GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: CHICAGO CUBS (41-40) at WASHINGTON (33-49)

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - PITCHING CHANGE
CHN: BOBBY HOWRY (5-4, 4.31) IN THE 9TH
SITUATION: NO RUNS IN, R FICK ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.254, 5 HR, 27 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: B Howry relieved W Ohman.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, R FICK ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 3
WASHINGTON 1 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A Kearns (.254, 5 HR, 27 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

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

BATTERIES: CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO, CARLOS MARMOL (7TH), WILL OHMAN (9TH), BOBBY
HOWRY (9TH) AND KOYIE HILL

WAS - TIM REDDING, SAUL RIVERA (6TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH),
JON RAUCH (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER

HOME RUNS: CHN - NONE

WAS - NONE</div>

 

Zambrano third in NL to 10 wins as Cubs down Nationals

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Carlos Zambrano is serving notice hewould like to be the National League's final All-Star.

Zambrano struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings as the Chicago Cubsposted a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

Two days away from finding out whether the fans will vote him into the final NL All-Star spot, Zambrano has been making a verystrong case for his candidacy, including this contest as heyielded one run and three hits.

Since June 6, the righthander is 5-1 with a 1.42 ERA, with hisonly loss coming in a contest in which he carried a no-hitterinto the eighth inning.

His last seven starts are in direct contrast to his first 12,where the two-time All-Star selection was 5-5 with a 5.63 ERA.After yielding just two or fewer runs in just four of his 12outings through June 1, Zambrano has kept each of his last sixopponents at or below that mark.

Carlos Marmol and Will Ohman got five outs before closer BobbyHowry retired the last two for his third save in seven chances.

Alfonso Soriano, who made an All-Star appearance in 2006 in hisonly season as a National, had two hits and scored twice for theCubs, who have won 10 of their last 11 games and moved to twogames over .500 (42-40) for the first time since May 3, 2006.Cliff Floyd stroked a two-out, two-run single in the third togive Chicago all the runs it would need.

Nationals starter Tim Redding (0-1), who made his first startsince July 15, 2005, went five frames, surrendering three runsand five hits with two walks and a strikeout.

Ronnie Belliard tallied an RBI for the Nationals, who have lostseven of their last eight games and dropped all five meetingsthis season against the Cubs.

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

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

BATTERIES: CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO, CARLOS MARMOL (7TH), WILL OHMAN (9TH), BOBBY
HOWRY (9TH) AND KOYIE HILL

WAS - TIM REDDING, SAUL RIVERA (6TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH),
JON RAUCH (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER


WP - CARLOS ZAMBRANO (10-6)
LP - TIM REDDING (0-1)
SAVE - BOBBY HOWRY (3)

HOME RUNS: CHN - NONE

WAS - NONE


TIME: 2:46 ATT: 30,106

PROBABLES: CHN - RICH HILL (5-5, 3.49)
WAS - MATT CHICO (3-5, 4.74)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (3) VS WASHINGTON (1) - FINAL

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .308
R Theriot ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .270
D Lee 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .339
C Floyd rf 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 .296
F Pie pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219
M DeRosa 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .287
M Fontenot 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .364
A Pagan cf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .280
K Hill c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .163
C Zambrano p 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .256
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-D Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
W Ohman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 32 3 8 3 3 5 13

a-popped out to second for C Marmol in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - M DeRosa (16, S Rivera). S - R Theriot. RBI - R Theriot (24), C
Floyd 2 (30). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Lee 1, M DeRosa 1, A
Pagan 2. GIDP - K Hill, M DeRosa. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Soriano (12, 2nd base off T Redding/B Schneider).

FIELDING: E - C Marmol (1, catch).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Langerhans cf 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 .179
R Belliard 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 .286
R Zimmerman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .245
D Young 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .331
R Church lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .249
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
F Lopez ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .232
B Schneider c 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .243
R Fick rf-lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .226
T Redding p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
a-T Batista ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .216
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .053
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Kearns rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253

Totals 31 1 4 1 4 12 16

a-popped out to shortstop for T Redding in the 5th; b-struck out looking for S
Rivera in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - R Langerhans (7, C Zambrano). SF - R Belliard. RBI - R Belliard
(19). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Fick 1, R Langerhans 1, R
Zimmerman 2. Team LOB - 9.

FIELDING: E - R Zimmerman (13, throw). DP: 2 (R Belliard-F Lopez-D Young, F
Lopez-R Belliard-D Young).


