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Keppinger | Ball, J Keppinger singled to center | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), I Rodriguez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Keppinger out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 12th | SCORE | ||
| Chris Sampson pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| C Sampson relieved A Arias. | 1 | 1 | |
| Mike Fontenot | Strike (looking), Ball, M Fontenot grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Reed Johnson | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), R Johnson lined out to right | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Theriot | Ball, R Theriot grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Top of 13th | SCORE | ||
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for Chicago | HOU | CHC | |
| Michael Bourn | M Bourn singled to right | 1 | 1 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Strike (bunted foul), K Matsui sacrificed to pitcher, M Bourn to second | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Tejada | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, M Tejada walked | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Lee | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, C Lee grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Tejada out at second | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Chicago - Bottom of 13th | SCORE | ||
| Chris Sampson pitching for Houston | HOU | CHC | |
| Derrek Lee | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, D Lee walked | 1 | 1 |
| Aramis Ramirez | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, A Ramirez singled to left, D Lee to third | 1 | 1 |
| Milton Bradley | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), M Bradley intentionally walked, A Ramirez to second | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Soriano | Ball, A Soriano homered to center, D Lee, A Ramirez and M Bradley scored | 1 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||