GAME THREAD: NL: CHICAGO CUBS (71-68) at PITTSBURGH (61-79)

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Capps relieved D Marte.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 1
PITTSBURGH 6 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M Murton (.266, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Fontenot hit for K Wood.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 1
PITTSBURGH 6 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M Fontenot (.283, 3 HR, 28 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 2
PITTSBURGH 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 x 6 11 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CHN - RICH HILL, KEVIN HART (7TH), SCOTT EYRE (7TH), KERRY WOOD
(8TH) AND GEOVANY SOTO

PIT - TOM GORZELANNY, SHAWN CHACON (8TH), DAMASO MARTE
(8TH), MATT CAPPS (9TH) AND RONNY PAULINO

HOME RUNS: CHN - NONE

PIT - JACK WILSON (9) OFF RICH HILL IN THE 6TH, 1 ON</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 2
PITTSBURGH 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 x 6 11 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CHN - RICH HILL, KEVIN HART (7TH), SCOTT EYRE (7TH), KERRY WOOD
(8TH) AND GEOVANY SOTO

PIT - TOM GORZELANNY, SHAWN CHACON (8TH), DAMASO MARTE
(8TH), MATT CAPPS (9TH) AND RONNY PAULINO


WP - TOM GORZELANNY (14-7)
LP - RICH HILL (8-8)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: CHN - NONE

PIT - JACK WILSON (9) OFF RICH HILL IN THE 6TH, 1 ON


TIME: 2:30 ATT: 24,489

PROBABLES: CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO (14-12, 4.35)
PIT - IAN SNELL (9-11, 4.01)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (1) VS PITTSBURGH (6) - FINAL

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .296
R Theriot ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .281
D Lee 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .313
A Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .316
M DeRosa 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .290
C Monroe cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .185
b-D Ward ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337
c-J Kendall ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287
F Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213
G Soto c 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 .357
M Murton rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .265
R Hill p 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .130
a-R Cedeno ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .127
K Hart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-M Fontenot ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286

Totals 35 1 9 1 3 3 16

a-doubled to deep right for R Hill in the 7th; b-hit for C Monroe in the 8th;
c-singled to left for D Ward in the 8th; d-reached on infield single to second
for K Wood in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - D Lee (36, T Gorzelanny); G Soto (1, T Gorzelanny); R Cedeno (2,
T Gorzelanny). RBI - R Cedeno (7). 2-out RBI - R Cedeno. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - M DeRosa 1, A Soriano 1, R Theriot 1, G Soto 2, R
Hill 2. Team LOB - 10.

FIELDING: E - M DeRosa (9, throw); R Theriot (11, throw).


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Morgan cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .300
J Bautista 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259
F Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .316
J Bay lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .253
A LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .269
S Pearce rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .240
N McLouth rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245
R Paulino c 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 .259
J Wilson ss 4 1 3 3 0 0 1 .288
T Gorzelanny p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .073
S Chacon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
D Marte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-M Kata ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271
M Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

Totals 33 6 11 6 1 2 11

a-flied out to left for D Marte in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - N Morgan (1, R Hill); J Wilson (26, R Hill); A LaRoche (32, R
Hill). HR - J Wilson (9, 6th inning off R Hill 1 on, 1 Out). SF - F Sanchez.
RBI - F Sanchez (73), R Paulino (47), J Wilson 3 (49), A LaRoche (82). 2-out
RBI - A LaRoche. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N McLouth 1, N
Morgan 2, S Pearce 1. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Wilson (2, 2nd base off R Hill/G Soto). CS - J Wilson (5,
2nd base by K Wood/G Soto).


