The Houston Astros challenged the the Chicago Cubs yesterday at Wrigley Field with the Astros earning the win 11 to 5. You don’t often see such high scoring games, and anyone with Cubs game tickets sure got their money’s worth. This high-scoring game saw the teams combine for a whopping 16 runs! Talk about excitement! Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.
Astros pitcher Wandy Rodriguez (5.11 ERA) got the win, while Carlos Silva (3.86 ERA) took the loss for the Cubs. Wandy Rodriguez went 6 innings for the Astros, allowed 8 hits, 2 home runs and 5 earned runs with one walk and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Astros was Wilton Lopez (4.21), Tim Byrdak (4.13), and Gary Majewski (0.00). The Cubs’s starter Carlos Silva went 1 innings, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and 5 earned runs with 2 walks and no strikeouts. Mitch Atkins (6.43), Justin Berg (5.59), and Bob Howry (6.82) also pitched for the Cubs. With the win, Rodriguez’s record goes to 7-11, while Silva is at 9-4.
In addition to the 11 runs, the Astros scored 17 hits and committed no errors. Chris Johnson and Angel Sanchez tied for most hits for the Astros with 3 hits, followed by Wandy Rodriguez with 2 hits. Derrek Lee had the most hits for the Cubs (3), followed by Geovany Soto (2), and Aramis Ramirez (2). The Cubs got 5 runs, 10 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Tony Randazzo, Brian Gorman, Paul Nauert and Dan Bellino. There were 35,514 Cubs ticket holders in attendance at Wrigley Field.