GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: CHICAGO CUBS (60-55) at COLORADO (59-56)

NL: CHICAGO CUBS (60-55) at COLORADO (59-56)

<h3>Jones, Cubs look to stay hot vs. Rockies</h3>



<div class="pre">Chicago Cubs (60-55) at Colorado (59-56) 8:05 pm EDT</div>

DENVER (Ticker) -- Despite the loss of its best hitter, theChicago Cubs have not lost ground in the pennant race.

Rich Hill (6-6, 3.54 ERA) takes the mound for Chicago as itlooks for its third straight win against the Colorado Rockies onSaturday.


It has been a true team effort as the Cubs continue to make upfor the loss of Alfonso Soriano, who is out 2-4 weeks aftersuffering a torn quadriceps on Sunday.


Jacque Jones has been leading the way, going 7-for-10 with sixRBI in the first two games of the four-game set. Jones doubled,homered and drove in two runs and Jason Marquis threw sixeffective innings in a 6-2 win on Friday to keep the Cubs(60-55) within one-half game of the Milwaukee Brewers (61-55) inthe National League Central.


Jones has not been alone though, as Jason Kendall has gone6-for-9 (.667) with four RBI in helping the Cubs take the firsttwo games by a combined score of 16-4.


Hill (6-6, 3.54 ERA) will look to take advantage of the recenthot hitting as he aims for his first win in four starts. Hillpitched well on Monday, allowing one run and three hits in seveninnings in a 2-1 loss to the Houston Astros.


Meanwhile, Josh Fogg (6-7, 4.73) will go for Colorado, which is5 1/2 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks (66-51) in theNational League Central.


Fogg is coming off an impressive performance in which he heldthe Milwaukee Brewers to two runs and six hits in seven inningsof a 6-2 win on Monday.

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

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

CHICAGO CUBS COLORADO
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Ryan Theriot SS .285 3 33 Kaz Matsui 2B .302 3 27
Jacque Jones RF .266 3 39 Troy Tulowitzki SS .279 14 55
Derrek Lee 1B .316 12 60 Matt Holliday LF .338 21 92
Matt Murton LF .275 4 13 Garrett Atkins 1B .282 17 82
Mark Derosa 3B .286 7 54 Ryan Spilborghs CF .333 10 42
Mike Fontenot 2B .298 3 26 Brad Hawpe RF .290 20 74
Jason Kendall C .317 0 8 Yorvit Torrealba C .276 6 32
Felix Pie CF .215 2 18 Ian Stewart 3B .000 0 0
Rich Hill LHP .119 0 3 Josh Fogg RHP .135 0 0
(6-6, 3.54) (6-7, 4.73)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO
WARMUPS: CHN - RICH HILL (6-6, 3.54)
COL - JOSH FOGG (6-7, 4.73)

UMPIRES: HP - MARVIN HUDSON
1B - CHRIS GUCCIONE
2B - ED MONTAGUE
3B - BILL MILLER

WEATHER: 90 Degrees, clear
WIND: 4 mph, out to left</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO
STARTING BATS: CHN - RICH HILL AND JASON KENDALL
COL - JOSH FOGG AND YORVIT TORREALBA

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: R THERIOT (.285, 3 HR, 33 RBI)
J JONES (.266, 3 HR, 39 RBI)
D LEE (.316, 12 HR, 60 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO MIKE FONTENOT SCORED DERREK LEE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M FONTENOT ON FIRST, M DEROSA ON SECOND, M
MURTON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 1
COLORADO 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: J KENDALL (.317, 0 HR, 8 RBI)</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - RICH HILL
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: K MATSUI (.302, 3 HR, 27 RBI)
T TULOWITZKI (.279, 14 HR, 55 RBI)
M HOLLIDAY (.338, 21 HR, 92 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

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

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Theriot ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284
J Jones rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
D Lee 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .317
M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .275
M DeRosa 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
M Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .298
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
F Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
R Hill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .119

Totals 5 1 2 1 2 1 3

BATTING: RBI - M Fontenot (27). 2-out RBI - M Fontenot. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Kendall 2. Team LOB - 3.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302
T Tulowitzki ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338
G Atkins 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
R Spilborghs cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
B Hawpe rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
I Stewart 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .135

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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CHICAGO CUBS - 1 -- 1
COLORADO - -- 0
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.54

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 4.76

Pitches-strikes: J Fogg 37-20. Ground balls-fly balls: J Fogg 2-0. Batters
faced: J Fogg 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Marvin Hudson. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Bill
Miller.

