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Fire within: Lou's drive hasn't wavered

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
There has been much debate lately in Chicago as to whether Lou Piniella still has the "fire" for the job. "I've got as much fire as I ever have," said Piniella, now in his third season with the Cubs and 22nd year managing.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Ryan Dempster

  • #46 RHP
  • (4-5) 3.83 ERA 78 SO
While far from spectacular, Dempster certainly pitched well enough to win against the Braves on Monday, but was saddled with the loss. He labored through 6 2/3 innings and 118 pitches, scattering eight hits and allowing two earned runs. Monday's start was Dempster's fifth straight in which he pitched at least six innings. In his start against the White Sox on June 17, Dempster allowed three earned runs in six innings pitched, but walked six batters at Wrigley Field.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 80-86 4.51 1519.0 746 1272 .260
Season 4-5 3.83 94.0 39 78 .248
June 0-2 2.10 25.2 12 21 .269
Vs. Chi White Sox 0-1 4.50 6.0 6 4 .211

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/27/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 35 35 .500 2.5 21-13 14-22
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 35 38 .479 6.0 18-20 17-18
Stats - 06/27/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CHC .247 297 78 283 30 541 3.87 630.2 561 280 550
CWS .251 312 85 303 45 481 4.07 647.1 645 244 515
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Unsung hero: Carrasco appreciated

Jesse Temple / MLB.com
D.J. Carrasco quietly has established himself as an unsung hero on the White Sox pitching staff. And if either Mark Buehrle or John Danks falter early against the Cubs during Saturday and Sunday's games, you can bet Carrasco will be in there in long-relief to pick up the leftovers.
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Mark Buehrle

  • #56 LHP
  • (7-2) 3.17 ERA 58 SO
The southpaw ended a streak of five straight starts without a victory, dating back to May 19 against the Twins, by hurling seven scoreless innings against the Reds during a 4-1 victory at Great American Ball Park on Sunday. Buehrle yielded just five hits and allowed only two runners to reach second base and allowed one to reach third base, while striking out three, walking one and throwing 67 of his 103 pitches for strikes. Buehrle improved to 19-6 lifetime in Interleague Play, 27-11 lifetime in June and captured his 20th win in 28 decisions over his last 37 starts dating back to June 1, 2008. Buehrle has a 4-4 record with a 4.57 ERA in 10 starts against the Cubs. He also holds a 72-41 mark and 3.62 ERA lifetime at U.S. Cellular.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 129-89 3.77 1941.1 446 1141 .269
Season 7-2 3.17 93.2 21 58 .247
June 1-1 4.28 27.1 9 16 .216

Cubs hitters vs Mark Buehrle

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Blanco, Andres - - - - .429 7 0 1
Bradley, Milton - - - - .333 6 0 0
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - .000 3 0 0
Fox, Jake - - - - .000 3 0 0
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .200 5 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - - - - -
Lee, Derrek - - - - .462 13 1 4
Miles, Aaron - - - - .333 3 0 1
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .231 13 1 2
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .182 22 1 2
Soto, Geovany - - - - .200 5 0 0
Theriot, Ryan - - - - .222 9 0 1

White Sox hitters vs Ryan Dempster

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon .500 2 0 0 .250 8 0 0
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - .000 1 0 0
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .000 3 0 0 .111 9 0 1
Kotsay, Mark - - - - - 0 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .000 2 0 0 .353 17 1 6
Quentin, Carlos - - - - .444 9 0 2
Ramirez, Alexei .333 3 1 1 .364 11 1 2
Rios, Alex - - - - - - - -
Teahen, Mark - - - - - - - -
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

End it like Beckham: Sox walk off (35-36) (36-38)

White Sox 8, Cubs 7

Labor unrewarded

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
An aggressive Ryan Freel scored from third on Andres Blanco's groundout in the eighth to give the Cubs a lead, but the Sox rallied in the bottom of the frame and the ninth to steal a hard-fought game. Derrek Lee, Alfonso Soriano and Ryan Theriot each drove in two runs.

