New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs - Box Score - September 05, 2010

Scores for Sep 5, 2010

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Chi Cubs won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, September 3
NY Mets	6	Final
Chi Cubs	7	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 4
NY Mets	3	Final
Chi Cubs	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 5
NY Mets	18	Final
Chi Cubs	5	Final
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Mets 18

(67-70, 28-45 away)

Cubs 5

(59-78, 32-40 home)

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2:20 PM ET, September 5, 2010

Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYM	0	2	0	0	5	0	1	5	5	18	21	0
CHC	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	10	1

W: J. Niese (9-7)

L: R. Dempster (12-10)

New York Mets
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Pagan RF	6	1	2	3	1	0	30	.296	.350	.446
L Hernandez 2B	7	1	3	1	0	1	21	.350	.381	.500
C Beltran CF	4	2	2	1	3	0	37	.231	.340	.350
I Davis 1B	6	3	4	3	0	1	25	.256	.343	.439
M Hessman 3B	4	2	1	0	2	2	22	.146	.286	.317
L Duda LF	2	1	0	0	1	1	17	.059	.200	.118
a-N Evans PH-LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	9	.200	.200	.200
J Thole C	5	3	2	0	1	1	20	.288	.369	.386
R Tejada SS	4	2	2	5	1	0	21	.193	.285	.242
J Niese P	4	0	2	2	0	1	14	.163	.268	.204
E Dessens P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
P Feliciano P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-J Arias PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	.222	.300	.222
R Parnell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-C Carter PH	1	1	1	2	0	0	6	.261	.317	.373
M Acosta P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	47	18	21	18	9	8	225
a-struck out swinging for L Duda in the 6th b-singled to left for P Feliciano in the 8th c-singled to right for B Parnell in the 9th
BATTING 2B: J Thole (5, R Dempster); I Davis (27, S Maine); M Hessman (2, J Russell); A Pagan (28, J Russell) HR: R Tejada (1, 7th inning off M Mateo 0 on, 0 Out); I Davis (17, 8th inning off J Russell 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: R Tejada 5 (13), J Niese 2 (3), C Beltran (17), I Davis 3 (61), J Arias (3), A Pagan 3 (60), C Carter 2 (19), L Hernandez (4) SF: R Tejada 2-out RBI: R Tejada 3, J Niese, J Arias, A Pagan 3, C Carter 2, L Hernandez GIDP: L Hernandez Mets RISP: 13-25 (I Davis 2-3, J Arias 1-1, A Pagan 2-3, C Beltran 1-2, M Hessman 0-1, J Thole 1-3, R Tejada 1-2, L Hernandez 2-4, C Carter 1-1, J Niese 2-2, L Duda 0-1, N Evans 0-2) Team LOB: 12
BASERUNNING SB: L Hernandez (1, 3rd base off R Dempster/G Soto); C Beltran (3, 2nd base off R Dempster/G Soto)
FIELDING DP: 4 (M Hessman-L Hernandez-I Davis 2, I Davis-R Tejada, I Davis-R Tejada-I Davis-R Tejada-I Davis-R Tejada-I Davis).

New York Mets
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niese (W, 9-7)	6.0	8	5	5	3	4	2	106-70	3.85
E Dessens (H, 6)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	2.27
P Feliciano (H, 14)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-6	3.02
R Parnell	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14-8	2.51
M Acosta	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	3.30
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	3	5	2	141-95
PITCHING J Niese pitched to 1 batter in the 7th HBP: B DeWitt (By P Feliciano) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niese 17/26; E Dessens 1/1; P Feliciano 2/2; R Parnell 2/5; M Acosta 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niese 15-10-26-19; E Dessens 2-0-1-1; P Feliciano 2-1-2-1; R Parnell 1-1-1-5; M Acosta 5-0-0-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niese 8-6; E Dessens 0-1; P Feliciano 1-0; R Parnell 3-0; M Acosta 1-1 Game Scores: J Niese 37

