VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
CHICAGO CUBS AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS
09/15/2005
 
VIRTUAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
CHICAGO CUBS AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS
GAME ID: 2161 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH , 2005 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cubs (83-71) 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 10 0
Toronto Blue Jays (89-65) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1
Blue Jays Absorb 6-3 Home Loss
Chicago and Toronto duked it out and the Cubs came out victorious.

The Chicago Cubs racked up a win at SkyDome, bumping off the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-3. Jose Contreras, who started for Chicago, pitched effectively for his team. The winner was Contreras. He threw 7.1 innings of 5-hit ball. The loser was Jay Witasick. Hong-Chih Kuo was credited with the save, his 33rd in 41 tries.

Chicago used the hitting of J.D. Drew to pick up the win. The right fielder clubbed a 2-run home run in the top of the fifth inning to put the Cubs on top, 5-3. For the game, Drew had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"We cashed in when we had the chance," said Chicago manager Adam Creed.

The win for the Cubs raised their record to 83-71.
CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE TORONTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Infante 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .277 6 40
   C. Carpenter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 0 0
   c-L. Matos LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 10 29
C. Patterson CF 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 .244 16 66
J. Drew RF 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 .259 32 81
L. Gonzalez LF 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 .280 40 118
   H. Kuo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
R. Klesko 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .244 24 73
   a-N. Perez 3B, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .239 4 22
A. Huff 3B, 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 .265 22 85
B. Jelinek C 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .192 18 46
A. Cora SS 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 .254 12 50
J. Contreras P 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .083 0 1
   b-X. Nady 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128 0 4
Totals 37 6 10 6 5 8 21      
a - N. Perez substituted for R. Klesko in the 8th
b - X. Nady substituted for J. Contreras in the 8th
c - L. Matos substituted for C. Carpenter in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: C. Patterson 2 (42, 1st Inning off J. Witasick, 0 on, 1 out; 5th Inning off J. Witasick, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: L. Gonzalez (40, 3rd Inning off J. Witasick, 0 on, 2 outs) , J. Drew (32, 5th Inning off J. Witasick, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: C. Patterson 4 , J. Drew 5 , L. Gonzalez 5 , R. Klesko , A. Huff 2 , A. Cora
2-out RBI: L. Gonzalez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , L. Gonzalez 2 , B. Jelinek
GIDP: A. Huff
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Drew (46) , A. Cora (17)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Cora-Infante)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Werth CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .255 14 57
O. Hudson 2B 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .247 20 67
F. Lopez SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .307 25 62
C. Delgado C 4 1 1 2 0 2 3 .231 33 85
R. White LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 17 68
J. Phelps 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268 27 74
J. Hardy 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .252 14 53
B. Trammell RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .261 21 64
J. Witasick P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
   M. Hendrickson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 1 1
   G. Chacin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-H. Matsui PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 5 35
   M. Delcarmen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3 3 6 9      
a - H. Matsui pinch hit for G. Chacin in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Phelps (23, 2nd Inning off J. Contreras, 0 on, 1 out) , F. Lopez (32, 3rd Inning off J. Contreras, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: C. Delgado (33, 3rd Inning off J. Contreras, 1 on, 2 outs) , J. Hardy (14, 4th Inning off J. Contreras, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Werth , F. Lopez 2 , C. Delgado 4 , J. Phelps 2 , J. Hardy 4
2-out RBI: C. Delgado
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Witasick
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Werth (23)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Phelps (8)
Double Plays: 1 (Hudson-Lopez-Phelps)
CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE TORONTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Contreras W (9-13) 7.1 5 3 3 3 5 2 107 4.95   
C. Carpenter H (9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.20   
H. Kuo SV (33) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.29   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Contreras 58
Batters Faced: J. Contreras 29, C. Carpenter 2, H. Kuo 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Contreras 3-13, C. Carpenter 0-1, H. Kuo 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Contreras 107-64, C. Carpenter 7-4, H. Kuo 9-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Carpenter 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Witasick L (2-7) 4.1 7 5 5 1 4 2 70 4.58   
M. Hendrickson 1.1 2 1 1 2 1 0 37 4.30   
G. Chacin 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 2.57   
M. Delcarmen 2.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 25 3.33   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Witasick 32
Batters Faced: J. Witasick 21, M. Hendrickson 9, G. Chacin 5, M. Delcarmen 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Witasick 4-5, M. Hendrickson 2-1, G. Chacin 1-3, M. Delcarmen 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Witasick 70-41, M. Hendrickson 37-22, G. Chacin 16-13, M. Delcarmen 25-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: G. Chacin 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Jose Contreras
Ballpark: SkyDome
Weather: Partly Cloudy (60 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 15 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:58
Attendance: 42028
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