Atlanta (32-34) at Chi Cubs (42-24)

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Injury-plagued Braves picking up pieces

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
The Braves once had World Series aspirations, but with three-fifths of their planned Opening Day rotation on the disabled list (and Jair Jurrjens missing a start), the team is now working on just staying afloat.
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Braves probable pitcher

Tim Hudson

  • RHP
  • (7-4) 2.86 ERA
Braves: Hudson saw his eighth win of the season vanish because of a ninth-inning error in the Braves' 4-3 loss on Friday night to the Phillies. Hudson pitched 7 2/3 strong innings, allowing one run on five hits, and was in line for the victory until an error with two outs in the ninth. Hudson walked four (one shy of his season high) and struck out three. On a hot and humid night, Hudson said he nearly ran out of gas and decided it would be best if he was taken out with two outs in the eighth and a lefty at the plate. The only run he gave up Friday came on an RBI groundout. He has pitched at least six innings in each of his past four starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 142-74 3.48 1966.2 602 1341 .251
Season 7-4 2.86 91.1 23 54 .242
June 0-1 2.63 13.2 7 6 .261

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/12/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Atlanta Braves (NL East) 32 34 .485 6.5 25-11 7-23
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 42 24 .636 - 28-8 14-16
Stats - 06/12/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
ATL .273 305 66 292 25 389 3.80 585.1 537 238 460
CHC .284 369 73 350 45 464 3.66 601.2 549 223 498
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Cubs to turn back the clock at Wrigley

Nick Zaccardi / MLB.com
The Cubs and the Braves will play Thursday's game in replica 1948 uniforms, in honor of the 60th anniversary of Cubs baseball on WGN. The television broadcast will begin in black-and-white, as per 1948 technology.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Carlos Zambrano

  • RHP
  • (8-2) 3.01 ERA
Cubs: The Cubs tweaked the rotation to keep Zambrano on five days rest, and moved him up. But hide the Gatorade coolers. Zambrano lost the game and his temper in his last start against the Dodgers. He had a 3-2 lead going into the seventh, and the Dodgers scored on a throwing error, a RBI single by Russell Martin and a three-run homer by Matt Kemp. Then he kicked and tossed the coolers in the visitor's dugout. For the game, Zambrano gave up seven runs on 13 hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out six. Manager Lou Piniella says he doesn't mind the emotion, as long as nobody gets hurt. Zambrano could've blamed his teammates, but blamed himself.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 90-57 3.38 1286.0 577 1105 .228
Season 8-2 3.01 92.2 29 63 .256
June 1-1 7.71 11.2 5 8 .360

Braves hitters vs Carlos Zambrano

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blanco, Gregor - - - - .333 3 0 0
Canizares, Barbaro - - - - - - - -
Church, Ryan .333 3 0 0 .211 19 0 1
Conrad, Brooks - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Matt - - - - - - - -
Escobar, Yunel - - - - .000 3 0 0
Hernandez, Diory - - - - - - - -
Infante, Omar - - - - - - - -
Johnson, Kelly - - - - .286 14 0 1
Jones, Brandon - - - - - - - -
Jones, Chipper - - - - .316 19 1 2
McCann, Brian - - - - .556 9 0 2
McLouth, Nate .333 6 0 3 .263 19 0 4
Prado, Martin - - - - - - - -
Ross, David - - - - .167 12 2 3
Sammons, Clint - - - - - - - -
Schafer, Jordan - - - - - - - -

Cubs hitters vs Tim Hudson

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Baker, Jeff - - - - .250 4 1 3
Blanco, Andres - - - - - - - -
Bradley, Milton - - - - .375 8 0 2
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - 1.000 1 0 1
Fox, Jake - - - - - - - -
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .333 3 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - - - - -
Lee, Derrek - - - - .308 13 1 3
Miles, Aaron - - - - .364 11 0 1
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .308 13 0 1
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .182 22 3 5
Soto, Geovany - - - - .333 6 0 1
Theriot, Ryan - - - - .000 6 0 0

Clutch Cubs do it again (32-35) (43-24)

Cubs 3, Braves 2 (11)

Bullpen falters

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
Braves starter Tim Hudson held the Cubs to one run in 6 2/3 innings, but the bullpen couldn't hold on. Blaine Boyer gave up the tying run in the ninth and Jeff Ridgway forced in the winning run by hitting a batter in the 11th.