Weather: 90 degrees, clear. Wind: 4 mph, out to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO
CONFIRMED STARTERS: CHN - RICH HILL
COL - JOSH FOGG</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY RYAN SPILBORGHS SCORED TROY TULOWITZKI.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R SPILBORGHS ON FIRST, M HOLLIDAY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 1
COLORADO 1 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: B HAWPE (.290, 20 HR, 74 RBI)</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - RICH HILL
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: F PIE (.215, 2 HR, 18 RBI)
R HILL (.119, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
R THERIOT (.284, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

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

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Theriot ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284
J Jones rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
D Lee 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .317
M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .275
M DeRosa 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
M Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .298
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
F Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
R Hill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .119

Totals 5 1 2 1 2 1 3

BATTING: RBI - M Fontenot (27). 2-out RBI - M Fontenot. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Kendall 2. Team LOB - 3.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
T Tulowitzki ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .280
M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .338
G Atkins 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
R Spilborghs cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .338
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .289
Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
I Stewart 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .135

Totals 5 1 2 1 1 1 4

BATTING: RBI - R Spilborghs (43). 2-out RBI - R Spilborghs. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - B Hawpe 1. Team LOB - 2.


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CHICAGO CUBS - 1 -- 1
COLORADO - 1 -- 1
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.58

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 4.76

Pitches-strikes: R Hill 17-8; J Fogg 37-20. Ground balls-fly balls: R Hill
1-1; J Fogg 2-0. Batters faced: R Hill 6; J Fogg 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Marvin Hudson. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Bill
Miller.

Weather: 90 degrees, clear. Wind: 4 mph, out to left.</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - RICH HILL
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: Y TORREALBA (.276, 6 HR, 32 RBI)
I STEWART (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
J FOGG (.135, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

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

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Theriot ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283
J Jones rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
D Lee 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .317
M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .275
M DeRosa 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
M Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .298
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213
R Hill p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116

Totals 8 1 2 1 2 2 3

BATTING: RBI - M Fontenot (27). 2-out RBI - M Fontenot. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Kendall 2. Team LOB - 3.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
T Tulowitzki ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .280
M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .338
G Atkins 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
R Spilborghs cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .338
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .289
Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
I Stewart 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .135

Totals 5 1 2 1 1 1 4

BATTING: RBI - R Spilborghs (43). 2-out RBI - R Spilborghs. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - B Hawpe 1. Team LOB - 2.


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CHICAGO CUBS - 10 -- 1
COLORADO - 1 -- 1
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.58

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 4.72

Pitches-strikes: R Hill 17-8; J Fogg 47-27. Ground balls-fly balls: R Hill
1-1; J Fogg 3-1. Batters faced: R Hill 6; J Fogg 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Marvin Hudson. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Bill
Miller.

Weather: 90 degrees, clear. Wind: 4 mph, out to left.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY KAZ MATSUI SCORED YORVIT TORREALBA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K MATSUI ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 1
COLORADO 2 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T TULOWITZKI (.280, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - RICH HILL
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: J JONES (.265, 0-FOR-1)
D LEE (.317, 1-FOR-1)
M MURTON (.275, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

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

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Theriot ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283
J Jones rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
D Lee 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .317
M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .275
M DeRosa 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
M Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .298
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213
R Hill p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116

Totals 8 1 2 1 2 2 3

BATTING: RBI - M Fontenot (27). 2-out RBI - M Fontenot. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Kendall 2. Team LOB - 3.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .304
T Tulowitzki ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .280
M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .338
G Atkins 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
R Spilborghs cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .338
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .289
Y Torrealba c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .279
I Stewart 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
J Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .132

Totals 10 2 4 2 1 1 7

BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (15, R Hill). RBI - R Spilborghs (43), K Matsui (28).
2-out RBI - R Spilborghs, K Matsui. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Hawpe 1, T Tulowitzki 1. Team LOB - 3.


