NL: ST LOUIS (58-62) at CHICAGO CUBS (63-59) <h3>Zambrano on mound for Cubs on Sunday</h3> <div class="pre">St Louis (58-62) at Chicago Cubs (63-59) 8:05 pm EDT</div> CHICAGO (Ticker) - Carlos Zambrano makes his first start sincesigning a lucrative contract when he takes the mound for theChicago Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. On Friday, the Cubs locked up their ace, signing Zambrano to afive-year, $90 million contract. Zambrano (14-9, 3.86 ERA) has lost his last two starts, allowing13 runs and 21 hits over 12 2/3 innings. It marks the firsttime the righthander has lost back-to-back starts since August 4and August 9, 2006. Zambrano is 2-0 with a 2.03 ERA in two starts this seasonagainst the Cardinals. For his career, he is 7-4 with a 2.45ERA in 18 starts against St. Louis. Two home runs by the Cubs have lifted them to wins over theCardinals in the first two games of this four-game series. On Friday, Jacque Jones hit a two-run homer to lead the Cubs to a2-1 victory. Daryle Ward connected for a grand slam in the thirdinning Saturday, powering the Cubs to a 5-3 triumph. Chicago, which has won three straight overall following afour-game losing streak, is one-half game ahead of Milwaukee(63-60) for first place in the National League Central. St. Louis will counter with Kip Wells (6-13, 5.24), who facedZambrano on July 24 in his only start against the Cubs thisseason. Wells allowed three runs - two earned - and eight hitsover 6 2/3 innings en route to a 4-3 loss. Wells is 3-4 with a 3.03 ERA in 15 career starts against theCubs. St. Louis is four games back of Chicago in the Central.
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">ST LOUIS AT CHICAGO CUBS -- LINEUPS ST LOUIS CHICAGO CUBS AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Aaron Miles 2B .294 1 22 Ryan Theriot SS .288 3 38 Rick Ankiel RF .296 3 6 Jacque Jones CF .273 5 46 Albert Pujols 1B .321 27 79 Derrek Lee 1B .314 13 63 Jim Edmonds CF .248 8 33 Aramis Ramirez 3B .319 18 73 Chris Duncan LF .271 20 60 Daryle Ward RF .307 1 12 Scott Rolen 3B .264 8 53 Mark Derosa 2B .291 7 58 Yadier Molina C .276 3 26 Matt Murton LF .259 4 15 Kip Wells RHP .318 1 5 Jason Kendall C .291 1 13 (6-13, 5.24) Carlos Zambrano RHP .254 2 5 Brendan Ryan SS .342 4 10 (14-9, 3.86)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS WARMUPS: STL - KIP WELLS (6-13, 5.24) CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO (14-9, 3.86) UMPIRES: HP - MARK CARLSON 1B - DERRYL COUSINS 2B - ANGEL HERNANDEZ 3B - TED BARRETT WEATHER: 68 Degrees, rain WIND: 8 mph, right to left</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS STARTING BATS: STL - KIP WELLS AND YADIER MOLINA CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO AND JASON KENDALL DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A MILES (.294, 1 HR, 22 RBI) R ANKIEL (.296, 3 HR, 6 RBI) A PUJOLS (.321, 27 HR, 79 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: R THERIOT (.288, 3 HR, 38 RBI) J JONES (.273, 5 HR, 46 RBI) D LEE (.314, 13 HR, 63 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 R Ankiel rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .320 J Edmonds cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 C Duncan lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 S Rolen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Y Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 K Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 B Ryan ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .342 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Theriot ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 J Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 D Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 D Ward rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 M DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 J Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 C Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 0 -- 0 CHICAGO CUBS - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era K Wells 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.24 CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era C Zambrano 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.83 Pitches-strikes: C Zambrano 23-16. Ground balls-fly balls: C Zambrano 1-0. Batters faced: C Zambrano 3. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Derryl Cousins. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Ted Barrett. Weather: 68 degrees, rain. Wind: 8 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS CONFIRMED STARTERS: STL - KIP WELLS CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J EDMONDS (.248, 8 HR, 33 RBI) C DUNCAN (.271, 20 HR, 60 RBI) S ROLEN (.264, 8 HR, 53 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 R Ankiel rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .320 J Edmonds cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 C Duncan lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 S Rolen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Y Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 K Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 B Ryan ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .342 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Miles-B Ryan-A Pujols). CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Theriot ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288 J Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .272 D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 D Ward rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 M DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 J Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 C Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Totals 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 BATTING: GIDP - J Jones. Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 0 -- 0 CHICAGO CUBS - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era K Wells 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.20 CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era C Zambrano 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.83 Pitches-strikes: K Wells 17-9; C Zambrano 23-16. Ground balls-fly balls: K Wells 3-0; C Zambrano 1-0. Batters faced: K Wells 3; C Zambrano 3. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Derryl Cousins. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Ted Barrett. Weather: 66 degrees, rain. