GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: COLORADO (38-37) at CHICAGO CUBS (35-39)

NL: COLORADO (38-37) at CHICAGO CUBS (35-39)

<h3>Marquis, Soriano look to lead Cubs to fourth straight win</h3>



Colorado (38-37) at Chicago Cubs (35-39) 8:05 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Jason Marquis has not won in a while.Alfonso Soriano's hot bat may help change that.

Marquis takes the mound as the Chicago Cubs open a three-gameseries with the Colorado Rockies on Monday.

Marquis (5-4, 3.38 ERA) has not won since he threw a three-hitshutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 9 - a span of ninestarts. In his last outing, he gave up six runs - four earned- and five hits in five innings in a 7-3 loss to the TexasRangers on Wednesday.

However, the way that Soriano has been swinging the bat lately,that slump could come to an end on Monday. The outfielder hasfour home runs in his last six games, including a solo shot in a3-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

That latest win completed a three-game sweep for the Cubs, whowill be looking for their first four-game winning streak sincefive in a row from May 1-6.

Colorado's Jeff Francis (7-5, 3.44) will be the man in charge ofmaking sure that does not happen. Francis is coming off astellar outing in which he shut down the New York Yankees,allowing just one run and five hits and striking out acareer-high nine batters in seven innings of a 6-1 on Wednesday.

Francis is trying for his third straight win and put the brakesto a three-game slide for the Rockies. Colorado has not lostfour straight since dropping six in a row from last August18-24.

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

COLORADO CHICAGO CUBS
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Willy Taveras CF .311 2 17 Alfonso Soriano LF .310 15 28
Kaz Matsui 2B .308 2 18 Mike Fontenot 2B .345 2 9
Matt Holliday LF .355 13 59 Derrek Lee 1B .346 6 39
Todd Helton 1B .326 6 38 Aramis Ramirez 3B .300 14 41
Garrett Atkins 3B .243 8 37 Mark Derosa RF .266 6 33
Brad Hawpe RF .291 13 51 Angel Pagan CF .292 2 8
Troy Tulowitzki SS .274 6 32 Rob Bowen C .253 2 12
Yorvit Torrealba C .234 3 21 Cesar Izturis SS .251 0 8
Jeff Francis LHP .130 0 0 Jason Marquis RHP .176 1 4
(7-5, 3.44) (5-4, 3.38)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS
WARMUPS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS (7-5, 3.44)
CHN - JASON MARQUIS (5-4, 3.38)

UMPIRES: HP - RON KULPA
1B - DALE SCOTT
2B - DAN IASSOGNA
3B - ADAM DOWDY

WEATHER: 81 Degrees, clear
WIND: 8 mph, right to left</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS
STARTING BATS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS AND YORVIT TORREALBA
CHN - JASON MARQUIS AND ROB BOWEN

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: W TAVERAS (.311, 2 HR, 17 RBI)
K MATSUI (.308, 2 HR, 18 RBI)
M HOLLIDAY (.355, 13 HR, 59 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MATT HOLLIDAY SCORED KAZ MATSUI.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M HOLLIDAY ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1
CHICAGO CUBS 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.326, 6 HR, 38 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS
CHN - JASON MARQUIS

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A SORIANO (.310, 15 HR, 28 RBI)
M FONTENOT (.345, 2 HR, 9 RBI)
D LEE (.346, 6 HR, 39 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .310
K Matsui 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .313
M Holliday lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .357
T Helton 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .326
G Atkins 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
B Hawpe rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
T Tulowitzki ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
J Francis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130

Totals 4 1 2 1 1 1 2

BATTING: RBI - M Holliday (60). GIDP - G Atkins. Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: SB - K Matsui (15, 2nd base off J Marquis/R Bowen).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
M Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
D Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
M DeRosa rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
A Pagan cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
R Bowen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
C Izturis ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
J Marquis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Ramirez-M Fontenot-D Lee).


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COLORADO - 1 -- 1
CHICAGO CUBS - -- 0
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.44

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.44

Pitches-strikes: J Marquis 18-11. Ground balls-fly balls: J Marquis 2-0.
Batters faced: J Marquis 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Adam Dowdy.

Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS
CONFIRMED STARTERS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS
CHN - JASON MARQUIS</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MARK DEROSA SCORED DERREK LEE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M DEROSA ON FIRST, A RAMIREZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1
CHICAGO CUBS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A PAGAN (.292, 2 HR, 8 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY ANGEL PAGAN (3) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 1ST OFF JEFF FRANCIS SCORED ARAMIS RAMIREZ AND MARK DEROSA.
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1, CHICAGO CUBS 4

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: R BOWEN (.253, 2 HR, 12 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS
CHN - JASON MARQUIS

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: B HAWPE (.291, 13 HR, 51 RBI)
T TULOWITZKI (.274, 6 HR, 32 RBI)
Y TORREALBA (.234, 3 HR, 21 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">COLORADO (1) VS CHICAGO CUBS (4) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .310
K Matsui 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .313
M Holliday lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .357
T Helton 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .326
G Atkins 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
B Hawpe rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
T Tulowitzki ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
J Francis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130

Totals 4 1 2 1 1 1 2

BATTING: RBI - M Holliday (60). GIDP - G Atkins. Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: SB - K Matsui (15, 2nd base off J Marquis/R Bowen).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
M Fontenot 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .356
D Lee 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .348
A Ramirez 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .304
M DeRosa rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .270
A Pagan cf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .301
R Bowen c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
C Izturis ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
J Marquis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176

Totals 7 4 5 4 0 1 0

BATTING: HR - A Pagan (3, 1st inning off J Francis 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - M DeRosa
(34), A Pagan 3 (11). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa, A Pagan 3. Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - M Fontenot (1, 2nd base by J Francis).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Ramirez-M Fontenot-D Lee).


