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Chicago remains scene for Pirates

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
After a three-game set vs. the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field over the weekend, the Pirates remain in the Windy City for a set vs. the division-rival Cubs at Wrigley Field.
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Pirates probable pitcher

Paul Maholm

  • #28 LHP
  • (3-1) 3.30 ERA 32 SO
Usually a model of efficiency, Maholm faced a patient Nationals lineup his last time out, and the left-hander had to throw a lot more early pitches than he is used to. As a result, Maholm had to come out after throwing 114 pitches in only six innings. Still, the outing was the third quality start for the left-hander in his last four outings, even though he is just 0-1 in those starts. Maholm is certainly familiar with the Cubs, having made eight starts against them in his career. In those eight games, he is 4-1 but with a 6.32 ERA.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 33-36 4.21 658.2 228 419 .276
Season 3-1 3.30 57.1 18 32 .248
May 0-1 3.55 25.1 6 20 .250

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/25/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Pittsburgh Pirates (NL Central) 20 24 .455 6.0 11-9 9-15
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 21 21 .500 4.0 12-7 9-14
Stats - 05/25/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
PIT .260 192 29 184 24 317 4.07 384.2 359 159 243
CHC .243 187 48 176 21 320 4.43 367.2 331 164 344
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Cubs happy to head home

Sandy Burgin / Special to MLB.com
Perhaps a return to Wrigley Field and a look at a starting left-hander will help turn around the fortunes of the Chicago Cubs.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Ryan Dempster

  • #46 RHP
  • (3-3) 4.40 ERA 49 SO
Dempster ran into a hot pitcher in his last outing, having to face St. Louis' Chris Carpenter. Dempster notched another quality start, his fifth, but came up short. He gave up two runs on six hits over seven innings. He walked two, but both were intentional. He'll be happy to face someone other than St. Louis. Dempster has been unable to beat the Cardinals in three starts this year. He's 2-0 at home so far. Against the Pirates, he's 4-7 in his career.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 79-84 4.55 1482.1 730 1243 .260
Season 3-3 4.40 57.1 23 49 .238
May 2-2 3.29 27.1 9 24 .219

Pirates hitters vs Ryan Dempster

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Alvarez, Pedro - - - - - - - -
Bixler, Brian - - - - .000 3 0 0
Cedeno, Ronny - - - - .500 2 0 0
Clement, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Cruz, Luis - - - - .000 5 0 0
Diaz, Argenis - - - - - - - -
Doumit, Ryan - - - - .167 12 0 0
Hernandez, Gorkys - - - - - - - -
Iwamura, Akinori - - - - .000 2 0 0
Jaramillo, Jason - - - - .500 6 0 0
Jones, Garrett - - - - .143 7 1 1
LaRoche, Andy - - - - .333 9 0 1
McCutchen, Andrew - - - - .125 8 0 0
Milledge, Lastings - - - - .182 11 0 1
Moss, Brandon - - - - .000 4 0 1
Pearce, Steve - - - - .500 2 0 0
Tabata, Jose - - - - - - - -
Vazquez, Ramon - - - - .500 4 0 2
Walker, Neil - - - - 1.000 2 0 0
Young, Delwyn - - - - .667 3 0 0

Cubs hitters vs Paul Maholm

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - .667 3 0 1
Blanco, Andres - - - - - - - -
Bradley, Milton - - - - .667 3 1 4
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - .250 4 0 0
Fox, Jake - - - - - - - -
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .000 4 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - .000 2 0 0
Lee, Derrek - - - - .333 21 0 1
Miles, Aaron - - - - .143 7 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .400 20 2 6
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .333 18 3 5
Soto, Geovany - - - - .429 7 0 3
Theriot, Ryan - - - - .333 18 0 5

Freddy's dream a nightmare for Cubs (21-24) (21-22)

Pirates 10, Cubs 8

Bucs take slugfest

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
Hoping to keep their division rivals down, the Pirates did just that with an offensive outburst led by Freddy Sanchez. The veteran second baseman collected six hits, scored four runs and tallied three RBIs in the Bucs' second straight win.

