Chi Cubs (35-36) at Chi White Sox (36-38)

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Marshall Cubs' model of efficiency

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Sean Marshall, who will be back in the Cubs' bullpen Sunday for the series finale against the crosstown rivals, may be the most efficient pitcher the Cubs have.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Carlos Zambrano

  • #38 RHP
  • (4-2) 3.48 ERA 63 SO
Zambrano will be happy to be finished with Interleague play. He says pitching in an American League ballpark is "boring" because he doesn't get to hit. In his last outing against the Tigers, he gave up three runs on five hits and two walks over seven innings while striking out four. One of the batters he walked scored on Brandon Inge's two-run homer. Lou Piniella wants to eliminate that. Zambrano faced the White Sox on June 18 at Wrigley, and gave up three runs on six hits over seven. In that game, Alexei Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Big Z, also in the seventh. If Zambrano could skip the seventh, he would be OK.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 100-63 3.48 1459.2 653 1235 .228
Season 4-2 3.48 77.2 33 63 .235
June 1-0 2.20 28.2 12 17 .168
Vs. Chi White Sox 0-0 3.86 7.0 3 3 .250

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/28/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 35 36 .493 3.5 21-13 14-23
Chicago White Sox (AL Central) 36 38 .486 5.0 19-20 17-18
Stats - 06/28/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CHC .247 304 78 290 30 549 3.93 639.1 575 285 556
CWS .253 320 86 311 47 487 4.07 656.1 654 248 523
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Danks out to replicate dominance

Jesse Temple / MLB.com
John Danks' command was downright dominant in his last pitching performance against the Cubs. The question now is: Can the 24-year-old duplicate that success against the same team just 11 days later?
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White Sox probable pitcher

John Danks

  • #50 LHP
  • (5-6) 4.43 ERA 75 SO
Danks produced his third consecutive quality start, but it wasn't enough in a 5-2 loss against the Dodgers, who showed why they own the best record in baseball. He lasted seven innings, allowing three runs on three hits while striking out five and walking two. Danks was done in by mistakes he made early in the contest, allowing back-to-back doubles in the first inning and a two-run homer in the second. Lifetime against the Cubs, Danks is 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA, striking out 14 with no walks in two career starts. He faced the Cubs just two starts ago at Wrigley Field. In that game, Danks picked up a victory, allowing one run on five hits with nine strikeouts and no walks in seven innings of work.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 23-28 4.27 415.1 139 343 .262
Season 5-6 4.43 81.1 28 75 .248
June 1-3 3.67 27.0 6 25 .194
Vs. Chi Cubs 1-0 1.29 7.0 0 9 .192

Cubs hitters vs John Danks

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - .000 2 0 0
Blanco, Andres - - - - .000 6 0 0
Bradley, Milton .667 3 0 0 .375 8 1 1
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Fox, Jake - 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .333 6 0 0
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - - - - -
Lee, Derrek .333 3 0 0 .286 7 0 0
Miles, Aaron .333 3 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .000 2 0 0
Soriano, Alfonso .000 3 0 0 .286 7 0 0
Soto, Geovany .000 3 0 0 .111 9 0 0
Theriot, Ryan .333 3 0 0 .222 9 0 0

White Sox hitters vs Carlos Zambrano

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Armstrong, Cole - - - - - - - -
Beckham, Gordon 1.000 1 0 0 .667 3 0 0
De Aza, Alejandro - - - - - - - -
Flowers, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Gartrell, Stefan - - - - - - - -
Konerko, Paul .000 3 0 0 .292 24 4 6
Kotsay, Mark - - - - .000 2 0 0
Lillibridge, Brent - - - - - - - -
Nix, Jayson - - - - - - - -
Pierzynski, A.J. .000 2 0 0 .300 20 1 2
Quentin, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Ramirez, Alexei .250 4 1 2 .429 7 2 4
Rios, Alex - - - - .000 2 0 0
Teahen, Mark - - - - - - - -
Viciedo, Dayan - - - - - - - -

White Sox win Windy City wild one (35-37) (37-38)

White Sox 6, Cubs 0

Offense a no-show

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
The Cubs' offensive struggles returned in the finale vs. the White Sox, with the North Siders unable to touch South Side starter John Danks over his seven frames. Carlos Zambrano, meanwhile, had a shaky outing, yielding five runs over 5 1/3 innings and exchanging words with Dewayne Wise after plunking him in the sixth.

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Danks blanks Cubs

Jesse Temple / MLB.com
A wild sixth inning, which saw a steal of home, a near benches-clearing incident and a run score on an out via the infield fly rule, couldn't overshadow a spectacular start from John Danks, who stifled the Cubs over seven innings of four-hit ball as the White Sox took two of three from their crosstown rivals.
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White Sox 6, Cubs 0

Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, A, LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .235
Theriot, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .283
Bradley, RF 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .232
Lee, D, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .289
Fox, J, DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .326
Soto, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .223
Freel, 3B 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .150
Fukudome, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .260
Blanco, A, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .239
Totals 29 0 4 0 4 9 17  

BATTING
2B: Soriano, A (17, Danks).
TB: Soriano, A 3; Lee, D; Freel.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fox, J 2; Blanco, A; Soto 2.
GIDP: Fox, J; Fukudome.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Freel (1, 3rd base off Danks/Pierzynski).

FIELDING
E: Theriot (6, fielding).
Pickoffs: Zambrano, C (Beckham at 2nd base).
 
Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .314
Ramirez, A, SS 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 .267
Dye, RF 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 .287
  Anderson, Br, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Thome, DH 4 0 1 0 1 1 4 .245
  1-Nix, J, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219
Konerko, 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .291
Pierzynski, C 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 .295
Getz, 2B 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .238
Beckham, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 .206
Wise, CF-RF 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .203
Totals 35 6 13 4 3 4 21  


1-Ran for Thome in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Konerko (16, Zambrano, C), Getz (9, Zambrano, C).
HR: Ramirez, A (10, 3rd inning off Zambrano, C, 1 on, 1 out), Dye (18, 8th inning off Hart, K, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Ramirez, A 6; Dye 5; Thome; Konerko 2; Pierzynski 2; Getz 3; Beckham; Wise.
RBI: Ramirez, A 2 (38), Wise (3), Dye (45).
2-out RBI: Dye.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Beckham; Pierzynski 2; Thome; Wise.
S: Beckham.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Wise (2, 2nd base off Zambrano, C/Soto), Getz (11, home off Zambrano, C/Soto).
PO: Beckham (2nd base by Zambrano, C).

FIELDING
E: Danks (2, pickoff).
DP: 2 (Beckham-Getz-Konerko, Getz-Ramirez, A-Konerko).
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Zambrano, C (L, 4-3) 5.1 9 5 4 2 3 1 3.69
Patton, D 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5.32
Hart, K 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2.45
 
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Danks (W, 6-6) 7.0 4 0 0 4 5 0 4.08
Linebrink 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.17

HBP: Podsednik (by Zambrano, C), Wise (by Zambrano, C), Freel (by Danks).
Pitches-strikes: Zambrano, C 97-60, Patton, D 27-16, Hart, K 20-10, Danks 110-62, Linebrink 29-17.
Groundouts-flyouts: Zambrano, C 6-6, Patton, D 1-3, Hart, K 3-0, Danks 11-5, Linebrink 1-1.
Batters faced: Zambrano, C 28, Patton, D 8, Hart, K 5, Danks 28, Linebrink 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Patton, D 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Brian Runge. 1B: Derryl Cousins. 2B: Bill Miller. 3B: Angel Campos.
Weather: 75 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 22 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:50.
Att: 39,745.
June 28, 2009

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