October 14, 2007: Cubs 9 Rockies 8 (Rockies lead series, 2-1)

Posted by spooky at 10:40 PM




A 16 hit attack for both teams, but it is the Cubs who come out victorious in game 3 of the NLCS.

The Cubs did all their scoring in 2 innings, a 5 run 3rd and a 4 run 7th. In the 3rd, the Cubs got 5 hits and a walk to chase Rockies starter Josh Fogg from the game. Aramis Ramirez and Cliff Floyd had back to back doubles in the inning. In the 7th, Floyd hit another RBI double but the big hit was a 3 run homer off the bat of Geovany Soto. That made the score 9-6, but the Rockies weren't done as they got a solo homer from Todd Helton to pull within 2 runs in the 9th. This summoned closer Ryan Dempster, who did little to fan the rally when he allowed a homer to the first batter he faced, Garrett Atkins. Seth Smith would reach base as the tying runner after a pinch hit single, but ultimately the rally falls short and the Cubs get the win.

Ted Lilly allowed 10 hits and 6 runs in his 6 innings of work, a far cry from his MVP performance in his 2 NLDS starts. Jason Marquis will get his first start of the playoffs for the Cubs in game 4, and will try to continue the trend of the home team winning every game in the series. Franklin Morales will oppose him and try to break that trend.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Colorado Rockies At 2007 Chicago (NL) Cubs          10/14/2007
 
  Rockies            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Carroll 2B        5  1  1  1 .222     A.Soriano LF        5  1  1  1 .176  
  T.Tulowitzki SS     4  2  1  0 .222     J.Jones CF          5  1  1  1 .265  
  M.Holliday LF       4  2  1  1 .433     D.Lee 1B            3  2  2  0 .429  
  T.Helton 1B         5  2  4  2 .387     A.Ramirez 3B        4  1  1  1 .333  
  G.Atkins 3B         5  1  4  4 .500     C.Floyd RF          4  1  4  3 .400  
  R.Spilborghs CF     4  0  1  0 .375     M.Derosa 2B         4  1  1  0 .259  
  J.Baker RF          4  0  0  0 .000     G.Soto C            3  1  1  3 .375  
  B.Fuentes P         0  0  0  0 ----     R.Theriot SS        4  1  3  0 .406  
D-S.Smith PH          1  0  1  0 .500     T.Lilly P           2  0  1  0 .111  
  Y.Torrealba C       4  0  1  0 .231   B-M.Murton PH         1  0  1  0 .333  
E-C.Sullivan PH       1  0  0  0 .250     B.Howry P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Fogg P            1  0  0  0 .000     M.Wuertz P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Buchholz P        1  0  1  01.000     R.Dempster P        0  0  0  0 ----  
A-K.Matsui PH         0  0  0  0 .238                                          
  M.Redman P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  R.Speier P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  L.Hawkins P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
C-B.Hawpe RF          1  0  1  0 .304                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  8 16  8                 Totals      35  9 16  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Buchholz In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lilly In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Hawkins In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Fuentes In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Torrealba In 9th Inning
 
Rockies......... 3 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 2  -  8 16  0
Cubs............ 0 0 5  0 0 0  4 0    -  9 16  0
 
Rockies (5-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Fogg                    2 1/3   7   5   5   1   2   0  50   6.97
T.Buchholz                2 2/3   2   0   0   1   2   0  31   4.50
M.Redman HOLD(1st)        0 1/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00
R.Speier L(0-1) BS(1st)   1       2   3   3   1   1   0  23  27.00
L.Hawkins                 0       2   1   1   0   0   1   9   ----
B.Fuentes                 1 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  21   0.00
Totals                    8      16   9   9   3   6   1
 
Cubs (4-4)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Lilly                   6      10   6   6   2   4   1 102   4.03
B.Howry                   0 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  15   0.00
M.Wuertz WIN(1-0)         1 2/3   2   1   1   0   1   1  21   2.45
R.Dempster SAVE(1st)      0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   1  13  23.14
Totals                    9      16   8   8   2   5   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,536 DATE- Sunday, October 14th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Charlie Reliford, Larry Vanover, Greg Gibson
T- 3:30
LEFT ON BASE- Rockies: 9  Cubs: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rockies: 4  Cubs: 2
DOUBLES- T.Tulowitzki(1st), T.Helton(3rd), G.Atkins(4th), A.Soriano(1st),
         D.Lee(2nd), A.Ramirez(3rd), C.Floyd-2(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Carroll(1st), T.Helton(2nd), G.Atkins(2nd), G.Soto(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Matsui, M.Wuertz
WALKS- T.Tulowitzki, R.Spilborghs, D.Lee-2, G.Soto
HIT BY PITCH- M.Holliday, A.Ramirez
STRIKE OUTS- J.Carroll, T.Tulowitzki, J.Baker-2, J.Fogg, A.Soriano, J.Jones,
             D.Lee, A.Ramirez, M.Derosa, T.Lilly
GIDP- J.Carroll, G.Atkins, J.Jones, A.Ramirez, M.Derosa-2
BALKS- R.Speier
 
Cliff Floyd had 4 hits and 3 RBI as the Chicago (NL) Cubs topped the Colorado
Rockies by a score of 9 to 8 at Wrigley Field.
 
Mike Wuertz(1-0) got the win with a steady relief outing.  He surrendered 2
hits and no walks in 1 and 2/3 innings.  Colorado had a chance to come back
in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Ryan Dempster got the save, his 1st. Ryan Speier(0-1) was the losing pitcher
in relief.  He pitched 1 inning allowing 2 hits and 1 walk.








 

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