San Diego (13-21) at Chi Cubs (19-14)

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Gaudin only looking for win vs. Cubs

David Brown / Special to MLB.com
Chad Gaudin says he plans to pitch the Cubs like they were any other team, ignoring that they released him near the end of Spring Training. "I'm not taking anything into it with aggression or any kind of hard feelings, or like I need to pitch with a vendetta," said Gaudin.
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Padres probable pitcher

Chad Gaudin

  • #49 RHP
  • (0-2) 4.08 ERA 15 SO
One of these days, Gaudin will actually get to see the mound at pitcher-friendly PETCO Park. Until then, the right-hander will keep pitching on the road as he has in each of his first three starts for the Padres. Gaudin's start Thursday will be his fourth for the Padres, all coming away from San Diego. He is coming off a start where he allowed two runs over seven innings against the Astros at Minute Made Park. Gaudin was able to dial up his fastball to 94 mph at times and showed considerable late movement on his slider, a pitch the Astros had trouble with. Gaudin walked three batters, the third time he's walked at least three. But overall, his command was good.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 28-27 4.44 466.2 217 341 .272
Season 0-2 4.08 17.2 10 15 .246
May 0-2 5.68 12.2 6 10 .271

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/14/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
San Diego Padres (NL West) 13 21 .382 9.5 8-6 5-15
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 19 14 .576 0.5 10-6 9-8
Stats - 05/14/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
SD .240 128 33 124 16 227 4.81 297.1 300 138 236
CHC .253 161 43 150 20 248 4.52 292.2 273 138 277
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Dempster out to reclaim winning feeling

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
A year ago, Ryan Dempster was 14-3 at Wrigley Field. So far, Dempster is unbeaten at home, but not exactly on the same roll as he was last season. Dempster will try to get back on track when he closes the Cubs' three-game series against the San Diego Padres on Thursday.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Ryan Dempster

  • #46 RHP
  • (2-2) 4.98 ERA 41 SO
Dempster was dealing with a small strike zone Saturday in Milwaukee, but he would have escaped with a quality start had he not gone out for a seventh inning. The right-hander threw 111 pitches through six innings, then retired the first man in the seventh before allowing back-to-back home runs -- one of them to light-hitting infielder Craig Counsell. That made for a jagged final line that included three walks and four earned runs, though he did finish with nine strikeouts. Dempster hasn't lasted fewer than six innings in any of his seven starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 78-83 4.57 1468.1 726 1235 .261
Season 2-2 4.98 43.1 19 41 .250
May 1-1 4.05 13.1 5 16 .240

Padres hitters vs Ryan Dempster

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Antonelli, Matt - - - - - - - -
Blanks, Kyle - - - - .000 3 0 0
Cabrera, Everth - - - - .667 3 0 0
Durango, Luis - - - - - - - -
Eckstein, David - - - - .273 22 0 1
Gonzalez, Adrian - - - - .182 11 2 2
Gwynn, Tony - - - - .200 5 0 0
Headley, Chase - - - - .000 6 0 1
Huffman, Chad - - - - - - - -
Hundley, Nick - - - - .000 3 0 0
Kouzmanoff, Kevin - - - - .500 8 0 2
Salazar, Oscar - - - - - - - -
Venable, Will - - - - .333 3 0 0

Cubs hitters vs Chad Gaudin

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Blanco, Andres - - - - .000 1 0 0
Bradley, Milton - - - - .250 4 0 0
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - - - - -
Fox, Jake - - - - - - - -
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .000 1 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - .000 1 0 0
Lee, Derrek - - - - - - - -
Miles, Aaron - - - - .429 7 0 1
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - - - - -
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .000 4 0 0
Soto, Geovany - - - - .000 1 0 1
Theriot, Ryan - - - - 1.000 1 0 0

Walking on sunshine (13-22) (20-14)

Cubs 11, Padres 3

The soloist

David Brown / Special to MLB.com
How much more can one man do? Adrian Gonzalez crushed yet another home run -- a solo shot, his 14th of the season -- to aid the Padres' cause, but his team was left in the dust, unable to muster much against Cubs starter Ryan Dempster.