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CHICAGO CUBS - 10 -- 1
COLORADO - 11 -- 2
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 3.62

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 4.72

Pitches-strikes: R Hill 29-18; J Fogg 47-27. Ground balls-fly balls: R Hill
2-3; J Fogg 3-1. Batters faced: R Hill 11; J Fogg 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Marvin Hudson. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Bill
Miller.

Weather: 90 degrees, clear. Wind: 4 mph, out to left.</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - RICH HILL
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HOLLIDAY (.338, 0-FOR-0, BB)
G ATKINS (.282, 0-FOR-1)
R SPILBORGHS (.338, 1-FOR-1, RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (1) VS COLORADO (2) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Theriot ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283
J Jones rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
D Lee 1b 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .316
M Murton lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273
M DeRosa 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
M Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .298
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213
R Hill p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116

Totals 11 1 2 1 2 3 3

BATTING: RBI - M Fontenot (27). 2-out RBI - M Fontenot. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Kendall 2. Team LOB - 3.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .304
T Tulowitzki ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .280
M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .338
G Atkins 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
R Spilborghs cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .338
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .289
Y Torrealba c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .279
I Stewart 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
J Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .132

Totals 10 2 4 2 1 1 7

BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (15, R Hill). RBI - R Spilborghs (43), K Matsui (28).
2-out RBI - R Spilborghs, K Matsui. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Hawpe 1, T Tulowitzki 1. Team LOB - 3.


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CHICAGO CUBS - 100 -- 1
COLORADO - 11 -- 2
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 3.62

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 3 2 1 1 2 3 0 4.68

Pitches-strikes: R Hill 29-18; J Fogg 55-33. Ground balls-fly balls: R Hill
2-3; J Fogg 3-3. Batters faced: R Hill 11; J Fogg 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Marvin Hudson. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Bill
Miller.

Weather: 90 degrees, clear. Wind: 4 mph, out to left.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - RICH HILL
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M DEROSA (.288, 1-FOR-1)
M FONTENOT (.298, 0-FOR-0, BB, RBI)
J KENDALL (.311, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at COLORADO

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (1) VS COLORADO (2) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Theriot ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283
J Jones rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
D Lee 1b 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .316
M Murton lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273
M DeRosa 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
M Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .298
J Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213
R Hill p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116

Totals 11 1 2 1 2 3 3

BATTING: RBI - M Fontenot (27). 2-out RBI - M Fontenot. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Kendall 2. Team LOB - 3.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .304
T Tulowitzki ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .280
M Holliday lf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .340
G Atkins 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281
R Spilborghs cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .336
B Hawpe rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .289
Y Torrealba c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .279
I Stewart 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
J Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .132

Totals 14 2 5 2 1 2 9

BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (15, R Hill). RBI - R Spilborghs (43), K Matsui (28).
2-out RBI - R Spilborghs, K Matsui. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Hawpe 2, T Tulowitzki 1. Team LOB - 4.


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CHICAGO CUBS - 100 -- 1
COLORADO - 110 -- 2
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 3 5 2 2 1 2 0 3.60

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 3 2 1 1 2 3 0 4.68

Pitches-strikes: R Hill 41-27; J Fogg 55-33. Ground balls-fly balls: R Hill
3-4; J Fogg 3-3. Batters faced: R Hill 15; J Fogg 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Marvin Hudson. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Bill
Miller.

Weather: 90 degrees, clear. Wind: 4 mph, out to left.</div>