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CHICAGO CUBS - 000 000 100 -- 1
PITTSBURGH - 121 002 00x -- 6
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CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill (L, 8-8) 6 9 6 6 1 2 1 4.02
K Hart 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S Eyre 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.80
K Wood 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.68

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny (W, 14-7) 7 6 1 1 2 3 0 3.48
S Chacon 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.98
D Marte 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.06
M Capps 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.12

HBP - R Paulino (by R Hill). Pitches-strikes: R Hill 84-64; K Hart 7-4; S
Eyre 7-5; K Wood 8-6; T Gorzelanny 118-72; S Chacon 20-12; D Marte 9-5; M Capps
10-10. Ground balls-fly balls: R Hill 10-6; K Hart 0-1; S Eyre 1-1; K Wood 1-1;
T Gorzelanny 7-10; S Chacon 1-1; D Marte 0-1; M Capps 0-3. Batters faced: R
Hill 29; K Hart 2; S Eyre 2; K Wood 3; T Gorzelanny 28; S Chacon 4; D Marte 2;
M Capps 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Hunter Wendelstedt. 1B--Sam Holbrook. 2B--Randy Marsh. 3B--Bob
Davidson.

T--2:30. Att--24,489.
Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, right
to left.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
CHICAGO CUBS 1
PITTSBURGH 6 FINAL</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at PITTSBURGH

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CHICAGO CUBS (1) AT PITTSBURGH (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
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PITTSBURGH 1ST: N Morgan doubled to left. J Bautista grounded out to
second, N Morgan to third. F Sanchez hit sacrifice fly to right, N Morgan
scored. J Bay flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0,
PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 2ND: A LaRoche lined out to first. S Pearce reached on infield
single to second, S Pearce to second on throwing error by second baseman
M DeRosa. R Paulino singled to center, S Pearce scored. J Wilson doubled to deep
left, R Paulino scored. T Gorzelanny struck out swinging. N Morgan grounded
out to first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: J Bautista grounded out to third. F Sanchez grounded out
to third. J Bay walked. A LaRoche doubled to deep left center, J Bay scored.
S Pearce grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0,
PITTSBURGH 4.

PITTSBURGH 6TH: S Pearce grounded out to third. R Paulino hit by pitch.
J Wilson homered to left, R Paulino scored. T Gorzelanny flied out to left.
N Morgan singled to right. J Bautista flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 6.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: N McLouth in right field. C Monroe flied out to left.
G Soto doubled to deep center. M Murton flied out to right. R Cedeno hit for
R Hill. R Cedeno doubled to deep right, G Soto scored. A Soriano struck out
swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, PITTSBURGH 6.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at PITTSBURGH

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CHICAGO CUBS (1) AT PITTSBURGH (6) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chicago Cubs Starting Lineups -- A Soriano LF, R Theriot SS, D Lee 1B,
A Ramirez 3B, M DeRosa 2B, C Monroe CF, G Soto C, M Murton RF, R Hill LHP.

Pittsburgh Starting Lineups -- N Morgan CF, J Bautista 3B, F Sanchez 2B, J Bay LF,
A LaRoche 1B, S Pearce RF, R Paulino C, J Wilson SS, T Gorzelanny LHP.

Umpires -- Hunter Wendelstedt (HP), Sam Holbrook (1B), Randy Marsh (2B),
Bob Davidson (3B).

Gametime Weather: 84 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 9 mph.


CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano flied out to center. R Theriot grounded out to
third. D Lee lined out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0,
PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 1ST: N Morgan doubled to left. J Bautista grounded out to
second, N Morgan to third. F Sanchez hit sacrifice fly to right, N Morgan
scored. J Bay flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0,
PITTSBURGH 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: A Ramirez lined out to pitcher. M DeRosa walked.
C Monroe fouled out to first. G Soto singled to left, M DeRosa to second.
M Murton walked, M DeRosa to third, G Soto to second. R Hill grounded into
fielder's choice to second, M Murton out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 2ND: A LaRoche lined out to first. S Pearce reached on infield
single to second, S Pearce to second on throwing error by second baseman
M DeRosa. R Paulino singled to center, S Pearce scored. J Wilson doubled to deep
left, R Paulino scored. T Gorzelanny struck out swinging. N Morgan grounded
out to first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 3.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: A Soriano struck out swinging. R Theriot lined out to
right. D Lee singled to center. A Ramirez singled to shallow right, D Lee
to second, D Lee tagged out at second returning to base. (0 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: J Bautista grounded out to third. F Sanchez grounded out
to third. J Bay walked. A LaRoche doubled to deep left center, J Bay scored.
S Pearce grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0,
PITTSBURGH 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: M DeRosa flied out to center. C Monroe grounded out to
third. G Soto grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0,
PITTSBURGH 4.

