Chi Cubs (74-47) at Florida (63-59)

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Cubs take road success to Miami

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
The Cubs will take their suddenly successful road show south, opening a three-game series against the Florida Marlins on Friday night with ace right-hander Carlos Zambrano on the hill.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Carlos Zambrano

  • #38 RHP
  • (12-5) 3.22 ERA 101 SO
Cubs: Zambrano lost his first game in 13 starts at home in his last outing, giving up a career-high nine earned runs on 10 hits over 4 1/3 innings against St. Louis. He also served up four home runs for the first time in his career. Zambrano hit a homer himself, his third of the year, but it wasn't enough. He was coming off a shortened outing prior to his game against the Cardinals, so the problem wasn't that Zambrano was tired. He fell behind and the Cardinals took advantage.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 94-60 3.39 1344.1 596 1143 .228
Season 12-5 3.22 151.0 48 101 .246
August 0-1 9.64 9.1 2 5 .333
Vs. Florida 1-0 2.57 7.0 0 6 .222

Series at a Glance

Standings - 08/15/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 74 47 .612 - 45-17 29-30
Florida Marlins (NL East) 63 59 .516 2.5 34-29 29-30
Stats - 08/15/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CHC .282 656 139 622 70 876 3.79 1091.1 1010 399 933
FLA .252 570 161 550 56 1047 4.47 1091.1 1091 459 841
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Marlins aim to get offense going

Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
All throughout the Marlins' struggles at the plate, manager Fredi Gonzalez has kept waiting for his offense to bust out. When it does, "Watch out," he said. Now would be a good time.
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Marlins probable pitcher

Josh Johnson

  • #55 RHP
  • (3-0) 3.19 ERA 28 SO
Marlins: In his last start, against the Mets on Sunday, Johnson gave the Marlins a much-needed win by limiting New York to two runs in seven innings while striking out five and walking just two. The young right-hander has been rolling ever since coming off Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery, and the Marlins are now 6-0 in games he starts this season. In his past two starts -- against the National League East-rival Phillies and Mets -- he is 2-0 and has allowed just two runs in 13 innings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 15-10 3.45 221.2 104 185 .256
Season 3-0 3.19 36.2 14 28 .277
August 2-0 1.38 13.0 6 8 .217
Vs. Chi Cubs 0-0 3.38 5.1 3 8 .333

Cubs hitters vs Josh Johnson

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Blanco, Andres - - - - - - - -
Bradley, Milton - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler .000 4 0 0 .000 4 0 0
Fontenot, Mike .500 2 0 0 .400 5 0 0
Fox, Jake .667 3 0 0 .500 6 0 1
Fukudome, Kosuke .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - .333 3 0 0
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - .000 3 0 0
Lee, Derrek .333 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Miles, Aaron - - - - .333 3 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis .000 3 0 0 .000 4 0 1
Soriano, Alfonso .333 3 0 0 .154 13 0 0
Soto, Geovany .500 2 1 1 .400 5 1 1
Theriot, Ryan .500 2 0 0 .308 13 0 1

Marlins hitters vs Carlos Zambrano

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Amezaga, Alfredo .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Baker, John .000 3 0 0 .000 6 0 0
Bonifacio, Emilio - - - - - - - -
Cantu, Jorge 1.000 2 0 0 .600 5 1 3
Carroll, Brett - - - - - - - -
Coghlan, Chris - - - - - - - -
Cousins, Scott - - - - - - - -
Hayes, Brett - - - - - - - -
Helms, Wes - - - - .400 10 0 1
Maybin, Cameron - - - - - - - -
Miller, Jai - - - - - - - -
Paulino, Ronny .000 5 0 0 .053 19 0 1
Ramirez, Hanley .250 4 1 2 .200 10 1 2
Ross, Cody .000 3 0 0 .167 6 0 1
Sanchez, Gaby - - - - - - - -
Uggla, Dan - - - - .000 4 0 0

Comeback Cubs do it again (75-47) (63-60)

Cubs 6, Marlins 5

Ward comes through

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Down to their final two outs, the Cubs came through with their 35th comeback win of the season when pinch-hitter Daryle Ward drilled a three-run home run. Chicago also extended its road winning streak to nine games.

