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

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Spilborghs hit for M Corpas.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 4
CHICAGO CUBS 6 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: R Spilborghs (.292, 2 HR, 15 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

BATTERIES: COL - JASON HIRSH, JEREMY AFFELDT (7TH), MANNY CORPAS (8TH) AND
YORVIT TORREALBA

CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO, BILLY PETRICK (7TH), WILL OHMAN
(8TH), CARLOS MARMOL (9TH) AND KOYIE HILL

HOME RUNS: COL - GARRETT ATKINS (9) OFF BILLY PETRICK IN THE 8TH, 1 ON

CHN - MARK DEROSA (7) OFF JASON HIRSH IN THE 3RD, 2 ON
MIKE FONTENOT (3) OFF JASON HIRSH IN THE 4TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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

BATTERIES: COL - JASON HIRSH, JEREMY AFFELDT (7TH), MANNY CORPAS (8TH) AND
YORVIT TORREALBA

CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO, BILLY PETRICK (7TH), WILL OHMAN
(8TH), CARLOS MARMOL (9TH) AND KOYIE HILL


WP - CARLOS ZAMBRANO (9-6)
LP - JASON HIRSH (3-7)
SAVE - CARLOS MARMOL (1)

HOME RUNS: COL - GARRETT ATKINS (9) OFF BILLY PETRICK IN THE 8TH, 1 ON

CHN - MARK DEROSA (7) OFF JASON HIRSH IN THE 3RD, 2 ON
MIKE FONTENOT (3) OFF JASON HIRSH IN THE 4TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:42 ATT: 39,972

PROBABLES: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO (1-0, 2.70)
CHN - RICH HILL (5-5, 3.13)

PROBABLES: COL - AARON COOK (4-5, 4.93)
HOU - ROY OSWALT (7-5, 3.55)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">COLORADO (4) VS CHICAGO CUBS (6) - FINAL

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Sullivan cf 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 .500
K Matsui 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .305
M Holliday lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .349
T Helton 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .318
G Atkins 3b 4 1 1 2 0 2 5 .247
B Hawpe rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 .294
T Tulowitzki ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .271
Y Torrealba c 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .241
J Hirsh p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .038
a-W Taveras ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .312
J Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Spilborghs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288

Totals 32 4 6 4 4 12 13

a-struck out looking for J Hirsh in the 7th; b-grounded to second for M Corpas
in the 9th.

BATTING: HR - G Atkins (9, 8th inning off B Petrick 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Hawpe
2 (54), G Atkins 2 (40). 2-out RBI - B Hawpe 2, G Atkins 2. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - G Atkins 1, T Tulowitzki 1. GIDP - J Hirsh. Team LOB
- 5.

FIELDING: E - K Matsui (2, pop up).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .305
M Fontenot 2b 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 .408
D Lee 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .346
C Floyd rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 .306
F Pie pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
A Pagan cf-rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 .275
M DeRosa 3b 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 .279
K Hill c 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .205
R Theriot ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .257
C Zambrano p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .257
a-J Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
B Petrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
W Ohman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 6 6 6 5 6 13

a-grounded to first for C Zambrano in the 6th; b-struck out swinging for W
Ohman in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - M DeRosa (14, J Hirsh); M Fontenot (8, J Affeldt). HR - M Derosa
(7, 3rd inning off J Hirsh 2 on, 2 Out), M Fontenot (3, 4th inning off J Hirsh
0 on, 2 Out). SF - A Pagan. RBI - R Theriot (23), M DeRosa 3 (40), M Fontenot
(13), A Pagan (12). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa 3, M Fontenot. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Soriano 1, A Pagan 1. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Theriot (14, 2nd base off J Hirsh/Y Torrealba).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Zambrano-R Theriot-D Lee).