Chicago Cubs
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Baker 2B	3	1	3	0	0	0	10	.261	.309	.400
a-B DeWitt PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.271	.347	.385
S Castro SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	.317	.360	.438
M Byrd CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	18	.305	.363	.448
A Ramirez 3B	4	1	2	3	0	0	24	.243	.297	.454
K Hill 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.251	.304
X Nady 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.262	.325	.380
A Soriano LF	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	.262	.321	.515
T Colvin RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	10	.255	.311	.503
G Soto C	2	1	1	2	1	1	20	.284	.398	.512
R Dempster P	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.157	.157	.176
S Maine P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
M Mateo P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-D Barney PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.321
J Russell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
T Diamond P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
S Marshall P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-M Hoffpauir PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.300
Totals	32	5	10	5	3	5	141
a-hit by pitch for J Baker in the 7th b-popped out to shortstop for M Mateo in the 7th c-grounded to second for S Marshall in the 9th
BATTING 3B: T Colvin (4, J Niese) HR: A Ramirez (22, 3rd inning off J Niese 1 on, 2 Out); G Soto (16, 7th inning off J Niese 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Ramirez 3 (73), G Soto 2 (50) SF: G Soto 2-out RBI: A Ramirez 2 GIDP: X Nady, S Castro 2 Cubs RISP: 1-3 (T Colvin 0-1, A Ramirez 1-1, X Nady 0-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: T Colvin (6, fly ball) DP: 1 (J Baker-S Castro-X Nady).

Chicago Cubs
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Dempster (L, 12-10)	4.2	9	7	3	4	5	0	105-63	3.76
S Maine	1.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	29-19	1.93
M Mateo	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	11-7	10.32
J Russell	0.2	5	5	5	1	0	1	27-20	5.48
T Diamond	1.0	4	5	5	3	2	0	51-31	7.89
S Marshall	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	2.88
Totals	9.0	21	18	14	9	8	2	225-141
PITCHING WP: J Russell IBB: M Hessman (By S Maine) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Dempster 16/27; S Maine 5/7; M Mateo 3/4; J Russell 8/8; T Diamond 6/10; S Marshall 0/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Dempster 14-12-20-17; S Maine 7-1-6-5; M Mateo 3-0-0-4; J Russell 4-3-6-7; T Diamond 6-10-10-5; S Marshall 0-0-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Dempster 5-4; S Maine 2-1; M Mateo 1-2; J Russell 0-2; T Diamond 1-0; S Marshall 0-1 Game Scores: R Dempster 27

Scoring Summary

			NYM	CHC
	1st	A Ramirez singled to left, J Baker scored, M Byrd to second.	0	1
	2nd	R Tejada hit sacrifice fly to right, L Duda scored, J Thole to third.	1	1
	2nd	J Niese singled to left center, J Thole scored.	2	1
	3rd	A Ramirez homered to left center (383 feet), M Byrd scored.	2	3
	4th	G Soto hit sacrifice fly to center, T Colvin scored.	2	4
	5th	C Beltran singled to center, A Pagan scored, L Hernandez to second.	3	4
	5th	I Davis singled to right, L Hernandez scored, C Beltran to second.	4	4
	5th	R Tejada singled to center, C Beltran and I Davis scored, M Hessman to second.	6	4
	5th	J Niese singled to center, M Hessman scored, R Tejada to third.	7	4
	7th	R Tejada homered to center (400 feet).	8	4
	7th	G Soto homered to left (394 feet).	8	5
	8th	I Davis homered to left (370 feet), C Beltran scored.	10	5
	8th	J Arias singled to left, M Hessman scored, J Thole to second.	11	5
	8th	A Pagan doubled to deep left, J Thole and J Arias scored.	13	5
	9th	R Tejada walked, I Davis scored, N Evans to third, J Thole to second.	14	5
	9th	C Carter singled to right, N Evans and J Thole scored, R Tejada to third.	16	5
	9th	A Pagan singled to right, R Tejada scored, C Carter to third.	17	5
	9th	L Hernandez singled to right, C Carter scored, A Pagan to second.	18	5
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Game Notes

CUBS THIRD BASEMAN ARAMIS RAMIREZ LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING WITH AN UNDISCLOSED INJURY.

Game Information

Stadium	Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
Attendance	40,788 (99.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:27
Weather	70 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tony Randazzo, First Base - Paul Nauert, Second Base - Brian Gorman, Third Base - Ted Barrett

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Mets 18

Cubs 5

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