Atlanta vs. Chicago Cubs
Extended Box How They Scored Game Story
NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 0
CHICAGO CUBS 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 x 7 11 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: ATL - HORACIO RAMIREZ, KEVIN GRYBOSKI (4TH), JUNG BONG (5TH),
ROBERTO HERNANDEZ (7TH), TREY HODGES (8TH) AND JAVY LOPEZ
CHN - MATT CLEMENT, JOE BOROWSKI (9TH) AND DAMIAN
MILLER
WP - MATT CLEMENT (7-7)
LP - HORACIO RAMIREZ (8-3)
SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: ATL - RAFAEL FURCAL (13) OFF MATT CLEMENT IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
CHN - SAMMY SOSA (18) OFF HORACIO RAMIREZ IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
TIME: 2:37 ATT: 39,980
PROBABLES: ATL - SHANE REYNOLDS (6-4, 5.83)
CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO (6-7, 3.19)
Extended BoxATLANTA (3) VS CHICAGO CUBS (7) - FINAL ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Furcal ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .283 M Derosa 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .221 G Sheffield rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .328 C Jones lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .287 A Jones cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .282 R Fick 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .297 J Lopez c 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 .300 V Castilla 3b 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .265 H Ramirez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 K Gryboski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-M Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .321 J Bong p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-J Franco ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .312 T Hodges p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 6 3 0 9 8 a-struck out swinging for K Gryboski in the 5th; b-grounded to second for R Hernandez in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - V Castilla (16, M Clement). HR - R Furcal (13, 3rd inning off M Clement 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Furcal 2 (36), J Franco (19). 2-out RBI - R Furcal. Team LOB - 4. FIELDING: DP: 3 (V Castilla-M Derosa-R Fick, M Derosa-R Furcal-R Fick 2). CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Grudzielanek 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .301 R Martinez 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 .287 S Sosa rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .310 M Alou lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .294 E Karros 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .323 A Gonzalez ss 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 .247 J Hernandez cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 .229 J Borowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Miller c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .235 M Clement p 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .226 T Goodwin cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Totals 31 7 11 7 3 7 12 BATTING: 2B - M Grudzielanek 2 (27, H Ramirez 2); A Gonzalez (25, H Ramirez); J Hernandez (7, H Ramirez). 3B - R Martinez (1, K Gryboski). HR - S Sosa (18, 4th inning off H Ramirez 0 on, 0 Out). S - R Martinez. RBI - S Sosa 2 (50), A Gonzalez (35), J Hernandez 2 (33), M Grudzielanek (19), R Martinez (23). 2-out RBI - M Grudzielanek, R Martinez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Sosa 1. GIDP - E Karros, D Miller, R Martinez. Team LOB - 4. FIELDING: E - R Martinez (6, ground ball). ---------------------------------------------------- ATLANTA - 001 000 020 -- 3 CHICAGO CUBS - 100 600 00x -- 7 ---------------------------------------------------- ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era H Ramirez (L, 8-3) 3 2/3 9 7 7 1 2 1 4.00 K Gryboski 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.70 J Bong 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 3.83 R Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.38 T Hodges 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.45 CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era M Clement (W, 7-7) 8 5 3 2 0 7 1 4.39 J Borowski 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.68 Pitches-strikes: H Ramirez 63-33; K Gryboski 9-4; J Bong 32-17; R Hernandez 16-11; T Hodges 18-10; M Clement 99-66; J Borowski 17-13. Ground balls-fly balls: H Ramirez 7-2; K Gryboski 1-0; J Bong 3-2; R Hernandez 1-0; T Hodges 0-1; M Clement 12-5; J Borowski 0-1. Batters faced: H Ramirez 19; K Gryboski 2; J Bong 8; R Hernandez 3; T Hodges 3; M Clement 30; J Borowski 4. UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Doug Eddings. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Mike Winters. T--2:37. Att--39,980. Weather: 74 degrees, sunny. Wind: 12 mph, in from center.