PITTSBURGH 4TH: R Paulino reached on infield single to pitcher. J Wilson
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Paulino out at second. J Wilson
stole second. T Gorzelanny grounded out to first, J Wilson to third. N Morgan
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: M Murton grounded out to shortstop. R Hill struck out
looking. A Soriano grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 4.

PITTSBURGH 5TH: J Bautista bunt grounded out to pitcher. F Sanchez singled
to left center. J Bay flied out to center. A LaRoche struck out looking.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 6TH: R Theriot grounded out to shortstop. D Lee doubled to
left. A Ramirez flied out to center. M DeRosa flied out to right. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 4.

PITTSBURGH 6TH: S Pearce grounded out to third. R Paulino hit by pitch.
J Wilson homered to left, R Paulino scored. T Gorzelanny flied out to left.
N Morgan singled to right. J Bautista flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0, PITTSBURGH 6.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: N McLouth in right field. C Monroe flied out to left.
G Soto doubled to deep center. M Murton flied out to right. R Cedeno hit for
R Hill. R Cedeno doubled to deep right, G Soto scored. A Soriano struck out
swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, PITTSBURGH 6.

PITTSBURGH 7TH: K Hart relieved R Hill. F Sanchez flied out to center.
J Bay singled to left. S Eyre relieved K Hart. A LaRoche grounded into fielder's
choice to second, J Bay out at second, A LaRoche to second on throwing error by
shortstop R Theriot. N McLouth fouled out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
CHICAGO CUBS 1, PITTSBURGH 6.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: S Chacon relieved T Gorzelanny. R Theriot singled to
right. D Lee grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Theriot out at
second. A Ramirez popped out to second. M DeRosa walked, D Lee to second.
D Ward hit for C Monroe. D Marte relieved S Chacon. J Kendall hit for D Ward.
J Kendall singled to left, D Lee to third, M DeRosa to second. G Soto flied out
to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, PITTSBURGH 6.

PITTSBURGH 8TH: F Pie in center field. K Wood relieved S Eyre. R Paulino
grounded out to second. J Wilson singled to left. M Kata hit for D Marte.
M Kata flied out to left. J Wilson caught stealing second, catcher to
shortstop.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, PITTSBURGH 6.

CHICAGO CUBS 9TH: M Capps relieved D Marte. M Murton fouled out to third.
M Fontenot hit for K Wood. M Fontenot reached on infield single to second.
A Soriano flied out to right. M Fontenot to second on fielder's indifference.
R Theriot flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1,
PITTSBURGH 6.</div>

 

Wilson, Gorzelanny propel Pirates past Cubs

<h3>PITTSBURGH 6, CHICAGO CUBS 1</h3>By Chris Adamski
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PITTSBURGH (Ticker) - Jack Wilson continued his hot streak andTom Gorzelanny pitched seven strong innings against his hometownteam as the Pittsburgh Pirates prevented the Chicago Cubs fromtaking over sole possession of first place with a 6-1 victoryFriday night.


Wilson went 3-for-4 - including his 10th home run and three RBI- to give him 14 hits in his past five games.


Gorzelanny allowed one earned run on six hits in seven inningsto win for the fifth time in the past month. He also had twowalks with three strikeouts.


Derrek Lee and Geovany Soto each went 2-for-3 for the Cubs(71-69), who remained tied for first in the National LeagueCentral after the Milwaukee Brewers (71-69) lost in CincinnatiFriday.


The Pirates, who earlier in the day announced the firing ofgeneral manager Dave Littlefield after more than six years onthe job, scored the game's first run in the bottom of the firstwhen Freddy Sanchez's sacrifice fly plated Nyjer Morgan.

Pittsburgh added two more runs in the second after Ronny Paulinosingled to score Steve Pearce. Wilson then doubled to platePaulino.


