San Francisco (39-54) at Chi Cubs (56-37)

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Plan to rest Lewis in flux with Winn hurt

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Manager Bruce Bochy wanted to rest Fred Lewis on Saturday and give Eugenio Velez some much-needed playing time. But if Randy Winn needs a day to heal his bruised right knee, Lewis might have to remain in the lineup while Velez fills in.
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Giants probable pitcher

Kevin Correia

  • #32 RHP
  • (1-5) 4.96 ERA 31 SO
Giants: Correia emerged with a no-decision in his last outing, although it may have been the best of his four starts since he returned from the disabled list. Correia went 6 1/3 innings and was charged with four runs before the Giants proceeded to lose to the Cubs, 6-5. Correia lamented his lack of command with his changeup, which he said was responsible for two mistakes against Jim Edmonds. The first resulted in a second-inning leadoff walk that generated a run; the second was a full-count pitch that Edmonds stroked for a two-run homer.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 12-19 4.17 337.0 143 254 .260
Season 1-5 4.96 49.0 22 31 .268
July 0-0 5.87 7.2 3 5 .290
Vs. Chi Cubs 0-0 5.68 6.1 3 4 .280

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/12/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
San Francisco Giants (NL West) 39 54 .419 7.0 17-28 22-26
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 56 37 .602 - 36-11 20-26
Stats - 07/12/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SF .255 371 57 351 72 618 4.29 829.1 810 378 721
CHC .281 497 106 468 53 681 3.88 837.1 783 313 687
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Harden faces familiar foe in Cubs debut

Nick Zaccardi / MLB.com
Rich Harden isn't ready to let the Giants off the hook just yet. The ex-Oakland A's righty makes his Cubs debut against his former rival, which he owned in Interleague action, going 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA in four Bay Bridge Series starts.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Rich Harden

  • #40 RHP
  • (5-1) 2.34 ERA 92 SO
Cubs: The hard-throwing Harden makes his Cubs debut against a National League team he is pretty familiar with in San Francisco. Harden stymied the Giants in the Bay Bridge Series last month, tossing six shutout innings of one-hit ball and striking out nine, and he holds an 0.84 career ERA against them. He last pitched on July 6 for Oakland, meaning he gets an extra day of rest following a pair of mediocre five-inning outings by his lofty standards.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 36-19 3.42 541.2 232 523 .224
Season 5-1 2.34 77.0 31 92 .206
July 0-1 3.60 10.0 5 9 .270
Vs. San Francisco 1-0 0.00 6.0 2 9 .056

Giants hitters vs Rich Harden

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bocock, Brian - - - - - - - -
Bowker, John .000 2 0 0 .000 5 0 0
Burriss, Emmanuel - - - - - - - -
Downs, Matt - - - - - - - -
Ford, Darren - - - - - - - -
Frandsen, Kevin - - - - - - - -
Garko, Ryan - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Gillaspie, Conor - - - - - - - -
Guzman, Jesus - - - - - - - -
Ishikawa, Travis - - - - - - - -
Lewis, Fred .000 2 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Peguero, Francisco - - - - - - - -
Pill, Brett - - - - - - - -
Posey, Buster - - - - - - - -
Renteria, Edgar .000 3 0 0 .333 6 0 0
Rohlinger, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Rowand, Aaron .000 2 0 0 .385 13 0 0
Sanchez, Freddy - - - - - - - -
Sandoval, Pablo - - - - - - - -
Schierholtz, Nate - - - - - - - -
Torres, Andres - - - - - - - -
Velez, Eugenio - - - - .500 2 0 0
Whiteside, Eli - - - - - - - -

Cubs hitters vs Kevin Correia

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - .571 7 1 1
Blanco, Andres - - - - - - - -
Bradley, Milton - - - - .500 2 1 1
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike .000 2 0 0 .333 6 0 2
Fox, Jake - - - - - - - -
Fukudome, Kosuke .250 4 0 0 .286 7 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - .000 1 0 0
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - 1.000 1 1 1
Lee, Derrek .333 3 0 0 .429 7 0 2
Miles, Aaron .000 1 0 0 .286 7 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .000 4 0 0
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .250 4 0 0
Soto, Geovany .333 3 0 0 .400 5 0 0
Theriot, Ryan .000 2 0 0 .500 6 0 0

Cubs hold off hard-charging Giants (39-55) (57-37)

Cubs 8, Giants 7 (11)

So close

Chris Haft / MLB.com
The Giants rallied back from seven runs down with two runs in the eighth inning and five in the ninth inning, but couldn't find a way to get completely over the hump in extra frames, as their losing streak was extended to six games.

