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Maddux eyes No. 351, nothing more

Jon Greenberg / Special to MLB.com
Greg Maddux takes the mound in a place he had enjoyed great success, Wrigley Field, shooting for win No. 351 on Thursday.
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Padres probable pitcher

Greg Maddux

  • RHP
  • (3-3) 3.60 ERA
Padres: Maddux picked up career victory No. 350 in his last start, on Saturday against the Rockies. He allowed three hits and one unearned run over six innings in winning for the first time since April 13. Stuck on career victory No. 349 for nearly a month, Maddux has insisted since his last victory that No. 350 held no more significance than any other victory. But after Trevor Hoffman, who closed out the game with a scoreless ninth inning, gave him the game ball, Maddux conceded that "it was pretty cool." Now, Maddux gets to face his former team, the Cubs.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 350-217 3.12 4864.1 977 3299 .249
Season 3-3 3.60 50.0 8 26 .253
May 1-1 3.09 11.2 1 5 .286

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/15/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
San Diego Padres (NL West) 15 26 .366 10.5 8-10 7-16
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 24 16 .600 - 16-7 8-9
Stats - 05/15/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SD .234 140 29 133 13 308 4.25 377.1 367 145 282
CHC .284 234 42 220 27 280 3.79 365.2 332 136 283
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Maddux will pitch -- will Edmonds hit?

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Greg Maddux pitches for the Padres against the Cubs on Thursday, opposite Ryan Dempster, and his return to Wrigley brings to mind some of his greatest moments with Chicago.
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Ryan Dempster

  • RHP
  • (4-1) 2.76 ERA
Cubs: Dempster was nearly flawless in his first five innings against the Diamondbacks on Saturday. He struck out seven and gave up one hit before his control faltered a bit. He gave up two runs on two hits and two walks in the outing, getting a no-decision.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 63-76 4.74 1267.1 654 1043 .263
Season 4-1 2.76 49.0 23 36 .169
May 0-1 1.50 12.0 4 14 .156

Padres hitters vs Ryan Dempster

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Antonelli, Matt - - - - - - - -
Blanks, Kyle - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Everth - - - - - - - -
Durango, Luis - - - - - - - -
Eckstein, David - - - - .333 15 0 1
Gonzalez, Adrian - - - - .000 7 0 0
Gwynn, Tony .200 5 0 0 .200 5 0 0
Headley, Chase - - - - - - - -
Huffman, Chad - - - - - - - -
Hundley, Nick - - - - - - - -
Kouzmanoff, Kevin - - - - .250 4 0 0
Salazar, Oscar - - - - - - - -
Venable, Will - - - - - - - -

Cubs hitters vs Greg Maddux

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Blanco, Andres - - - - - - - -
Bradley, Milton - - - - .667 3 0 1
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - .000 3 0 0
Fox, Jake - - - - - - - -
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .200 5 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - - - - -
Lee, Derrek - - - - .368 19 1 6
Miles, Aaron - - - - .111 9 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .429 7 0 1
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .333 9 0 0
Soto, Geovany - - - - .000 2 0 0
Theriot, Ryan - - - - .300 10 0 2

Cubs take three of four from Friars (15-27) (25-16)

Cubs 4, Padres 0

One tough frame

Kerry Walls / Special to MLB.com
Padres starter Greg Maddux, in search of career win No. 351, was cruising along for four shutout innings against his former team at Wrigley Field before surrendering four runs and getting knocked out of the game in the fifth.

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Dempster dominant

Nick Zaccardi / MLB.com
Ryan Dempster set a career high with 12 strikeouts and came up two outs of posting the first shutout by a Cubs starter this season. Dempster drove in the only run the Cubs would need with an RBI single in the fifth inning.
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Cubs 4, Padres 0

San DiegoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Gerut, CF3010100.207
Iguchi, 2B4000023.253
Giles, RF4030010.272
Gonzalez, A, 1B4000033.283
Kouzmanoff, 3B4010011.272
Greene, K, SS4000023.208
McAnulty, LF2000000.211
  Henn, P0000000.000
  a-Clark, PH1010000.267
  Germano, P0000000.375
  b-Bard, PH1000012.214
Carlin, C3000031.167
Maddux, P1000000.067
  Hairston, LF2000011.225
Totals3306011414 

a-Singled for Henn in the 8th. b-Struck out for Germano in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Giles (10, Dempster).
TB: Gerut; Giles 4; Kouzmanoff; Clark.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Greene, K; Iguchi; Bard 2.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Greene, K-Iguchi-Gonzalez, A 2).
 
Chi CubsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Soriano, LF5120021.257
Theriot, SS3001021.329
Lee, 1B4022000.310
Ramirez, A, 3B4030001.294
Fukudome, RF2010201.324
Edmonds, CF4010017.181
Cedeno, 2B3120103.350
Blanco, H, C4110003.320
Dempster, P3111000.167
  Wood, P0000000.000
Totals3241343517 

BATTING
2B: Ramirez, A (12, Maddux), Lee (11, Maddux).
TB: Soriano 2; Lee 3; Ramirez, A 4; Fukudome; Edmonds; Cedeno 2; Blanco, H; Dempster.
RBI: Dempster (1), Theriot (11), Lee 2 (29).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Blanco, H; Edmonds; Soriano; Cedeno 2.
S: Dempster.
SF: Theriot.
GIDP: Theriot; Edmonds.
Team LOB: 9.
 
San DiegoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Maddux (L, 3-4)4.111440103.98
Henn 2.220033010.38
Germano 1.00000105.49
 
Chi CubsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Dempster (W, 5-1)8.160011202.35
Wood (S, 8)0.20000203.92

IBB: Fukudome (by Henn).
Pitches-strikes: Maddux 62-47, Henn 45-28, Germano 14-11, Dempster 116-77, Wood 11-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Maddux 9-2, Henn 1-4, Germano 1-1, Dempster 7-6, Wood 0-0.
Batters faced: Maddux 21, Henn 13, Germano 3, Dempster 32, Wood 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Henn 1-0, Wood 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Knight. 1B: Marvin Hudson. 2B: Tom Hallion. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 50 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:20.
Att: 40,629.
May 15, 2008

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