Cleveland (29-39) at Chi Cubs (31-31)

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Wood, DeRosa ready to revisit Wrigley

Matt O'Donnell / MLB.com
Kerry Wood and Mark DeRosa went back to Chicago earlier this month when the Indians played the White Sox. But going back to Wrigley Field for the first time will be a different story.
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Indians probable pitcher

Cliff Lee

  • #31 LHP
  • (4-6) 2.88 ERA 69 SO
The Indians will keep Lee on his fifth day, coming out of Thursday's off-day. So he'll look to get the weekend set at Wrigley off on the right foot. He's coming off a marvelous outing against the Cardinals on Sunday night. Lee became the first Tribe pitcher to take a no-hitter into the eighth inning since CC Sabathia did so in 2002. He went on to give up three hits for the shutout on just 93 pitches. Lee gave up one run over 7 2/3 innings for a win over the Cubs in 2006 in his only prior appearance against them. He's never pitched in Wrigley Field.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 80-45 4.03 1062.0 309 788 .264
Season 4-6 2.88 97.0 20 69 .285
June 2-0 1.96 23.0 4 15 .244

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/19/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Cleveland Indians (AL Central) 29 39 .426 7.0 16-19 13-20
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 31 31 .500 4.0 18-13 13-18
Stats - 06/19/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CLE .266 356 73 332 39 535 5.28 602.0 645 272 431
CHC .245 260 66 248 26 476 3.84 557.1 494 241 487
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Lilly eyeing payback vs. DeRosa

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
With the Indians coming to Wrigley for an Interleague series this weekend, Ted Lilly, who's set to start Saturday, will get a chance to face former teammate Mark DeRosa.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Rich Harden

  • #40 RHP
  • (4-3) 4.53 ERA 62 SO
Harden took the loss in his last start against the Twins, but he did post his sixth quality start of the season. The right-hander gave up two runs on five hits and two walks over six innings. This was his first start since coming off the disabled list and he said he felt strong and wanted to go deeper in the game. He also struck out nine, including six of the last eight batters he faced. Harden has struck out nine or more in three starts this season. He's 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA in five games vs. the Indians.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 45-23 3.33 662.1 285 674 .218
Season 4-3 4.53 49.2 23 62 .237
June 0-1 3.00 6.0 2 9 .238

Indians hitters vs Rich Harden

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Brantley, Michael - - - - - - - -
Brown, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Asdrubal - - - - - - - -
Choo, Shin-Soo - - - - .333 3 0 0
Crowe, Trevor - - - - - - - -
Donald, Jason - - - - - - - -
Gimenez, Chris - - - - - - - -
Hafner, Travis - - - - .667 3 1 5
Hodges, Wes - - - - - - - -
LaPorta, Matt - - - - - - - -
Marson, Lou - - - - - - - -
Marte, Andy - - - - .000 1 0 0
Peralta, Jhonny - - - - .250 4 0 0
Rivero, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Santana, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Shoppach, Kelly - - - - .000 3 0 0
Sizemore, Grady - - - - .333 3 1 1
Toregas, Wyatt - - - - - - - -
Valbuena, Luis - - - - .500 2 1 3
Weglarz, Nick - - - - - - - -

Cubs hitters vs Cliff Lee

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - 1.000 2 0 0
Blanco, Andres - - - - .286 7 0 1
Bradley, Milton - - - - .176 17 1 3
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - - - - -
Fox, Jake - - - - .143 7 0 0
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .333 3 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - .000 1 0 0
Lee, Derrek - - - - .333 6 1 1
Miles, Aaron - - - - .200 5 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .333 3 1 1
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .286 14 1 3
Soto, Geovany - - - - .000 4 0 0
Theriot, Ryan - - - - .125 8 0 1

Ryan's walk-off another riot for Cubs (29-40) (32-31)

Cubs 8, Indians 7 (10)

Big lead lost

Jesse Temple / MLB.com
Luis Valbuena and Victor Martinez each blasted three-run home runs, giving the Tribe a six-run lead by the third inning, but the Indians' bullpen could not hold the lead. In the ninth, former Cub Kerry Wood was victimized by Derrek Lee, whose solo blast tied it at 7.