----------------------------------------------------
CHICAGO CUBS - 102 000 000 -- 3
WASHINGTON - 000 010 000 -- 1
----------------------------------------------------

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
C Zambrano (W, 10-6) 6 2/3 3 1 1 4 8 0 4.04
C Marmol (H, 3) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.07
W Ohman (H, 12) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.26
B Howry (S, 3) 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.24

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
T Redding (L, 0-1) 5 5 3 3 2 1 0 5.40
S Rivera 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 3.86
L Ayala 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.69
J Rauch 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.03

IBB - D Lee (by T Redding). HBP - R Fick (by C Zambrano). Pitches-strikes: C
Zambrano 121-71; C Marmol 21-14; W Ohman 10-8; B Howry 10-6; T Redding 78-46; S
Rivera 33-24; L Ayala 11-6; J Rauch 13-9. Ground balls-fly balls: C Zambrano
4-8; C Marmol 1-1; W Ohman 1-0; B Howry 0-0; T Redding 8-6; S Rivera 3-0; L
Ayala 2-1; J Rauch 0-2. Batters faced: C Zambrano 28; C Marmol 5; W Ohman 2; B
Howry 2; T Redding 22; S Rivera 8; L Ayala 3; J Rauch 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Scott
Barry.

T--2:46. Att--30,106.
Weather: 77 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, in from
center.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
CHICAGO CUBS 3
WASHINGTON 1 FINAL</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHICAGO CUBS (3) AT WASHINGTON (1) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano singled to right. A Soriano stole second.
R Theriot singled to right center, A Soriano scored. D Lee grounded out to
third, R Theriot to second. C Floyd flied out to center. M DeRosa lined out
to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: C Zambrano singled to left center. A Soriano reached on
infield single to shortstop, C Zambrano to second. R Theriot sacrificed to
pitcher, C Zambrano to third, A Soriano to second. D Lee intentionally walked.
C Floyd singled to center, C Zambrano and A Soriano scored, D Lee to second.
M DeRosa walked, D Lee to third, C Floyd to second. M Fontenot lined out to
shortstop. A Pagan flied out to left. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 5TH: B Schneider walked. R Fick hit by pitch, B Schneider to
second. T Batista hit for T Redding. T Batista popped out to shortstop.
R Langerhans walked, B Schneider to third, R Fick to second. R Belliard hit
sacrifice fly to center, B Schneider scored. R Zimmerman popped out to second.
(1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHICAGO CUBS (3) AT WASHINGTON (1) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

Washington Starting Lineups -- R Langerhans CF, R Belliard 2B, R Zimmerman 3B,
D Young 1B, R Church LF, F Lopez SS, B Schneider C, R Fick RF, T Redding RHP.

Umpires -- Andy Fletcher (HP), Mike Reilly (1B), Jeff Kellogg (2B), Scott Barry (3B).

Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Cloudy, wind in from center at 11 mph.


CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano singled to right. A Soriano stole second.
R Theriot singled to right center, A Soriano scored. D Lee grounded out to
third, R Theriot to second. C Floyd flied out to center. M DeRosa lined out
to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 1ST: R Langerhans popped out to shortstop. R Belliard grounded
out to pitcher. R Zimmerman grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: M Fontenot grounded out to pitcher. A Pagan struck out
looking. K Hill grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 2ND: D Young walked. R Church struck out swinging. F Lopez
struck out looking. B Schneider singled to left center, D Young to second.
R Fick popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1,
WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: C Zambrano singled to left center. A Soriano reached on
infield single to shortstop, C Zambrano to second. R Theriot sacrificed to
pitcher, C Zambrano to third, A Soriano to second. D Lee intentionally walked.
C Floyd singled to center, C Zambrano and A Soriano scored, D Lee to second.
M DeRosa walked, D Lee to third, C Floyd to second. M Fontenot lined out to
shortstop. A Pagan flied out to left. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 3RD: T Redding struck out looking. R Langerhans doubled to deep
right center. R Belliard grounded out to second, R Langerhans to third.
R Zimmerman flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3,
WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: K Hill grounded out to second. C Zambrano grounded out
to first. A Soriano flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 4TH: D Young struck out swinging. R Church grounded out to
first. F Lopez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3,
WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: R Theriot grounded out to pitcher. D Lee grounded out to
shortstop. C Floyd popped out to catcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 5TH: B Schneider walked. R Fick hit by pitch, B Schneider to
second. T Batista hit for T Redding. T Batista popped out to shortstop.
R Langerhans walked, B Schneider to third, R Fick to second. R Belliard hit
sacrifice fly to center, B Schneider scored. R Zimmerman popped out to second.
(1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 6TH: S Rivera relieved T Redding. M DeRosa hit a ground rule
double to deep right. M Fontenot struck out swinging. A Pagan singled to
left, M DeRosa to third. K Hill grounded into double play, second to shortstop
to first, A Pagan out at second.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3,
WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 6TH: D Young flied out to center. R Church struck out swinging.
F Lopez singled to left. B Schneider struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: C Zambrano struck out swinging. A Soriano struck out
swinging. R Theriot reached on bunt single to third, R Theriot to second on
throwing error by third baseman R Zimmerman. D Lee grounded out to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Fick lined out to left. D Jimenez hit for S Rivera.
D Jimenez struck out looking. R Langerhans walked. C Marmol relieved
C Zambrano. R Belliard struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: L Ayala relieved S Rivera. C Floyd walked. F Pie ran for
C Floyd. M DeRosa grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first,
F Pie out at second. M Fontenot flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 8TH: F Pie in center field. A Pagan in right field. R Zimmerman
grounded out to third. D Young struck out looking. R Church safe at first on
error by pitcher C Marmol. F Lopez lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
1 Error) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 9TH: J Rauch relieved L Ayala. R Fick in left field. A Kearns
in right field. A Pagan struck out looking. K Hill popped out to shortstop.
D Ward hit for C Marmol. D Ward popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 9TH: W Ohman relieved C Marmol. B Schneider grounded out to
second. R Fick singled to right. B Howry relieved W Ohman. A Kearns struck
out swinging. R Fick to second on fielder's indifference. R Langerhans struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.</div>

 

Zambrano third in NL to 10 wins as Cubs down Nationals

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Carlos Zambrano is serving notice hewould like to be the National League's final All-Star.

Zambrano struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings as the Chicago Cubsposted a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

Two days away from finding out whether the fans will vote him into the final NL All-Star spot, Zambrano (10-6) has been makinga very strong case for his candidacy, including this contest ashe yielded one run and three hits.

Since June 6, the righthander is 5-1 with a 1.42 ERA, with hisonly loss coming in a contest in which he carried a no-hitterinto the eighth inning.

His last seven starts are in direct contrast to his first 12,where the two-time All-Star selection was 5-5 with a 5.63 ERA.After yielding just two or fewer runs in just four of his 12outings through June 1, Zambrano has kept each of his last sixopponents at or below that mark.

Carlos Marmol and Will Ohman got five outs before closer BobbyHowry retired the last two for his third save in seven chances.

Alfonso Soriano, who made an All-Star appearance in 2006 in hisonly season as a National, had two hits and scored twice for theCubs, who have won 10 of their last 11 games and moved to twogames over .500 (42-40) for the first time since May 3, 2006.Cliff Floyd stroked a two-out, two-run single in the third togive Chicago all the runs it would need.

Nationals starter Tim Redding (0-1), who made his first startsince July 15, 2005, went five frames, surrendering three runsand five hits with two walks and a strikeout.

Ronnie Belliard tallied an RBI for the Nationals, who have lostseven of their last eight games and dropped all five meetingsthis season against the Cubs.

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (3) VS WASHINGTON (1) - FINAL

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .308
R Theriot ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .270
D Lee 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .339
C Floyd rf 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 .296
F Pie pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219
M DeRosa 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .287
M Fontenot 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .364
A Pagan cf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .280
K Hill c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .163
C Zambrano p 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .256
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-D Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
W Ohman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 32 3 8 3 3 5 13

a-popped out to second for C Marmol in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - M DeRosa (16, S Rivera). S - R Theriot. RBI - R Theriot (24), C
Floyd 2 (30). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Lee 1, M DeRosa 1, A
Pagan 2. GIDP - K Hill, M DeRosa. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Soriano (12, 2nd base off T Redding/B Schneider).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Langerhans cf 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 .179
R Belliard 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 .286
R Zimmerman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .245
D Young 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .331
R Church lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .253
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
F Lopez ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .232
B Schneider c 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .243
R Fick rf-lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .226
T Redding p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
a-T Batista ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .216
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .053
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Kearns rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253

Totals 31 1 5 1 4 12 16

a-popped out to shortstop for T Redding in the 5th; b-struck out looking for S
Rivera in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - R Langerhans (7, C Zambrano). SF - R Belliard. RBI - R Belliard
(19). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Fick 1, R Langerhans 1, R
Zimmerman 2. Team LOB - 9.