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COLORADO - 000 002 020 -- 4
CHICAGO CUBS - 013 100 10x -- 6
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hirsh (L, 3-7) 6 5 5 5 4 4 2 5.21
J Affeldt 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.87
M Corpas 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.82

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
C Zambrano (W, 9-6) 6 5 2 2 3 8 0 4.20
B Petrick (H, 1) 1 2/3 1 2 2 1 2 1 10.80
W Ohman (H, 11) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30
C Marmol (S, 1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.29

WP - J Hirsh 2. Pitches-strikes: J Hirsh 110-69; J Affeldt 13-6; M Corpas
10-8; C Zambrano 107-68; B Petrick 29-18; W Ohman 2-2; C Marmol 13-9. Ground
balls-fly balls: J Hirsh 6-8; J Affeldt 2-1; M Corpas 0-1; C Zambrano 5-5; B
Petrick 1-2; W Ohman 1-0; C Marmol 1-0. Batters faced: J Hirsh 28; J Affeldt 5;
M Corpas 3; C Zambrano 25; B Petrick 7; W Ohman 1; C Marmol 3.

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

T--2:42. Att--39,972.
Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, out to
right.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
COLORADO 4
CHICAGO CUBS 6 FINAL</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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COLORADO (4) AT CHICAGO CUBS (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
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CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: M DeRosa doubled to deep center. K Hill popped out to
shortstop. M DeRosa to third on wild pitch by J Hirsh. R Theriot singled to
center, M DeRosa scored. C Zambrano struck out swinging. R Theriot stole
second. A Soriano struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: M Fontenot flied out to center. D Lee walked. C Floyd
walked, D Lee to second. A Pagan struck out looking. M DeRosa homered to
center, D Lee and C Floyd scored. K Hill walked. R Theriot flied out to
right. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: C Zambrano grounded out to second. A Soriano grounded
out to shortstop. M Fontenot homered to right. D Lee safe at first on error
by second baseman K Matsui. C Floyd flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1
Error) COLORADO 0, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

COLORADO 6TH: C Sullivan reached on bunt single to pitcher. K Matsui flied
out to left. M Holliday singled to right center, C Sullivan to third.
T Helton walked, M Holliday to second. G Atkins struck out swinging. B Hawpe
singled to right, C Sullivan and M Holliday scored, T Helton to third.
T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 2,
CHICAGO CUBS 5.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: J Affeldt relieved J Hirsh. M Fontenot doubled to left.
D Lee grounded out to first, M Fontenot to third. C Floyd walked. F Pie ran
for C Floyd. A Pagan hit sacrifice fly to center, M Fontenot scored. M DeRosa
grounded into fielder's choice to second, F Pie out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) COLORADO 2, CHICAGO CUBS 6.

COLORADO 8TH: F Pie in center field. A Pagan in right field. K Matsui
walked. M Holliday flied out to center. T Helton flied out to left. G Atkins
homered to left, K Matsui scored. W Ohman relieved B Petrick. B Hawpe grounded
out to first. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, CHICAGO CUBS 6.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at CHICAGO CUBS

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COLORADO (4) AT CHICAGO CUBS (6) - EVENT LOG
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Colorado Starting Lineups -- C Sullivan CF, K Matsui 2B, M Holliday LF,
T Helton 1B, G Atkins 3B, B Hawpe RF, T Tulowitzki SS, Y Torrealba C, J Hirsh RHP.

Chicago Cubs Starting Lineups -- A Soriano LF, M Fontenot 2B, D Lee 1B, C Floyd RF,
A Pagan CF, M DeRosa 3B, K Hill C, R Theriot SS, C Zambrano RHP.

Umpires -- Dan Iassogna (HP), Adam Dowdy (1B), Ron Kulpa (2B), Dale Scott (3B).


Gametime Weather: 87 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to right at 4 mph.


COLORADO 1ST: C Sullivan struck out swinging. K Matsui fouled out to left.
M Holliday walked. T Helton walked, M Holliday to second. G Atkins popped
out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano flied out to center. M Fontenot reached on
infield single to shortstop. M Fontenot to second on wild pitch by J Hirsh.
D Lee walked. C Floyd flied out to left. A Pagan grounded out to pitcher.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

COLORADO 2ND: B Hawpe flied out to left. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging.
Y Torrealba struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: M DeRosa doubled to deep center. K Hill popped out to
shortstop. M DeRosa to third on wild pitch by J Hirsh. R Theriot singled to
center, M DeRosa scored. C Zambrano struck out swinging. R Theriot stole
second. A Soriano struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 1.

