GAME THREAD: NL: CHICAGO CUBS (83-74) at FLORIDA (67-90)

NL: CHICAGO CUBS (83-74) at FLORIDA (67-90)

<h3>Cubs closing in on NL Central title</h3>

<div class="pre">Chicago Cubs (83-74) at Florida (67-90) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

MIAMI (Ticker) - The Chicago Cubs look to move closer to winningthe National League Central Division on Wednesday when theyface the Florida Marlins in the middle game of a three-gameseries.


The Marlins pulled out a 4-2 triumph Tuesday over the Cubs, whohad their four-game winning streak snapped and their NL Centrallead over the Milwaukee Brewers (81-76) cut to two games.Chicago is seeking its first division title since 2003.

Chicago, which has won 10 of its previous 13 contests, will sendrighthander Jason Marquis (12-8, 4.35 ERA) to the mound. The29-year-old Marquis is coming off his worst outing of the year,surrendering seven runs and eight hits over just 2 2/3 inningsin a 13-8 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.

He will be opposed by Daniel Barone (1-3, 5.30), who is makinghis sixth start of the season and second since August 26.

Barone has been much better as a reliever this season. Therookie righthander is 1-0 with a 1.15 ERA in 10 reliefappearances as opposed to 0-3 with an 8.31 ERA in five startsthis season.


The Cubs are winless in four attempts against the Marlins thisseason.

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS AT FLORIDA -- LINEUPS

CHICAGO CUBS FLORIDA
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Alfonso Soriano LF .294 31 65 Hanley Ramirez SS .333 28 79
Ryan Theriot SS .273 3 44 Dan Uggla 2B .248 31 86
Derrek Lee 1B .318 20 79 Jeremy Hermida RF .291 17 59
Cliff Floyd RF .282 9 45 Miguel Cabrera 3B .320 33 112
Aramis Ramirez 3B .310 26 100 Mike Jacobs 1B .274 17 52
Mark Derosa 2B .294 10 72 Todd Linden LF .241 1 11
Jacque Jones CF .274 5 59 Matt Treanor C .270 3 17
Jason Kendall C .282 1 19 Alejandro De Aza CF .209 0 6
Jason Marquis RHP .129 1 4 Daniel Barone RHP .125 0 0
(12-8, 4.35) (1-3, 5.30)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA
WARMUPS: CHN - JASON MARQUIS (12-8, 4.35)
FLA - DANIEL BARONE (1-3, 5.30)

UMPIRES: HP - MIKE REILLY
1B - JEFF KELLOGG
2B - ERIC COOPER
3B - ANDY FLETCHER

WEATHER: 74 Degrees, cloudy
WIND: 6 mph, right to left</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA
STARTING BATS: CHN - JASON MARQUIS AND JASON KENDALL
FLA - DANIEL BARONE AND MATT TREANOR

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A SORIANO (.294, 31 HR, 65 RBI)
R THERIOT (.273, 3 HR, 44 RBI)
D LEE (.318, 20 HR, 79 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 0
FLORIDA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - JASON MARQUIS
FLA - DANIEL BARONE

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.333, 28 HR, 79 RBI)
D UGGLA (.248, 31 HR, 86 RBI)
J HERMIDA (.291, 17 HR, 59 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (0) VS FLORIDA (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
R Theriot ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
C Floyd rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
M DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
J Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
J Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
J Marquis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
D Uggla 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
J Hermida rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
M Cabrera 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
M Jacobs 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
T Linden lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
M Treanor c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
A De Aza cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
D Barone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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CHICAGO CUBS - 0 -- 0
FLORIDA - -- 0
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.35

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Barone 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.17

Pitches-strikes: D Barone 10-7. Ground balls-fly balls: D Barone 1-1. Batters
faced: D Barone 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA
CONFIRMED STARTERS: CHN - JASON MARQUIS
FLA - DANIEL BARONE</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MIGUEL CABRERA SCORED HANLEY RAMIREZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CABRERA ON FIRST, D UGGLA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 0
FLORIDA 1 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M JACOBS (.274, 17 HR, 52 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 0
FLORIDA 1 1 2 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - JASON MARQUIS
FLA - DANIEL BARONE

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C FLOYD (.282, 9 HR, 45 RBI)
A RAMIREZ (.310, 26 HR, 100 RBI)
M DEROSA (.294, 10 HR, 72 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (0) VS FLORIDA (1) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
R Theriot ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
C Floyd rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
M DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
J Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
J Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
J Marquis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .334
D Uggla 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .248
J Hermida rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .290
M Cabrera 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .321
M Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
T Linden lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .240
M Treanor c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
A De Aza cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
D Barone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 5 1 2 1 1 1 5

BATTING: RBI - M Cabrera (113). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T
Linden 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: SB - H Ramirez (51, 2nd base off J Marquis/J Kendall).