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Series at a Glance

 

Harden sizzles

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Rich Harden fanned 10 in 5 1/3 shutout innings in his Cubs debut. However, struggling setup man Carlos Marmol couldn't protect a five-run lead in the ninth, setting the stage for Reed Johnson's walk-off single in the 11th.
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Cubs 8, Giants 7

San FranciscoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Velez, LF5010101.202
Castillo, 3B6120020.257
Durham, 2B5221114.290
Molina, B, C6232003.290
Rowand, CF4021220.294
Bowker, RF5001036.277
  1-Burriss, PR-RF1100000.286
Aurilia, 1B4000024.273
Vizquel, SS3000013.150
  Taschner, P0000000.000
  b-Winn, PH1000001.285
  Romo, P0000000.000
  c-Alfonzo, PH1011000.111
  Walker, P0000000.000
  Wilson, P0000000.000
Correia, P1000010.091
  Matos, O, P0000000.000
  a-Lewis, PH1000000.275
  Yabu, P0000000.000
  Ochoa, SS3110002.333
Totals46712641224 

a-Flied out for Matos, O in the 5th. b-Flied out for Taschner in the 8th. c-Singled for Romo in the 9th.
1-Ran for Bowker in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Rowand (27, Harden), Molina, B 2 (21, Harden, Hart, K), Ochoa (1, Marmol).
TB: Velez; Castillo 2; Durham 2; Molina, B 5; Rowand 3; Alfonzo; Ochoa 2.
RBI: Molina, B 2 (56), Rowand (48), Durham (30), Bowker (38), Alfonzo (1).
2-out RBI: Alfonzo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Vizquel 2; Molina, B; Durham; Winn; Ochoa.
Team LOB: 11.
 
Chi CubsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Theriot, SS4130200.322
Fukudome, RF5010014.280
Lee, 1B6121003.304
Ramirez, A, 3B4000113.286
Soto, C5210116.286
Edmonds, CF4224012.231
  Hart, K, P0000000.000
  Cotts, P0000000.000
  Howry, P0000000.000
  Marmol, P0000000.000
  a-Ward, PH1000010.275
  Marshall, P1010000.400
DeRosa, LF4221202.286
Fontenot, 2B4011213.266
Harden, P3000033.143
  Gaudin, P0000000.000
  Johnson, R, CF3011011.267
Totals44814881027 

a-Struck out for Marmol in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Edmonds (10, Correia).
3B: DeRosa (2, Correia).
HR: Edmonds (10, 3rd inning off Correia, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Theriot 3; Fukudome; Lee 2; Soto; Edmonds 6; Marshall; DeRosa 4; Fontenot; Johnson, R.
RBI: Fontenot (21), Edmonds 4 (34), Lee (56), DeRosa (50), Johnson, R (32).
2-out RBI: Edmonds 4; DeRosa.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Soto 2; Fukudome; Harden; DeRosa.
S: Fukudome.
Team LOB: 15.

FIELDING
E: Marmol (1, fielding), Theriot (11, throw).
 
San FranciscoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Correia 3.29774415.81
Matos, O 0.11000100.00
Yabu 1.11000203.28
Taschner 1.21000003.03
Romo 1.00000103.38
Walker 1.00001204.86
Wilson (L, 0-2)1.12113004.46
 
Chi CubsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Harden 5.150031002.19
Gaudin 0.20000003.58
Hart, K 1.03220007.23
Cotts 0.10000002.87
Howry 0.20000004.50
Marmol 1.04511003.61
Marshall (W, 2-2)2.00000203.81

Hart, K pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

WP: Correia.
IBB: Ramirez, A (by Wilson).
HBP: Ramirez, A (by Yabu), Aurilia (by Marmol).
Pitches-strikes: Correia 79-47, Matos, O 8-6, Yabu 20-11, Taschner 23-15, Romo 16-10, Walker 17-10, Wilson 33-16, Harden 96-66, Gaudin 9-5, Hart, K 19-13, Cotts 5-3, Howry 7-5, Marmol 36-23, Marshall 20-16.
Groundouts-flyouts: Correia 1-6, Matos, O 0-0, Yabu 0-2, Taschner 2-3, Romo 0-2, Walker 0-1, Wilson 3-1, Harden 2-4, Gaudin 1-1, Hart, K 1-2, Cotts 0-1, Howry 1-1, Marmol 2-1, Marshall 3-1.
Batters faced: Correia 24, Matos, O 2, Yabu 6, Taschner 6, Romo 3, Walker 4, Wilson 9, Harden 24, Gaudin 2, Hart, K 6, Cotts 1, Howry 2, Marmol 10, Marshall 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Matos, O 1-1, Taschner 2-0, Gaudin 2-0, Cotts 1-0, Howry 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike DiMuro. 1B: Mike Everitt. 2B: Damien Beal. 3B: Tim McClelland.
Weather: 75 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:53.
Att: 41,555.
July 12, 2008

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