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A RAMIREZ (.319, 18 HR, 73 RBI) D WARD (.307, 1 HR, 12 RBI) M DEROSA (.291, 7 HR, 58 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 R Ankiel rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .320 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 C Duncan lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 S Rolen 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Y Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 K Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 B Ryan ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .342 Totals 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Miles-B Ryan-A Pujols). CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Theriot ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288 J Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .272 D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 D Ward rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 M DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 J Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 C Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Totals 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 BATTING: GIDP - J Jones. Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 00 -- 0 CHICAGO CUBS - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era K Wells 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.20 CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era C Zambrano 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.81 Pitches-strikes: K Wells 17-9; C Zambrano 36-26. Ground balls-fly balls: K Wells 3-0; C Zambrano 2-2. Batters faced: K Wells 3; C Zambrano 6. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Derryl Cousins. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Ted Barrett. Weather: 66 degrees, rain. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: Y MOLINA (.276, 3 HR, 26 RBI) K WELLS (.318, 1 HR, 5 RBI) B RYAN (.342, 4 HR, 10 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 R Ankiel rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .320 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 C Duncan lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 S Rolen 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Y Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 K Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 B Ryan ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .342 Totals 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Miles-B Ryan-A Pujols). CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Theriot ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288 J Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .272 D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 A Ramirez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 D Ward rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303 M DeRosa 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 J Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 C Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Totals 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 BATTING: GIDP - J Jones. Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 00 -- 0 CHICAGO CUBS - 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era K Wells 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.16 CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era C Zambrano 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.81 Pitches-strikes: K Wells 26-15; C Zambrano 36-26. Ground balls-fly balls: K Wells 5-1; C Zambrano 2-2. Batters faced: K Wells 6; C Zambrano 6. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Derryl Cousins. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Ted Barrett. Weather: 66 degrees, rain. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M MURTON (.259, 4 HR, 15 RBI) J KENDALL (.291, 1 HR, 13 RBI) C ZAMBRANO (.254, 2 HR, 5 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 R Ankiel rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .320 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 C Duncan lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 S Rolen 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Y Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 K Wells p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .311 B Ryan ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 Totals 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Miles-B Ryan-A Pujols). CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Theriot ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288 J Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .272 D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 A Ramirez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 D Ward rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303 M DeRosa 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 M Murton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 J Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 C Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Totals 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 BATTING: GIDP - J Jones. Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 000 -- 0 CHICAGO CUBS - 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era K Wells 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.16 CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era C Zambrano 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.79 Pitches-strikes: K Wells 26-15; C Zambrano 44-32. Ground balls-fly balls: K Wells 5-1; C Zambrano 4-2. Batters faced: K Wells 6; C Zambrano 9. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Derryl Cousins. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Ted Barrett. Weather: 66 degrees, rain. Wind: 8 mph, in from right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS NOTE: THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO RAIN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, M MURTON ON FIRST, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 0</div>
Cubs-Cardinals postponed due to rain <h3>ST LOUIS AT CHICAGO CUBS (PPD RAIN)</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Sunday's contest between the Chicago Cubsand the St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed due to rain. The scoreless game was delayed in the bottom of the third andthe makeup date will be announced at a later time.
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS NOTE: THE GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, M MURTON ON FIRST, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 0</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NL ST LOUIS CHICAGO CUBS POSTPONED</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at CHICAGO CUBS <div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS NOTE: THE GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN AND NO MAKE-UP DATE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. PROBABLES: STL - JOEL PINEIRO (2-1, 2.84) CHN - TED LILLY (13-5, 3.74)</div>