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CHICAGO CUBS - 0 -- 0
FLORIDA - 1 -- 1
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.38

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Barone 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.17

Pitches-strikes: J Marquis 24-14; D Barone 10-7. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Marquis 0-2; D Barone 1-1. Batters faced: J Marquis 6; D Barone 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JACQUE JONES SCORED ARAMIS RAMIREZ AND MARK
DEROSA.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J JONES ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 2
FLORIDA 1 TOP, 2ND

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: J KENDALL (.282, 1 HR, 19 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHICAGO CUBS 0 2 2 2 0
FLORIDA 1 1 2 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - JASON MARQUIS
FLA - DANIEL BARONE

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M TREANOR (.270, 3 HR, 17 RBI)
A DE AZA (.209, 0 HR, 6 RBI)
D BARONE (.125, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (2) VS FLORIDA (1) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
R Theriot ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
C Floyd rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .282
A Ramirez 3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .309
M DeRosa 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .295
J Jones cf 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .276
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .280
J Marquis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .127

Totals 8 2 2 2 1 1 3

BATTING: 2B - M DeRosa (28, D Barone). RBI - J Jones 2 (61). Team LOB - 1.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .334
D Uggla 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .248
J Hermida rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .290
M Cabrera 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .321
M Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
T Linden lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .240
M Treanor c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
A De Aza cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
D Barone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Totals 5 1 2 1 1 1 5

BATTING: RBI - M Cabrera (113). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T
Linden 1. Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: SB - H Ramirez (51, 2nd base off J Marquis/J Kendall).


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CHICAGO CUBS - 02 -- 2
FLORIDA - 1 -- 1
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.38

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Barone 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 5.49

Pitches-strikes: J Marquis 24-14; D Barone 37-24. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Marquis 0-2; D Barone 2-3. Batters faced: J Marquis 6; D Barone 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY HANLEY RAMIREZ SCORED MATT TREANOR.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H RAMIREZ ON FIRST, A DE AZA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 2
FLORIDA 2 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.248, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JEREMY HERMIDA SCORED ALEJANDRO DE AZA AND HANLEY
RAMIREZ.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 2
FLORIDA 4 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M CABRERA (.321, 1-FOR-1, RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHICAGO CUBS 0 2 2 2 1
FLORIDA 1 3 4 5 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - JASON MARQUIS
FLA - DANIEL BARONE

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A SORIANO (.293, 0-FOR-1)
R THERIOT (.273, 0-FOR-1)
D LEE (.318, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (2) VS FLORIDA (4) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
R Theriot ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
C Floyd rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .282
A Ramirez 3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .309
M DeRosa 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .295
J Jones cf 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .276
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .280
J Marquis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .127

Totals 8 2 2 2 1 1 3

BATTING: 2B - M DeRosa (28, D Barone). RBI - J Jones 2 (61). Team LOB - 1.

FIELDING: E - M DeRosa (11, throw). Outfield assists - A Soriano (J Hermida
at 2nd base).


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333
D Uggla 2b 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .248
J Hermida rf 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 .292
M Cabrera 3b 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .321
M Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
T Linden lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .240
M Treanor c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .275
A De Aza cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .215
D Barone p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111

Totals 11 4 5 3 2 3 8

BATTING: RBI - M Cabrera (113), J Hermida 2 (61). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - M Cabrera 1, T Linden 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - H Ramirez (51, 2nd base off J Marquis/J Kendall).


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CHICAGO CUBS - 02 -- 2
FLORIDA - 13 -- 4
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 2 5 4 4 2 3 0 4.50

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Barone 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 5.49

Pitches-strikes: J Marquis 46-30; D Barone 37-24. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Marquis 1-2; D Barone 2-3. Batters faced: J Marquis 13; D Barone 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY DERREK LEE (21) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF DANIEL BARONE.
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 3, FLORIDA 4

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C FLOYD (.282, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHICAGO CUBS 0 2 1 3 4 1
FLORIDA 1 3 4 5 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - JASON MARQUIS
FLA - DANIEL BARONE

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M JACOBS (.273, 0-FOR-1)
T LINDEN (.240, 0-FOR-1)
M TREANOR (.275, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (3) VS FLORIDA (4) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .294
R Theriot ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .272
D Lee 1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .319
C Floyd rf 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .282
A Ramirez 3b 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .308
M DeRosa 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .295
J Jones cf 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .276
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .280
J Marquis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .127

Totals 12 3 4 3 2 1 5

BATTING: 2B - M DeRosa (28, D Barone). HR - D Lee (21, 3rd inning off D Barone
0 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Jones 2 (61), D Lee (80). 2-out RBI - D Lee. Team LOB -
2.

FIELDING: E - M DeRosa (11, throw). Outfield assists - A Soriano (J Hermida
at 2nd base).


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333
D Uggla 2b 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .248
J Hermida rf 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 .292
M Cabrera 3b 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .321
M Jacobs 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
T Linden lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .240
M Treanor c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .275
A De Aza cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .215
D Barone p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111

Totals 11 4 5 3 2 3 8

BATTING: RBI - M Cabrera (113), J Hermida 2 (61). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - M Cabrera 1, T Linden 1. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - H Ramirez (51, 2nd base off J Marquis/J Kendall).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (D Uggla-M Jacobs).


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CHICAGO CUBS - 021 -- 3
FLORIDA - 13 -- 4
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 2 5 4 3 2 3 0 4.45

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Barone 3 4 3 3 2 1 1 5.58

Pitches-strikes: J Marquis 46-30; D Barone 59-37. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Marquis 1-2; D Barone 3-4. Batters faced: J Marquis 13; D Barone 14.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, right to left.</div>