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Series at a Glance

 

Double the fun

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Fueled by a pair of big innings, the Cubs handily swept the Padres right out of Wrigley Field, using 10 free passes to help their cause. Starter Ryan Dempster benefited from the outpouring to notch the win in the matinee series finale.
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Cubs 11, Padres 3

San Diego AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Hairston, S, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .337
Eckstein, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .248
  Macias, D, RF 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .400
Gonzalez, A, 1B 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 .310
Headley, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .246
Giles, RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .169
  Kouzmanoff, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214
Gonzalez, Ed, 3B-2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .152
Burke, C, SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .226
Blanco, H, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .150
Gaudin, P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
  Perdomo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Sanchez, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Meredith, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Gerut, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
  Bell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 3 4 3 2 8 4  

a-Flied out for Meredith in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Giles (5, Dempster).
HR: Gonzalez, A (14, 4th inning off Dempster, 0 on, 0 out), Macias, D (1, 8th inning off Ascanio, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Hairston, S; Macias, D 4; Gonzalez, A 4; Giles 2.
RBI: Gonzalez, A (28), Burke, C (1), Macias, D (1).
2-out RBI: Macias, D.
Team RISP: 0-for-2.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
E: Gonzalez, Ed (2, fielding).
 
Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, A, LF 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .271
  Freel, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .150
Theriot, SS 3 2 1 0 2 1 2 .297
Fukudome, RF 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 .340
Hoffpauir, M, 1B 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 .292
Soto, C 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 .188
  a-Hill, K, PH-C 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .306
Johnson, Re, CF 5 2 2 2 0 2 6 .241
Scales, 3B 4 2 2 4 1 0 0 .444
Miles, 2B 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 .220
Dempster, P 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 .105
  Ascanio, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Totals 35 11 11 11 10 8 21  

a-Walked for Soto in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Theriot (5, Gaudin), Johnson, Re (1, Perdomo), Scales 2 (2, Perdomo, Sanchez), Miles (6, Sanchez), Dempster (1, Sanchez).
TB: Theriot 2; Fukudome 2; Johnson, Re 3; Scales 4; Miles 3; Dempster 3.
RBI: Soto 2 (9), Johnson, Re 2 (6), Scales 4 (5), Dempster 2 (2), Miles (4).
2-out RBI: Dempster 2; Scales 2; Miles.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Johnson, Re 3; Soriano, A 2; Theriot.
SF: Soto.
Team RISP: 6-for-15.
Team LOB: 11.
 
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Gaudin (L, 0-3) 4.1 1 4 4 7 3 0 4.91
Perdomo 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 5.84
Sanchez 1.2 6 4 4 1 0 0 9.00
Meredith 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 4.15
Bell 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Dempster (W, 3-2) 7.0 3 2 2 2 5 1 4.65
Ascanio 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 4.50

Perdomo pitched to 3 batters in the 5th.

Pitches-strikes: Gaudin 102-54, Perdomo 13-5, Sanchez 37-20, Meredith 25-14, Bell 14-10, Dempster 105-60, Ascanio 34-25.
Groundouts-flyouts: Gaudin 5-5, Perdomo 0-0, Sanchez 3-2, Meredith 0-0, Bell 1-0, Dempster 8-8, Ascanio 0-3.
Batters faced: Gaudin 22, Perdomo 3, Sanchez 12, Meredith 5, Bell 4, Dempster 26, Ascanio 7.
Inherited runners-scored: Perdomo 3-3, Sanchez 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Tim Welke. 1B: Scott Barry. 2B: Angel Hernandez. 3B: Bill Welke.
Weather: 62 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 16 mph, L to R.
T: 2:55.
Att: 39,728.
May 14, 2009

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