FIELDING: E - R Zimmerman (13, throw). DP: 2 (R Belliard-F Lopez-D Young, F
Lopez-R Belliard-D Young).


----------------------------------------------------
CHICAGO CUBS - 102 000 000 -- 3
WASHINGTON - 000 010 000 -- 1
----------------------------------------------------

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
C Zambrano (W, 10-6) 6 2/3 3 1 1 4 8 0 4.04
C Marmol (H, 3) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.07
W Ohman (H, 12) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.26
B Howry (S, 3) 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.24

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
T Redding (L, 0-1) 5 5 3 3 2 1 0 5.40
S Rivera 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 3.86
L Ayala 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.69
J Rauch 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.03

IBB - D Lee (by T Redding). HBP - R Fick (by C Zambrano). Pitches-strikes: C
Zambrano 121-71; C Marmol 21-14; W Ohman 10-8; B Howry 10-6; T Redding 78-46; S
Rivera 33-24; L Ayala 11-6; J Rauch 13-9. Ground balls-fly balls: C Zambrano
4-8; C Marmol 1-1; W Ohman 1-0; B Howry 0-0; T Redding 8-6; S Rivera 3-0; L
Ayala 2-1; J Rauch 0-2. Batters faced: C Zambrano 28; C Marmol 5; W Ohman 2; B
Howry 2; T Redding 22; S Rivera 8; L Ayala 3; J Rauch 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Scott
Barry.

T--2:46. Att--30,106.
Weather: 77 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, in from
center.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

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

BATTERIES: CHN - CARLOS ZAMBRANO, CARLOS MARMOL (7TH), WILL OHMAN (9TH), BOBBY
HOWRY (9TH) AND KOYIE HILL

WAS - TIM REDDING, SAUL RIVERA (6TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH),
JON RAUCH (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER


WP - CARLOS ZAMBRANO (10-6)
LP - TIM REDDING (0-1)
SAVE - BOBBY HOWRY (3)

HOME RUNS: CHN - NONE

WAS - NONE


TIME: 2:46 ATT: 30,106

PROBABLES: CHN - RICH HILL (5-5, 3.49)
WAS - MATT CHICO (3-5, 4.74)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHICAGO CUBS (3) AT WASHINGTON (1) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

Washington Starting Lineups -- R Langerhans CF, R Belliard 2B, R Zimmerman 3B,
D Young 1B, R Church LF, F Lopez SS, B Schneider C, R Fick RF, T Redding RHP.

Umpires -- Andy Fletcher (HP), Mike Reilly (1B), Jeff Kellogg (2B), Scott Barry (3B).

Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Cloudy, wind in from center at 11 mph.


CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano singled to right. A Soriano stole second.
R Theriot singled to right center, A Soriano scored. D Lee grounded out to
third, R Theriot to second. C Floyd flied out to center. M DeRosa lined out
to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 1ST: R Langerhans popped out to shortstop. R Belliard grounded
out to pitcher. R Zimmerman grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: M Fontenot grounded out to pitcher. A Pagan struck out
looking. K Hill grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 2ND: D Young walked. R Church struck out swinging. F Lopez
struck out looking. B Schneider singled to left center, D Young to second.
R Fick popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1,
WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: C Zambrano singled to left center. A Soriano reached on
infield single to shortstop, C Zambrano to second. R Theriot sacrificed to
pitcher, C Zambrano to third, A Soriano to second. D Lee intentionally walked.
C Floyd singled to center, C Zambrano and A Soriano scored, D Lee to second.
M DeRosa walked, D Lee to third, C Floyd to second. M Fontenot lined out to
shortstop. A Pagan flied out to left. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 3RD: T Redding struck out looking. R Langerhans doubled to deep
right center. R Belliard grounded out to second, R Langerhans to third.
R Zimmerman flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3,
WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: K Hill grounded out to second. C Zambrano grounded out
to first. A Soriano flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 4TH: D Young struck out swinging. R Church grounded out to
first. F Lopez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3,
WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: R Theriot grounded out to pitcher. D Lee grounded out to
shortstop. C Floyd popped out to catcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 5TH: B Schneider walked. R Fick hit by pitch, B Schneider to
second. T Batista hit for T Redding. T Batista popped out to shortstop.
R Langerhans walked, B Schneider to third, R Fick to second. R Belliard hit
sacrifice fly to center, B Schneider scored. R Zimmerman popped out to second.
(1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 6TH: S Rivera relieved T Redding. M DeRosa hit a ground rule
double to deep right. M Fontenot struck out swinging. A Pagan singled to
left, M DeRosa to third. K Hill grounded into double play, second to shortstop
to first, A Pagan out at second.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3,
WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 6TH: D Young flied out to center. R Church struck out swinging.
F Lopez singled to left. B Schneider struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: C Zambrano struck out swinging. A Soriano struck out
swinging. R Theriot reached on bunt single to third, R Theriot to second on
throwing error by third baseman R Zimmerman. D Lee grounded out to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Fick lined out to left. D Jimenez hit for S Rivera.
D Jimenez struck out looking. R Langerhans walked. C Marmol relieved
C Zambrano. R Belliard struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: L Ayala relieved S Rivera. C Floyd walked. F Pie ran for
C Floyd. M DeRosa grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first,
F Pie out at second. M Fontenot flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 8TH: F Pie in center field. A Pagan in right field. R Zimmerman
grounded out to third. D Young struck out looking. R Church reached on
infield single to first. F Lopez lined out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 9TH: J Rauch relieved L Ayala. R Fick in left field. A Kearns
in right field. A Pagan struck out looking. K Hill popped out to shortstop.
D Ward hit for C Marmol. D Ward popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 9TH: W Ohman relieved C Marmol. B Schneider grounded out to
second. R Fick singled to right. B Howry relieved W Ohman. A Kearns struck
out swinging. R Fick to second on fielder's indifference. R Langerhans struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1.</div>