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Series at a Glance

 
Jim Edmonds rounds the bases after homering in the ninth. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

Thowback comeback

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Even in their 1948 retro uniforms, the 2008 Cubs showed that they are a difficult team to put away. Jim Edmonds hit a game-tying homer in the ninth to help the North Siders rally for the 10th comeback win in their last 11 games.
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Cubs 3, Braves 2

AtlantaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Escobar, SS5000101.293
Johnson, 2B6030000.290
Jones, C, 3B5010113.414
Teixeira, 1B3000313.270
McCann, C5120024.305
Francoeur, RF4122120.257
Norton, LF4010014.247
  Boyer, P0000000.000
  Ohman, P0000000.000
  b-Gotay, PH1000000.200
  Acosta, P0000000.000
  Ridgway, P0000000.000
Blanco, G, CF5010024.245
Hudson, P3010013.103
  Campillo, P0000000.182
  a-Infante, PH-LF2000023.261
Totals43211261225 

a-Struck out for Campillo in the 8th. b-Flied out for Ohman in the 10th.

BATTING
2B: McCann (20, Eyre), Johnson 2 (18, Cotts, Wood).
HR: Francoeur (8, 2nd inning off Zambrano, C, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Johnson 5; Jones, C; McCann 3; Francoeur 5; Norton; Blanco, G; Hudson.
RBI: Francoeur 2 (38).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hudson; McCann 2; Infante 2; Teixeira.
GIDP: Jones, C.
Team LOB: 14.

FIELDING
PB: McCann (1).
DP: 2 (Johnson-Escobar-Teixeira 2).
 
Chi CubsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Patterson, LF5010002.091
Theriot, SS5000002.316
Lee, 1B5010011.282
Ramirez, A, 3B3210200.303
Fukudome, RF4010103.296
Soto, C5030010.288
Edmonds, CF3112012.212
  c-Johnson, R, PH0001000.267
DeRosa, 2B3010110.313
Zambrano, C, P3010012.362
  Eyre, P0000000.000
  Marmol, P0000000.000
  Cotts, P0000000.000
  a-Hoffpauir, PH0000000.421
  b-Cedeno, PH1000010.292
  Wood, P0000000.000
Totals3731034612 

a-Batted for Cotts in the 9th. b-Struck out for Hoffpauir in the 9th. c-Hit by pitch for Edmonds in the 11th.

BATTING
2B: Lee (17, Boyer).
HR: Edmonds (3, 9th inning off Boyer, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Patterson; Lee 2; Ramirez, A; Fukudome; Soto 3; Edmonds 4; DeRosa; Zambrano, C.
RBI: Edmonds 2 (17), Johnson, R (28).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Theriot; Lee; Zambrano, C; Fukudome.
SF: Edmonds.
GIDP: Edmonds; Patterson.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
DP: (DeRosa-Theriot-Lee).
 
AtlantaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Hudson 6.27111502.76
Campillo (H, 4)0.10000002.15
Boyer (BS, 3)1.22111014.03
Ohman 0.10000102.25
Acosta (L, 3-5)1.01112004.54
Ridgway 0.00000000.00
 
Chi CubsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Zambrano, C 7.08223312.98
Eyre 0.21001200.00
Marmol 0.20000102.20
Cotts 0.21001200.00
Wood (W, 3-1)2.01001402.48

Acosta pitched to 3 batters in the 11th.
Ridgway pitched to 1 batter in the 11th.
Zambrano, C pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP: Cotts.
IBB: Fukudome (by Acosta), Francoeur (by Eyre), Teixeira (by Cotts), Jones, C (by Wood).
HBP: Johnson, R (by Ridgway).
Pitches-strikes: Hudson 102-63, Campillo 1-1, Boyer 32-20, Ohman 4-3, Acosta 22-11, Ridgway 1-0, Zambrano, C 103-55, Eyre 15-7, Marmol 12-7, Cotts 16-10, Wood 33-22.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hudson 9-6, Campillo 0-1, Boyer 3-2, Ohman 0-0, Acosta 3-0, Ridgway 0-0, Zambrano, C 11-7, Eyre 0-0, Marmol 0-1, Cotts 0-0, Wood 0-2.
Batters faced: Hudson 26, Campillo 1, Boyer 8, Ohman 1, Acosta 6, Ridgway 1, Zambrano, C 31, Eyre 4, Marmol 2, Cotts 4, Wood 8.
Inherited runners-scored: Campillo 2-0, Ridgway 3-1, Eyre 1-0, Marmol 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Dana DeMuth. 1B: Lance Barksdale. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Ted Barrett.
Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:22.
Att: 41,517.
June 12, 2008

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