San Diego (13-20) at Chi Cubs (18-14)

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Young out to make short work of Cubs

David Brown / Special to MLB.com
At 6-foot-10, Chris Young towers over most other players in the Major Leagues, especially other starting pitchers. He'll take on 6-foot-1 Ted Lilly and the Cubs at Wrigley Field tonight.
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Padres probable pitcher

Chris Young

  • #32 RHP
  • (2-1) 4.76 ERA 31 SO
Young wasn't quite as good as he was in his previous start against the Dodgers on May 2, when he allowed one run in seven innings, but he did pitch well against Arizona on May 7, as he allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. Young had some control issues, walking four, but he also had six strikeouts. He threw 98 pitches in six innings but was lifted for a pinch-hitter with the go-ahead run on base in the seventh inning against the Diamondbacks. Young will make only his second start at Minute Maid Park, where he is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 44-29 3.78 695.1 263 619 .222
Season 2-1 4.76 39.2 19 31 .253
May 0-0 2.77 13.0 6 11 .234

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/13/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
San Diego Padres (NL West) 13 20 .394 8.5 8-6 5-14
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 18 14 .563 1.5 9-6 9-8
Stats - 05/13/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SD .237 124 31 120 16 220 4.74 290.1 293 135 232
CHC .253 155 39 144 20 244 4.52 284.2 262 136 270
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Freel shares load as sub for Ramirez

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Ryan Freel's career single-season home run high is eight. He's never driven in 30 runs in a season. In six years in Cincinnati, he totaled 114 RBIs. But Freel and Mike Fontenot are being asked to fill in the huge gap created by Aramis Ramirez's injury.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Ted Lilly

  • #30 LHP
  • (4-2) 3.11 ERA 31 SO
After pitching poorly in his first two road games of the season, Lilly threw well last Thursday at Houston to beat the Astros. He lasted six innings, giving up four hits and two runs, striking out five and walking three. He surrendered a two-run homer to Miguel Tejada in the first, but allowed only one hit over the next five innings. Lilly is 4-1 lifetime with a 2.84 ERA in six games against San Diego.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 95-77 4.37 1385.1 510 1188 .246
Season 4-2 3.11 37.2 9 31 .212
May 2-0 1.93 14.0 3 15 .180

Padres hitters vs Ted Lilly

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Antonelli, Matt - - - - - - - -
Blanks, Kyle - - - - .500 2 0 0
Cabrera, Everth - - - - .000 3 0 0
Durango, Luis - - - - - - - -
Eckstein, David - - - - .107 28 0 2
Gonzalez, Adrian - - - - .222 18 2 4
Gwynn, Tony - - - - .000 1 0 1
Headley, Chase - - - - .273 11 0 0
Huffman, Chad - - - - - - - -
Hundley, Nick - - - - .000 8 0 0
Kouzmanoff, Kevin - - - - .250 16 0 1
Salazar, Oscar - - - - .000 1 0 0
Venable, Will - - - - .000 2 0 0

Cubs hitters vs Chris Young

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - .000 3 0 0
Blanco, Andres - - - - - - - -
Bradley, Milton - - - - .500 4 0 0
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - .200 5 0 0
Fox, Jake - - - - - - - -
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .000 3 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - .000 1 0 0
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - .000 3 0 0
Lee, Derrek - - - - .000 5 0 0
Miles, Aaron - - - - .200 5 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .375 8 0 1
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .250 16 2 3
Soto, Geovany - - - - .400 5 1 3
Theriot, Ryan - - - - .286 7 2 2

Cubs bring thunder to rainy Wrigley (13-21) (19-14)

Cubs 6, Padres 4 (8)

Comeback dampened

David Brown / Special to MLB.com
Adrian Gonzalez homered in his third straight game, this time going deep twice to give him 13. But Chris Young served up a career-high four homers over four innings, and a late rally fell short in a game delayed by 37 minutes before first pitch and ultimately called in the eighth.

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Series at a Glance

 

Starts with Soriano

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Alfonso Soriano got the slugging started with his 53rd career leadoff shot, equaling Craig Biggio for second all-time. Emerging power threat Ryan Theriot followed immediately with his fourth of the season and added his fifth, while Geovany Soto finally notched his first dinger.
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Cubs 6, Padres 4

San Diego AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Hairston, S, CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .341
Eckstein, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .254
Gonzalez, A, 1B 4 2 2 3 0 0 2 .307
Headley, LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .254
Kouzmanoff, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .216
Hundley, C 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 .253
Giles, RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .165
Rodriguez, L, SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .256
  1-Correia, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
  Gregerson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Gerut, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .237
  Sanchez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Young, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
  a-Gonzalez, E, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
  Mujica, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Burke, C, PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Totals 32 4 11 4 2 7 13  

a-Struck out for Young in the 5th. b-Struck out for Mujica in the 7th. c-Singled for Gregerson in the 8th.
1-Ran for Rodriguez, L in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Headley (7, Lilly).
HR: Gonzalez, A 2 (13, 1st inning off Lilly, 1 on, 1 out; 6th inning off Lilly, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Hairston, S 2; Gonzalez, A 8; Headley 3; Kouzmanoff; Giles; Rodriguez, L 2; Gerut.
RBI: Gonzalez, A 3 (27), Gerut (10).
2-out RBI: Gerut.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hairston, S 2; Giles; Gonzalez, A.
S: Young.
GIDP: Kouzmanoff.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Rodriguez, L-Eckstein-Kouzmanoff).
 
Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, LF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .279
Theriot, SS 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 .296
Fukudome, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .330
Lee, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .194
Bradley, RF 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 .194
Fontenot, 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .218
Soto, C 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 .193
Freel, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .158
Lilly, P 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125
  Guzman, A, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Marmol, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 27 6 7 6 3 4 6  

BATTING
HR: Soriano (11, 1st inning off Young, 0 on, 0 out), Theriot 2 (5, 1st inning off Young, 0 on, 0 out; 4th inning off Young, 0 on, 2 out), Soto (1, 3rd inning off Young, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Soriano 4; Theriot 8; Fukudome; Bradley; Soto 5.
RBI: Soriano (23), Theriot 2 (17), Soto 3 (7).
2-out RBI: Soto 3; Theriot.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Freel.
GIDP: Fukudome.
Team RISP: 1-for-3.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Soriano (Giles at 3rd base).
DP: (Theriot-Lee).
 
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Young (L, 2-2) 4.0 6 6 6 3 3 4 5.56
Mujica 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.63
Gregerson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50
Sanchez 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lilly (W, 5-2) 6.1 8 3 3 0 7 2 3.27
Guzman, A (H, 4) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.50
Marmol (S, 3) 1.0 2 1 1 2 0 0 4.24

WP: Marmol.
HBP: Soriano (by Young).
Pitches-strikes: Young 102-58, Mujica 28-18, Gregerson 9-7, Sanchez 0-0, Lilly 86-68, Guzman, A 8-5, Marmol 22-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Young 5-4, Mujica 3-2, Gregerson 2-1, Sanchez 0-0, Lilly 3-9, Guzman, A 1-1, Marmol 2-0.
Batters faced: Young 21, Mujica 6, Gregerson 4, Sanchez 0, Lilly 27, Guzman, A 3, Marmol 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Guzman, A 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Bill Welke. 1B: Tim Welke. 2B: Scott Barry. 3B: Angel Hernandez.
Weather: 65 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:26 (1:39 delay).
Att: 38,410.
May 13, 2009

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