 

Zambrano third in NL to 10 wins as Cubs down Nationals

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 3, WASHINGTON 1</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Carlos Zambrano is serving notice hewould like to be the National League's final All-Star.

Zambrano struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings as the Chicago Cubsposted a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

Two days away from finding out whether the fans will vote him into the final NL All-Star spot, Zambrano (10-6) has been makinga very strong case for his candidacy, including this contest ashe yielded one run and three hits.

"Ten wins...I am surprised he's not (already) on the team," Cubsmanager Lou Piniella said. "I think his 10th win here speaksvolumes for making it."

Since June 6, the righthander is 5-1 with a 1.42 ERA, with hisonly loss coming in a contest in which he carried a no-hitterinto the eighth inning.

His last seven starts are in direct contrast to his first 12,where the two-time All-Star selection was 5-5 with a 5.63 ERA.After yielding just two or fewer runs in just four of his 12outings through June 1, Zambrano has kept each of his last sixopponents at or below that mark.

"There's some guys in the competition that have better numbersthan me, speaking of ERA," Zambrano said. "I just have morewins than they have." Zambrano said he's voted for himself onthe internet the maximum 25 times.

"That's all I can do," Zambrano said. "I'm not going to cheatmyself."

While he would enjoy the All-Star Game, he remains philosophicalabout his chances.

"Whatever happens, happens," Zambrano said. "If I don't go tothe All-Star Game, I go to Venezuela and enjoy my time with myfamily. If I go (to the All-Star Game), I'd enjoy it with myfamily also."

Carlos Marmol and Will Ohman got five outs before closer BobbyHowry retired the last two for his third save in seven chances.

Alfonso Soriano, who made an All-Star appearance in 2006 in hisonly season as a National, had two hits and scored twice for theCubs, who have won 10 of their last 11 games and moved to twogames over .500 (42-40) for the first time since May 3, 2006.Cliff Floyd stroked a two-out, two-run single in the third togive Chicago all the runs it would need.

Floyd has just 158 at-bats this season, and he knows he has tomake the most of his chances. "Those at-bats are importantat-bats," Floyd said. "When I get up there, I have tocapitalize.

"You just don't play because your name is in the lineup. Idon't hit sixth or seventh. I hit fourth or fifth a lot. We'vegot guys in the top of the order on this team that get on base.When you capitalize, you play. If you want to play on thisteam, you have to do something."

Nationals starter Tim Redding (0-1), who made his first startsince July 15, 2005, went five frames, surrendering three runsand five hits with two walks and a strikeout.

"I was able to calm down after the first run scored," Reddingsaid. "It was exciting to get back up here. I'm just lookingforward to getting another shot and I'll build on this."

Ronnie Belliard tallied an RBI for the Nationals, who have lostseven of their last eight games and dropped all five meetingsthis season against the Cubs.