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Series at a Glance

 

Skid hits eight

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
The Cubs finally seemed to cure their offensive woes, breaking out for seven runs. Milton Bradley led the charge with a two-run double and two-run homer, but the pitching staff was not at its best as the North Siders dropped their eighth straight.
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Pirates 10, Cubs 8

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, LF 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 .287
Sanchez, F, 2B 6 4 6 3 0 0 0 .320
McLouth, CF 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 .269
LaRoche, Ad, 1B 5 1 2 2 1 0 3 .227
Moss, RF 5 0 1 1 1 1 6 .264
LaRoche, An, 3B 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 .298
Jaramillo, J, C 5 1 3 0 0 1 2 .288
Wilson, J, SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 .257
Maholm, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105
  a-Monroe, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259
  Gorzelanny, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Meek, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Chavez, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Young, De, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .319
  Grabow, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Burnett, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 43 10 18 10 5 5 27  

a-Flied out for Maholm in the 5th. b-Walked for Chavez, J in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Sanchez, F (17, Dempster), Jaramillo, J (8, Dempster), LaRoche, Ad (14, Cotts), LaRoche, An (11, Cotts).
3B: Morgan (4, Heilman).
HR: Sanchez, F (4, 4th inning off Dempster, 1 on, 2 out), McLouth (8, 6th inning off Cotts, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Morgan 3; Sanchez, F 10; McLouth 4; LaRoche, Ad 3; Moss; LaRoche, An 4; Jaramillo, J 4; Wilson, J.
RBI: LaRoche, Ad 2 (22), Moss (11), Wilson, J (16), Sanchez, F 3 (16), McLouth 2 (31), LaRoche, An (21).
2-out RBI: LaRoche, Ad; Sanchez, F 3; LaRoche, An.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Monroe 2; Jaramillo, J; LaRoche, Ad; Moss 3; Morgan.
S: Maholm.
GIDP: Wilson, J; LaRoche, An.
Team RISP: 6-for-17.
Team LOB: 13.

BASERUNNING
SB: Sanchez, F (4, 2nd base off Heilman/Soto).

FIELDING
DP: (Sanchez, F-Wilson, J-LaRoche, Ad).
 
Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, A, LF 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 .253
Theriot, SS 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 .273
Bradley, RF 5 2 2 4 0 0 1 .198
Johnson, Re, CF 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .238
Soto, C 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 .214
Hoffpauir, M, 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 6 .267
Freel, 3B 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .143
Miles, 2B 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .204
Dempster, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091
  a-Scales, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .257
  Ascanio, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  Cotts, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Heilman, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Zambrano, C, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .238
  Patton, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 8 10 8 7 6 19  

a-Flied out for Dempster in the 4th. b-Struck out for Heilman in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Theriot 3 (11, Maholm, Maholm, Maholm), Bradley (3, Maholm).
HR: Bradley (5, 4th inning off Maholm, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Theriot 6; Bradley 6; Johnson, Re; Soto 2; Freel; Miles.
RBI: Theriot 2 (20), Bradley 4 (13), Soto (11), Freel (2).
2-out RBI: Theriot; Bradley 2; Freel.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hoffpauir, M; Freel; Ascanio; Zambrano, C; Miles.
S: Freel.
GIDP: Hoffpauir, M.
Team RISP: 5-for-15.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Dempster (2, pickoff).
DP: 2 (Freel-Miles-Hoffpauir, M, Dempster-Soto-Hoffpauir, M).
 
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Maholm 4.0 7 7 7 3 2 1 4.11
Gorzelanny (W, 2-1) 2.0 0 1 1 2 2 0 5.40
Meek (H, 3) 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.87
Chavez, J (H, 4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.83
Grabow (H, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.71
Capps (H, 1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.46
Burnett, S (S, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.00
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Dempster 4.0 7 6 6 3 3 1 4.99
Ascanio 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.05
Cotts (BS, 1)(L, 0-2) 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 1 7.36
Heilman 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5.49
Patton, D 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 6.91

Gorzelanny pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP: Maholm, Dempster.
HBP: McLouth (by Dempster).
Pitches-strikes: Maholm 93-59, Gorzelanny 27-14, Meek 12-6, Chavez, J 6-5, Grabow 6-4, Capps 10-7, Burnett, S 14-9, Dempster 94-53, Ascanio 21-14, Cotts 25-18, Heilman 28-18, Patton, D 35-23.
Groundouts-flyouts: Maholm 5-6, Gorzelanny 3-1, Meek 2-0, Chavez, J 0-0, Grabow 1-2, Capps 0-1, Burnett, S 1-0, Dempster 7-2, Ascanio 1-2, Cotts 2-0, Heilman 2-1, Patton, D 3-2.
Batters faced: Maholm 23, Gorzelanny 8, Meek 4, Chavez, J 1, Grabow 3, Capps 2, Burnett, S 3, Dempster 21, Ascanio 6, Cotts 7, Heilman 7, Patton, D 9.
Inherited runners-scored: Meek 1-1, Chavez, J 2-0, Burnett, S 1-0.
EjectionsChicago Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly ejected by HP umpire Bob Davidson. (5th).
Umpires: HP: Bob Davidson. 1B: Jeff Nelson. 2B: Mark Carlson. 3B: Tim Tschida.
Weather: 53 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, In from CF.
T: 3:36.
Att: 38,942.
May 25, 2009

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