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COLORADO - 1 -- 1
CHICAGO CUBS - 4 -- 4
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis 1 5 4 4 0 1 1 3.77

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.44

Pitches-strikes: J Francis 27-19; J Marquis 18-11. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Francis 0-1; J Marquis 2-0. Batters faced: J Francis 7; J Marquis 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Adam Dowdy.

Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS
CHN - JASON MARQUIS

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C IZTURIS (.251, 0 HR, 8 RBI)
J MARQUIS (.176, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
A SORIANO (.309, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">COLORADO (1) VS CHICAGO CUBS (4) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308
K Matsui 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .313
M Holliday lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .357
T Helton 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .326
G Atkins 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Y Torrealba c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238
J Francis p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125

Totals 9 1 3 1 1 2 6

BATTING: RBI - M Holliday (60). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W
Taveras 1. GIDP - G Atkins. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - K Matsui (15, 2nd base off J Marquis/R Bowen).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
M Fontenot 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .356
D Lee 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .348
A Ramirez 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .304
M DeRosa rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .270
A Pagan cf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .301
R Bowen c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
C Izturis ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
J Marquis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176

Totals 7 4 5 4 0 1 0

BATTING: HR - A Pagan (3, 1st inning off J Francis 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - M DeRosa
(34), A Pagan 3 (11). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa, A Pagan 3. Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - M Fontenot (1, 2nd base by J Francis).

FIELDING: E - C Izturis (7, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Ramirez-M Fontenot-D Lee).



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COLORADO - 10 -- 1
CHICAGO CUBS - 4 -- 4
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis 1 5 4 4 0 1 1 3.77

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 3.40

Pitches-strikes: J Francis 27-19; J Marquis 33-23. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Francis 0-1; J Marquis 4-0. Batters faced: J Francis 7; J Marquis 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Adam Dowdy.

Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS
CHN - JASON MARQUIS

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: K MATSUI (.313, 1-FOR-1)
M HOLLIDAY (.357, 1-FOR-1, RBI)
T HELTON (.326, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">COLORADO (1) VS CHICAGO CUBS (4) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308
K Matsui 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .313
M Holliday lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .357
T Helton 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .326
G Atkins 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Y Torrealba c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238
J Francis p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125

Totals 9 1 3 1 1 2 6

BATTING: RBI - M Holliday (60). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W
Taveras 1. GIDP - G Atkins. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - K Matsui (15, 2nd base off J Marquis/R Bowen).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
M Fontenot 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .356
D Lee 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .348
A Ramirez 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .304
M DeRosa rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .270
A Pagan cf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .301
R Bowen c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
C Izturis ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
J Marquis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171

Totals 10 4 5 4 0 2 0

BATTING: HR - A Pagan (3, 1st inning off J Francis 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - M DeRosa
(34), A Pagan 3 (11). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa, A Pagan 3. Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - M Fontenot (1, 2nd base by J Francis).

FIELDING: E - C Izturis (7, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Ramirez-M Fontenot-D Lee).



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COLORADO - 10 -- 1
CHICAGO CUBS - 40 -- 4
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis 2 5 4 4 0 2 1 3.73

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 3.40

Pitches-strikes: J Francis 37-25; J Marquis 33-23. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Francis 1-2; J Marquis 4-0. Batters faced: J Francis 10; J Marquis 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Adam Dowdy.

Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS
CHN - JASON MARQUIS

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M FONTENOT (.356, 1-FOR-1)
D LEE (.348, 1-FOR-1)
A RAMIREZ (.304, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">COLORADO (1) VS CHICAGO CUBS (4) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308
K Matsui 2b 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .310
M Holliday lf 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .356
T Helton 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .324
G Atkins 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Y Torrealba c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238
J Francis p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125

Totals 12 1 3 1 1 4 6

BATTING: RBI - M Holliday (60). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W
Taveras 1. GIDP - G Atkins. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - K Matsui (15, 2nd base off J Marquis/R Bowen).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
M Fontenot 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .356
D Lee 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .348
A Ramirez 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .304
M DeRosa rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .270
A Pagan cf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .301
R Bowen c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
C Izturis ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
J Marquis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171

Totals 10 4 5 4 0 2 0

BATTING: HR - A Pagan (3, 1st inning off J Francis 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - M DeRosa
(34), A Pagan 3 (11). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa, A Pagan 3. Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - M Fontenot (1, 2nd base by J Francis).

FIELDING: E - C Izturis (7, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Ramirez-M Fontenot-D Lee).



----------------------------------------------------
COLORADO - 100 -- 1
CHICAGO CUBS - 40 -- 4
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis 2 5 4 4 0 2 1 3.73

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Marquis 3 3 1 1 1 4 0 3.36

Pitches-strikes: J Francis 37-25; J Marquis 44-32. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Francis 1-2; J Marquis 4-1. Batters faced: J Francis 10; J Marquis 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Adam Dowdy.

Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY MARK DEROSA SCORED MIKE FONTENOT.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A RAMIREZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1
CHICAGO CUBS 5 BOTTOM, 3RD

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A PAGAN (.301, 1-FOR-1, HR, 3 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - JEFF FRANCIS
CHN - JASON MARQUIS

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.242, 0-FOR-1)
B HAWPE (.290, 0-FOR-1)
T TULOWITZKI (.273, 0-FOR-1)</div>