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Gregg can't hold on

Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
Jorge Cantu's three-run homer helped to send the Marlins into the ninth inning with a two-run lead. But closer Kevin Gregg, who had converted his previous 11 save opportunities, allowed a three-run homer in the ninth inning.
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Cubs 6, Marlins 5

Chi CubsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Soriano, LF5000032.293
  Wood, P0000000.000
Theriot, SS5010010.318
Lee, 1B4000011.289
Edmonds, CF3000111.240
Soto, C4110011.286
DeRosa, 3B1312300.282
Fontenot, 2B4010013.286
Johnson, R, RF-LF4110024.303
Zambrano, C, P3011000.362
  Gaudin, P0000000.000
  a-Ward, PH1113000.229
  Fukudome, RF0000000.270
Totals3467641012 

a-Homered for Gaudin in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: DeRosa (14, 4th inning off Johnson, 1 on, 0 out), Ward (3, 9th inning off Gregg, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Theriot; Soto; DeRosa 4; Fontenot; Johnson, R; Zambrano, C; Ward 4.
RBI: Zambrano, C (12), DeRosa 2 (70), Ward 3 (13).
2-out RBI: Zambrano, C.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Soriano; Johnson, R.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: DeRosa (9, throw), Zambrano, C (2, pickoff).
 
FloridaABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Ramirez, H, SS2110310.295
Hermida, RF5000025.253
Cantu, 3B-1B4113000.282
Jacobs, 1B4000001.246
  Lindstrom, P0000000.000
  Gregg, P0000000.000
  b-Amezaga, PH1000012.258
Uggla, 2B2200211.263
Willingham, LF3011011.264
Ross, CF4011013.256
Baker, C4000011.233
Johnson, P1100110.188
  a-Gonzalez, PH1000000.263
  Nelson, P0000000.000
  Helms, 3B1000000.252
Totals325456914 

a-Flied out for Johnson in the 6th. b-Struck out for Gregg in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Ross (19, Zambrano, C).
3B: Willingham (4, Zambrano, C).
HR: Cantu (21, 3rd inning off Zambrano, C, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Ramirez, H; Cantu 4; Willingham 3; Ross 2.
RBI: Ross (56), Cantu 3 (68), Willingham (34).
2-out RBI: Ross; Willingham.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Baker; Ross 2; Amezaga.
Team LOB: 8.
 
Chi CubsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Zambrano, C 6.04555613.38
Gaudin (W, 9-4)2.00000103.39
Wood (S, 25)1.00001202.72
 
FloridaIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Johnson 6.05333813.38
Nelson (H, 7)1.00000101.96
Lindstrom (H, 11)1.00000003.29
Gregg (BS, 7)(L, 6-5)1.02331112.73

WP: Wood.
HBP: Willingham (by Zambrano, C), Cantu (by Wood).
Pitches-strikes: Zambrano, C 119-63, Gaudin 20-14, Wood 30-20, Johnson 112-70, Nelson 18-13, Lindstrom 9-6, Gregg 27-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Zambrano, C 5-7, Gaudin 0-5, Wood 1-0, Johnson 4-6, Nelson 2-0, Lindstrom 2-1, Gregg 0-2.
Batters faced: Zambrano, C 29, Gaudin 6, Wood 5, Johnson 26, Nelson 3, Lindstrom 3, Gregg 6.
Umpires: HP: Bill Miller. 1B: Jerry Meals. 2B: Gary Darling. 3B: Chris Guccione.
Weather: 87 degrees, clear.
Wind: 9 mph, R to L.
T: 2:54.
Att: 28,163.
August 15, 2008

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