Wilson is batting .700 (14-for-20) in his past five games.

The Pirates made it 4-0 in the third when Adam LaRoche drove inJason Bay with a double. Wilson's homer was to left with oneout in the six. It scored Paulino to make it 6-0.

Gorzelanny improved to 14-7, tying him for the second-mostvictories among National League lefthanders. A native ofEvergreen Park, Illinois, Gorzelanny has allowed only two earnedruns in two starts this season against the Cubs.


The Cubs' only run came courtesy of pinch hitter Ronny Cedeno,who drove in Soto with a double in the seventh. They loaded thebases with two outs in the eighth, but Damaso Marte inducedSoto to fly out to right to end the threat.


Rich Hill (8-8) was charged with six runs on nine hits and awalk in six innings.

 

Wilson, Gorzelanny propel Pirates past Cubs

<h3>PITTSBURGH 6, CHICAGO CUBS 1</h3>By Chris Adamski
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PITTSBURGH (Ticker) - Jack Wilson continued his hot streak andTom Gorzelanny pitched seven strong innings against his hometownteam as the Pittsburgh Pirates prevented the Chicago Cubs fromtaking over sole possession of first place with a 6-1 victoryFriday night.


Wilson went 3-for-4 - including his 10th home run and three RBI- to give him 14 hits in his past five games.


Gorzelanny allowed one earned run on six hits in seven inningsto win for the fifth time in the past month. He also had twowalks with three strikeouts.


"We did everything right tonight," Pittsburgh manager Jim Tracysaid. "We pitched great, we played great defense and we did atremendous job manufacturing runs."


Derrek Lee and Geovany Soto each went 2-for-3 for the Cubs(71-69), who remained tied for first in the National LeagueCentral after the Milwaukee Brewers (71-69) lost in CincinnatiFriday.


"Maybe (the Cubs are trying to do too much), because we know weare tied for first place," Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano said."Nothing worked for us today, so hopefully tomorrow it willget better."


The Pirates, who earlier in the day announced the firing ofgeneral manager Dave Littlefield after more than six years onthe job, scored the game's first run in the bottom of the firstwhen Freddy Sanchez's sacrifice fly plated Nyjer Morgan.

Pittsburgh added two more runs in the second after Ronny Paulinosingled to score Steve Pearce. Wilson then doubled to platePaulino.


Wilson is batting .700 (14-for-20) in his past five games.

"This is almost the same as a really bad slump - you don't knowwhy it's happening or what's going on, but it's nice," Wilsonsaid.


"Especially with being able to feed off Paulino and the way he'sswinging the bat right now, too. He's in the 7-hole and I'mthe 8-hole; we're just trying to contribute at the bottom of thelineup."


The Pirates made it 4-0 in the third when Adam LaRoche drove inJason Bay with a double. Wilson's homer was to left with oneout in the six. It scored Paulino to make it 6-0.

Gorzelanny improved to 14-7, tying him for the second-mostvictories among National League lefthanders. A native ofEvergreen Park, Illinois, Gorzelanny has allowed only two earnedruns in two starts this season against the Cubs.


"I was trying to attack guys and make pitches," Gorzelanny said."And I just was trying to get them to swing at things -fortunately I was able to do that. Some pitches were working.In the right situations, I made the right pitches."

The Cubs' only run came courtesy of pinch hitter Ronny Cedeno,who drove in Soto with a double in the seventh. They loaded thebases with two outs in the eighth, but Damaso Marte inducedSoto to fly out to right to end the threat.


"I don't know what to chalk it up to," Cubs manager Lou Piniellasaid. "We'll chalk it up to we lost 6-1 and leave it at that.I don't know if we're trying to overdo it or what, but we'll goout there tomorrow and try again."


Rich Hill (8-8) was charged with six runs on nine hits and awalk in six innings.


"It wasn't a very good outing," Hill said. "I will take it andmove on; that's it. I made some good pitches that got hit. I<div class="pre">didn't walk many guys I walked one guy so that wasn't an</div>issue; my command was pretty good. I look at the positives.But it was overall not very good. I have to go ahead and movepast it."