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Walk-off wonders

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
The Cubs edured an 86-minute rain delay, two three-run home runs and a seven-run deficit -- all before the fifth inning -- but in the end, it didn't matter. Ryan Theriot's seeing-eye single in the 10th drove home Alfonso Soriano with the game-winner for their second-straight walk-off.
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Cubs 8, Indians 7

Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Carroll, J, 2B 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 .273
DeRosa, LF 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 .281
  Crowe, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .177
Martinez, V, 1B 5 1 1 3 0 2 3 .342
Choo, RF 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 .299
Peralta, J, 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .251
Shoppach, C 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .194
Valbuena, SS 5 1 1 3 0 1 3 .204
Francisco, B, CF-LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .234
Lee, Cl, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Smith, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Perez, R, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Herges, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Hafner, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .283
  1-Barfield, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .412
  Wood, K, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Garko, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .258
  Vizcaino, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 7 7 7 6 8 16  

a-Walked for Herges in the 9th. b-Lined out for Wood, K in the 10th.
1-Ran for Hafner in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Valbuena (2, 2nd inning off Harden, 2 on, 1 out), Martinez, V (12, 3rd inning off Harden, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: DeRosa; Martinez, V 4; Choo 2; Peralta, J; Valbuena 4; Francisco, B.
RBI: Valbuena 3 (8), Martinez, V 3 (53), DeRosa (49).
2-out RBI: DeRosa.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Carroll, J; Martinez, V; Garko 2.
S: Lee, Cl 2.
GIDP: Shoppach.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Peralta, J (6, fielding).
 
Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, A, LF 4 1 1 1 2 0 2 .229
Theriot, SS 6 0 1 1 0 1 4 .279
Bradley, RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 .242
Lee, D, 1B 5 2 3 2 0 2 1 .285
Soto, C 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 .222
Fox, J, 3B 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 .278
Johnson, Re, CF 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 .270
  Gregg, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blanco, A, 2B 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 .220
Harden, P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .235
  a-Hoffpauir, M, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
  Patton, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Miles, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200
  Heilman, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Fontenot, PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
  d-Hill, K, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
  Marmol, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Fukudome, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
Totals 41 8 11 7 6 7 15  

a-Grounded out for Harden in the 5th. b-Flied out for Patton, D in the 7th. c-Batted for Heilman in the 8th. d-Reached on error for Fontenot in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Lee, D (11, Lee, Cl), Soto (7, Smith, J).
HR: Johnson, Re (4, 5th inning off Lee, Cl, 0 on, 0 out), Lee, D 2 (10, 6th inning off Lee, Cl, 0 on, 1 out; 9th inning off Wood, K, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Soriano, A; Theriot; Bradley; Lee, D 10; Soto 2; Johnson, Re 4; Blanco, A 2; Harden.
RBI: Johnson, Re (16), Lee, D 2 (33), Blanco, A 2 (5), Soriano, A (30), Theriot (26).
2-out RBI: Blanco, A 2; Soriano, A; Theriot.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fox, J; Theriot 2.
Team RISP: 3-for-9.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Soriano, A (7, 2nd base off Vizcaino/Shoppach).

FIELDING
E: Johnson, Re (1, fielding), Lee, D (2, fielding), Soriano, A (7, fielding).
DP: (Harden-Blanco, A-Theriot-Lee, D).
 
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lee, Cl 7.0 6 3 3 3 5 2 2.94
Smith, J 0.2 2 3 1 1 2 0 6.17
Perez, R 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.09
Herges (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.66
Wood, K (BS, 3) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4.81
Vizcaino (L, 1-3) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.11
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Harden 5.0 6 7 6 3 2 2 5.10
Patton, D 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 5.59
Heilman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.34
Marmol 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3.66
Gregg (W, 2-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.86

Lee, Cl pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Perez, R pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP: Lee, Cl.
HBP: Francisco, B (by Gregg).
Pitches-strikes: Lee, Cl 109-71, Smith, J 19-12, Perez, R 8-5, Herges 5-3, Wood, K 19-9, Vizcaino 15-8, Harden 87-53, Patton, D 29-17, Heilman 11-8, Marmol 25-12, Gregg 33-20.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lee, Cl 8-8, Smith, J 0-0, Perez, R 0-0, Herges 0-1, Wood, K 0-3, Vizcaino 1-1, Harden 7-6, Patton, D 3-0, Heilman 2-1, Marmol 0-1, Gregg 1-1.
Batters faced: Lee, Cl 30, Smith, J 5, Perez, R 2, Herges 1, Wood, K 5, Vizcaino 4, Harden 24, Patton, D 7, Heilman 3, Marmol 5, Gregg 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Smith, J 1-1, Perez, R 2-2, Herges 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Randy Marsh. 1B: Marvin Hudson. 2B: Lance Barksdale. 3B: Delfin Colon.
Weather: 75 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 3 mph, R to L.
T: 3:38 (1:26 delay).
Att: 40,155.
June 19, 2009

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