Chi Cubs (35-37) at Pittsburgh (35-40)

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With no DH, Cubs will work Fox at third

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
With their slate in AL ballparks finished, the Cubs will have to find room in the field for hot-hitting Jake Fox, who DH'd for Chicago in Interleague Play.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Rich Harden

  • #40 RHP
  • (4-4) 4.95 ERA 67 SO
Harden lost his third straight decision in his last start against the Tigers. He gave up four runs, two earned, on four hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings. Harden hasn't looked sharp, although he says he's fine. He threw 109 pitches in the short outing. The right-hander has never faced the Pirates.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 45-24 3.39 672.2 292 679 .218
Season 4-4 4.95 60.0 30 67 .239
June 0-2 5.51 16.1 9 14 .246

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/29/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 35 37 .486 3.5 21-13 14-24
Pittsburgh Pirates (NL Central) 35 40 .467 5.0 21-14 14-26
Stats - 06/29/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CHC .246 304 78 290 31 558 3.95 647.1 588 288 560
PIT .267 333 49 324 43 506 4.26 656.1 647 267 394
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Playing time at a premium for Pearce

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
When the Pirates open a three-game series against the Cubs on Monday, it will mark Steve Pearce's eighth game with the team since being recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis. In that span, he's made just one start, had six at-bats and remains hitless.
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Pirates probable pitcher

Zach Duke

  • #57 LHP
  • (8-5) 3.09 ERA 51 SO
Duke wasn't at his most efficient in his last start, but he sailed to his eighth season win nonetheless by allowing just one run on five hits in six innings. Duke has been the most consistent member of the rotation all season, pitching through the sixth in all but one of his 15 starts this season. He continues to have success pounding the inside of the plate and has been doing that to get ahead of hitters all year. Duke has made 14 career starts against the Cubs and is 4-5 with a 3.03 ERA.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 34-44 4.19 697.1 188 354 .301
Season 8-5 3.09 105.0 25 51 .262
June 3-1 3.82 33.0 8 9 .296
Vs. Chi Cubs 0-0 2.57 7.0 2 3 .296

Cubs hitters vs Zach Duke

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - .583 12 2 4
Blanco, Andres .000 3 0 0 .167 6 0 1
Bradley, Milton .333 3 0 1 .438 16 0 2
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike 1.000 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
Fox, Jake - - - - .333 6 0 0
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .222 9 0 2
Fuld, Sam - - - - .000 3 0 0
Hill, Koyie - - - - - - - -
Hoffpauir, Micah .000 1 0 0 .500 2 1 1
Lee, Derrek .000 2 0 0 .283 46 1 3
Miles, Aaron - - - - .357 14 0 1
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - .333 39 1 6
Soriano, Alfonso .250 4 0 0 .417 36 2 3
Soto, Geovany .000 3 0 0 .318 22 0 2
Theriot, Ryan 1.000 3 0 0 .359 39 1 4

Pirates hitters vs Rich Harden

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Alvarez, Pedro - - - - - - - -
Bixler, Brian - - - - - - - -
Cedeno, Ronny - - - - - - - -
Clement, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Cruz, Luis - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Argenis - - - - - - - -
Doumit, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Hernandez, Gorkys - - - - - - - -
Iwamura, Akinori - - - - - - - -
Jaramillo, Jason - - - - .000 3 0 0
Jones, Garrett - - - - - - - -
LaRoche, Andy - - - - .667 3 0 0
McCutchen, Andrew - - - - .250 4 0 0
Milledge, Lastings - - - - .000 3 0 0
Moss, Brandon - - - - .200 5 0 0
Pearce, Steve - - - - - - - -
Tabata, Jose - - - - - - - -
Vazquez, Ramon - - - - .667 3 0 0
Walker, Neil - - - - - - - -
Young, Delwyn - - - - .000 1 0 0

Cubs strike it Rich in Pittsburgh (36-37) (35-41)

Cubs 3, Pirates 1

Harden handles Bucs

Wayne Staats / MLB.com
Rich Harden won his first game since May 12 in impressive fashion, allowing one run despite nine hits and fanning nine over seven innings. Ryan Theriot hammered his seventh homer, Milton Bradley contributed an RBI double and Andres Blanco added an RBI single to pace the bats.

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Series at a Glance

 

Hits there, runs not

Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
The Pirates notched their first hit in the fourth and proceeded to tally nine overall -- three by Nyjer Morgan -- but they could only push across one run, during the fifth, in a loss to the Cubs. Zach Duke limited Chicago to three runs on seven hits over seven innings but took the tough loss.
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Cubs 3, Pirates 1

Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, A, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232
Theriot, SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .282
Lee, D, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Fox, J, 3B 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .347
  1-Fuld, PR-CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Soto, C 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .224
Bradley, RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .238
Freel, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .140
  Marmol, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Hoffpauir, M, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .257
  Gregg, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blanco, A, 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .240
Harden, P 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200
  Fontenot, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219
Totals 33 3 7 3 2 5 15  

a-Struck out for Marmol in the 9th.
1-Ran for Fox, J in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Bradley (8, Duke).
HR: Theriot (7, 3rd inning off Duke, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Theriot 4; Fox, J 2; Soto; Bradley 3; Blanco, A.
RBI: Blanco, A (8), Theriot (29), Bradley (17).
2-out RBI: Blanco, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Harden 3; Blanco, A.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
CS: Fuld (1, 2nd base by Meek/Jaramillo, J).

FIELDING
DP: (Theriot-Blanco, A-Lee, D).
 
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McCutchen, A, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .295
Morgan, LF 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 .277
Sanchez, F, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .308
LaRoche, Ad, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .271
Moss, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .263
LaRoche, An, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .278
Jaramillo, J, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .265
  b-Young, De, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .330
Wilson, J, SS 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 .287
Duke, P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267
  a-Vazquez, R, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .256
  Meek, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Chavez, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Hinske, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Totals 34 1 9 1 1 10 15  

a-Singled for Duke in the 7th. b-Struck out for Jaramillo, J in the 9th. c-Flied out for Chavez, J in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: LaRoche, An (15, Harden).
TB: McCutchen, A; Morgan 3; Moss; LaRoche, An 3; Duke; Vazquez, R.
RBI: Wilson, J (25).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McCutchen, A; Sanchez, F 2; Wilson, J.
S: Duke.
GIDP: Sanchez, F.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Harden (W, 5-4) 7.0 9 1 1 1 9 0 4.57
Marmol (H, 16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.96
Gregg (S, 13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.93
 
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Duke (L, 8-6) 7.0 7 3 3 1 3 1 3.13
Meek 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.93
Chavez, J 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.21

Pitches-strikes: Harden 102-65, Marmol 8-7, Gregg 18-11, Duke 89-66, Meek 12-6, Chavez, J 13-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Harden 9-3, Marmol 1-2, Gregg 0-2, Duke 8-10, Meek 1-1, Chavez, J 1-0.
Batters faced: Harden 30, Marmol 3, Gregg 3, Duke 29, Meek 3, Chavez, J 3.
Umpires: HP: John Hirschbeck. 1B: Wally Bell. 2B: Marty Foster. 3B: Chad Fairchild.
Weather: 75 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, R to L.
T: 2:17.
Att: 15,400.
June 29, 2009

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