COLORADO 3RD: J Hirsh lined out to third. C Sullivan singled to left.
K Matsui struck out swinging. M Holliday grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, C Sullivan out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: M Fontenot flied out to center. D Lee walked. C Floyd
walked, D Lee to second. A Pagan struck out looking. M DeRosa homered to
center, D Lee and C Floyd scored. K Hill walked. R Theriot flied out to
right. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

COLORADO 4TH: T Helton grounded out to second. G Atkins struck out
looking. B Hawpe struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
CHICAGO CUBS 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: C Zambrano grounded out to second. A Soriano grounded
out to shortstop. M Fontenot homered to right. D Lee safe at first on error
by second baseman K Matsui. C Floyd flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
1 Error) COLORADO 0, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

COLORADO 5TH: T Tulowitzki grounded out to third. Y Torrealba reached on
infield single to shortstop. J Hirsh grounded into double play, pitcher to
shortstop to first, Y Torrealba out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 0, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: A Pagan popped out to shortstop. M DeRosa grounded
out to shortstop. K Hill struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 0, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

COLORADO 6TH: C Sullivan reached on bunt single to pitcher. K Matsui flied
out to left. M Holliday singled to right center, C Sullivan to third.
T Helton walked, M Holliday to second. G Atkins struck out swinging. B Hawpe
singled to right, C Sullivan and M Holliday scored, T Helton to third.
T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 2,
CHICAGO CUBS 5.

CHICAGO CUBS 6TH: R Theriot grounded out to shortstop. J Jones hit for
C Zambrano. J Jones grounded out to first. A Soriano flied out to center.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 2, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

COLORADO 7TH: B Petrick relieved C Zambrano. Y Torrealba grounded out to
second. W Taveras hit for J Hirsh. W Taveras struck out looking. C Sullivan
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 2, CHICAGO CUBS 5.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: J Affeldt relieved J Hirsh. M Fontenot doubled to left.
D Lee grounded out to first, M Fontenot to third. C Floyd walked. F Pie ran
for C Floyd. A Pagan hit sacrifice fly to center, M Fontenot scored. M DeRosa
grounded into fielder's choice to second, F Pie out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) COLORADO 2, CHICAGO CUBS 6.

COLORADO 8TH: F Pie in center field. A Pagan in right field. K Matsui
walked. M Holliday flied out to center. T Helton flied out to left. G Atkins
homered to left, K Matsui scored. W Ohman relieved B Petrick. B Hawpe grounded
out to first. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, CHICAGO CUBS 6.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: M Corpas relieved J Affeldt. K Hill struck out swinging.
R Theriot lined out to second. D Ward hit for W Ohman. D Ward struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, CHICAGO CUBS 6.

COLORADO 9TH: C Marmol relieved W Ohman. T Tulowitzki struck out looking.
Y Torrealba struck out looking. R Spilborghs hit for M Corpas. R Spilborghs
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, CHICAGO CUBS 6.</div>

 

Fontenot, Zambrano lead Cubs to sixth straight win

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 6, COLORADO 4</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago Cubs received solidperformances from rookie Mike Fontenot and ace Carlos Zambranoto beat the Colorado Rockies, 6-4, on Wednesday afternoon.

It was the sixth straight win for the Cubs, who are on theirlongest winning streak since winning seven straight from May27-June 2, 2005. The last time Chicago swept two straightseries was April 20-25, 2004.

Fontenot followed up his 5-for-5 performance in Tuesday's 8-5win by adding three more hits on Wednesday. The rookie made it5-0 in the fourth inning by smacking his third homer of theseason over the bleachers in right field.

That was more than enough for Zambrano (9-6), who pitched sixinnings, allowing two runs and five hits with three walks andeight strikeouts. The righthander entered the contest havinggone 3-1 with a 1.14 ERA in his last four starts.

The Cubs started the scoring in the second inning. Mark DeRosadoubled to center field then moved to third on a wild pitch byRockies righthander Jason Hirsh (3-7). Ryan Theriot followedwith a single up the middle to plate DeRosa with the first runof the game.