How They ScoredCHICAGO CUBS 1ST: M Grudzielanek doubled to left. R Martinez sacrificed to pitcher, M Grudzielanek to third. S Sosa singled to shallow right, M Grudzielanek scored. M Alou singled to shallow right, S Sosa to second. E Karros grounded into double play, third to second to first, M Alou out at second.(1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, CHICAGO CUBS 1. ATLANTA 3RD: V Castilla struck out swinging. H Ramirez grounded out to second. R Furcal homered to right. M Derosa struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 1. CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: S Sosa homered to left. M Alou singled to center. E Karros walked, M Alou to second. A Gonzalez doubled to left center, M Alou scored, E Karros to third. J Hernandez doubled to left, E Karros and A Gonzalez scored. D Miller grounded out to shortstop. M Clement grounded out to pitcher. M Grudzielanek doubled to deep center, J Hernandez scored. K Gryboski relieved H Ramirez. R Martinez tripled to right, M Grudzielanek scored. S Sosa grounded out to third. (6 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 1, CHICAGO CUBS 7. ATLANTA 8TH: J Lopez safe at first on error by third baseman R Martinez. V Castilla doubled to left, J Lopez to third. J Franco hit for R Hernandez. J Franco grounded out to second, J Lopez scored, V Castilla to third. R Furcal singled to right, V Castilla scored. M Derosa struck out looking. G Sheffield grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ATLANTA 3, CHICAGO CUBS 7.
Game StoryCHICAGO (Ticker) -- Horacio Ramirez and the Atlanta Braves were on a roll, but they could not stop the surging Sammy Sosa. Sosa homered for the fifth time in six games and had an RBI single as the Chicago Cubs snapped the Braves' season-high eight-game winning streak, 7-3. Matt Clement allowed three runs - two earned - and five hits in a season-high eight innings to improve to 5-1 in his last six decisions. He struck out seven batters without a walk. "I just had a game plan that I was able to execute," Clement said. "(Cubs catcher Damian Miller) called a great game, too. My fastball got me a lot of outs and ground balls, and the guys played great defense behind me." "He made us hit a lot of groundballs," said Braves left fielder Chipper Jones, who went 1-for-4. "Unfortunately, we didn't hit him well. He pitched well and he was in the zone most of the time, and those were strikes." Sosa, who produced the game's first run with a single to shallow right field against Ramirez (8-3) in the first inning, gave the Cubs the lead for good, 2-1, with a home run to left leading off a six-run fourth. It was Sosa's seventh homer in nine games and 18th of the season. "You always have to be careful with him - he has proven it over the years," the rookie Ramirez said. "That's one guy you don't want to let beat you, but he did today." Moises Alou followed with a single, advanced to second on a walk to Eric Karros and scored on a double by Alex Gonzalez. Jose Hernandez added a double of his own to plate Karros and Gonzalez and give Chicago a 5-1 advantage. "My pitches to Alou and Sammy did catch too much of the plate, but I was behind in the count," Ramirez said. "But when I'm behind in the count, I have to get my fastball by guys." Two outs later, Mark Grudzielanek chased Ramirez with a double to center that knocked in Hernandez, and Ramon Martinez greeted Kevin Gryboski with an RBI triple to cap the inning. "You know Atlanta is not going to roll over and die," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "They got a great team that plays all nine innings, so it was important to get that big inning." Ramirez had been 7-0 with a 2.91 ERA in 12 starts since a road loss to Florida on April 11. He was roughed up for seven runs and nine hits in a season-low 3 2/3 frames. Braves first baseman Robert Fick thought Ramirez was not getting the same calls from plate umpire Bruce Froemming that Clement was. "Our kid was pitching his butt off and he has been around the strike zone all year and he wasn't getting the calls," Fick said. "I know Clement is one of the more effectively wild pitchers in the league but he got plenty of calls. Nothing against him - he's a good pitcher - but it's got to go both ways and today it wasn't." Rafael Furcal hit a solo homer in the third inning and an RBI single in the eighth. He had been 1-for-10 in the first two games of the series. The Cubs' victory was just their sixth in 18 games. "That was a big game for us - we needed that game badly," Baker said. "We were tailspinning some and Matt Clement came in and threw a great ballgame for us, and we got the big inning that has been eluding us."