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Series at a Glance

 
Ryan Dempster threw 104 pitches in his five innings. (AP)

Well done, rookie

Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Rookie Gordon Beckham ended a hotly contested game against the rival Cubs with a two-out walk-off RBI single, after Alexei Ramirez's RBI single in the eighth tied it, to even the series. Scott Podsednik went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, and A.J. Pierzynski drove in two on a single.
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White Sox 8, Cubs 7

Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, A, LF 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 .231
Theriot, SS 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 .287
Bradley, RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 .236
Lee, D, 1B 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 .288
Fox, J, DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .349
Soto, C 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 .228
Freel, 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 .132
Fukudome, CF 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .264
Blanco, A, 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 .250
Totals 36 7 9 7 4 8 15  

BATTING
2B: Soriano, A (16, Carrasco, D).
TB: Soriano, A 3; Theriot 2; Bradley; Lee, D; Fukudome; Blanco, A 2.
RBI: Theriot 2 (28), Lee, D 2 (39), Soriano, A 2 (32), Blanco, A (7).
2-out RBI: Theriot 2; Lee, D; Soriano, A 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fox, J 2; Blanco, A; Bradley.
S: Fukudome.
SF: Lee, D.
Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
DP: (Lee, D-Theriot-Dempster).
 
Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 5 2 4 3 0 0 1 .319
Ramirez, A, SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .261
Dye, RF 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 .285
Thome, DH 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 .244
Konerko, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 .292
  1-Fields, PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Pierzynski, C 5 0 2 2 0 1 4 .291
Getz, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .232
  a-Nix, J, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .219
Beckham, 3B 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 .200
Wise, CF 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 .197
Totals 36 8 14 8 5 6 17  

a-Walked for Getz in the 9th.
1-Ran for Konerko in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Podsednik (8, Dempster), Dye (12, Dempster).
3B: Wise (2, Heilman).
HR: Podsednik (3, 5th inning off Dempster, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Podsednik 8; Ramirez, A 2; Dye 3; Konerko; Pierzynski 2; Beckham 2; Wise 3.
RBI: Dye (44), Podsednik 3 (20), Pierzynski 2 (23), Ramirez, A (36), Beckham (9).
2-out RBI: Podsednik; Pierzynski 2; Ramirez, A; Beckham.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pierzynski; Beckham; Getz.
S: Ramirez, A; Wise.
GIDP: Thome.
Team RISP: 6-for-11.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Getz (10, 2nd base off Dempster/Soto), Wise (1, 2nd base off Dempster/Soto).
CS: Podsednik (5, 2nd base by Dempster/Soto).

FIELDING
E: Beckham (5, throw), Ramirez, A 2 (10, fielding, throw).
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Dempster 5.0 8 5 5 3 2 1 4.09
Heilman (BS, 5) 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 0 3.89
Marmol (BS, 4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.08
Marshall (L, 3-6) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.39
Ascanio 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.52
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Buehrle 5.2 6 5 3 3 3 0 3.26
Carrasco, D (BS, 1) 1.1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2.96
Poreda 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dotel 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.97
Jenks (W, 2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.21

Carrasco, D pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Balk: Buehrle.
HBP: Konerko (by Dempster).
Pitches-strikes: Dempster 104-55, Heilman 39-23, Marmol 26-18, Marshall 8-6, Ascanio 7-3, Buehrle 108-65, Carrasco, D 30-19, Poreda 7-5, Dotel 19-11, Jenks 14-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Dempster 6-6, Heilman 0-2, Marmol 1-2, Marshall 1-1, Ascanio 0-0, Buehrle 4-10, Carrasco, D 0-2, Poreda 1-0, Dotel 1-0, Jenks 0-1.
Batters faced: Dempster 25, Heilman 9, Marmol 5, Marshall 3, Ascanio 2, Buehrle 27, Carrasco, D 7, Poreda 2, Dotel 3, Jenks 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Ascanio 1-1, Carrasco, D 2-2, Poreda 1-1, Dotel 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Angel Campos. 1B: Brian Runge. 2B: Derryl Cousins. 3B: Bill Miller.
Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, In from RF.
T: 3:31.
Att: 39,529.
June 27, 2009

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