DeRosa then smacked a three-run homer in the third inning,making Hirsh pay for walking Derrek Lee and Cliff Floyd. Thatgave DeRosa seven RBI in three games against Colorado this year.

The Rockies closed within 5-2 with two outs in the sixth whenBrad Hawpe dumped a two-run, bases-loaded single into rightfield. Zambrano escaped further damage by striking out TroyTulowitzki to end the inning.

Angel Pagan hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh,scoring Fontenot to give Chicago a 6-2 lead.

Garrett Atkins hit his ninth homer of the season - a two-runblast - in the eighth inning for Colorado's final runs of thegame.

Rookie Billy Petrick relieved Zambrano and worked 1 2/3 innings,allowing Atkins' blast.

Carlos Marmol pitched a perfect ninth inning in place of injuredcloser Ryan Dempster, striking out two to earn his first careersave.

Hirsh pitched six innings, allowing five runs and five hits withfive walks and four strikeouts. The righthander has won onlyonce in his last 12 starts.

 

Fontenot, Zambrano lead Cubs to sixth straight win

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 6, COLORADO 4</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago Cubs received solidperformances from rookie Mike Fontenot and ace Carlos Zambranoto beat the Colorado Rockies, 6-4, on Wednesday afternoon.

It was the sixth straight win for the Cubs, who are on theirlongest winning streak since winning seven straight from May27-June 2, 2005. The last time Chicago swept two straightseries was April 20-25, 2004.

Fontenot followed up his 5-for-5 performance in Tuesday's 8-5win by adding three more hits on Wednesday. The rookie made it5-0 in the fourth inning by smacking his third homer of theseason over the bleachers in right field.

"Obviously things have been going great for me," Fontenot said."I am just trying to put good swings on balls. I'm trying toget good pitches to hit."

Fontenot's homer was more than enough for Zambrano (9-6), whopitched six innings, allowing two runs and five hits with threewalks and eight strikeouts. The righthander entered the contesthaving gone 3-1 with a 1.14 ERA in his last four starts.

"Carlos really battled today," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said."He has had three or four starts where he threw a lot ofpitches, we wanted to shorten him up today."

The Cubs started the scoring in the second inning. Mark DeRosadoubled to center field then moved to third on a wild pitch byRockies righthander Jason Hirsh (3-7). Ryan Theriot followedwith a single up the middle to plate DeRosa with the first runof the game.

"The heat was a factor," Hirsh said. "I am not going to use anyexcuses, I struggled with my command and it cost me a fewruns."

DeRosa smacked a three-run homer in the third inning, makingHirsh pay for walking Derrek Lee and Cliff Floyd. That gaveDeRosa seven RBI in three games against Colorado this year.

"It was nice to sweep the Rockies, they came in playing goodbaseball," DeRosa said. " My home run came at a good time. Thewind was still blowing out, by the eighth inning it was blowingin."

The Rockies closed within 5-2 with two outs in the sixth whenBrad Hawpe dumped a two-run, bases-loaded single into rightfield. Zambrano escaped further damage by striking out TroyTulowitzki to end the inning.

"Today was hot and humid," Zambrano said. "There was somethingin the air that made you tired."

Angel Pagan hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh,scoring Fontenot to give Chicago a 6-2 lead.

Garrett Atkins hit his ninth homer of the season - a two-runblast - in the eighth inning for Colorado's final runs of thegame.

Rookie Billy Petrick relieved Zambrano and worked 1 2/3 innings,allowing Atkins' blast in his first major league appearence.

"I never got an ovation like that from the fans after giving upa home run," Petrick said. "The hometown fans treated me great."

Carlos Marmol pitched a perfect ninth inning in place of injuredcloser Ryan Dempster, striking out two to earn his first careersave.

"What a job he (Marmol) did," Piniella said. "The kid showed mehe really wants the ball."

Hirsh pitched six innings, allowing five runs and five hits withfive walks and four strikeouts. The righthander has won onlyonce in his last 12 starts.

"It wasn't perfect but by pitching a couple of extra innings, Ifeel good about my next start," Hirsh said. "I threw 80 percentfastballs, the only real mistake was the home run ball toDeRosa."