GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: LA DODGERS (73-65) at CHICAGO CUBS (70-67)

NL: LA DODGERS at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">LA DODGERS (2) VS CHICAGO CUBS (8) - FINAL

LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .276
J Pierre cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .291
M Kemp rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .342
J Kent 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292
A Ethier lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .288
S Hillenbrand 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .242
J Loney 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307
M Lieberthal c 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 .243
E Stults p 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .364
S Proctor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-O Saenz ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .188
C Hu pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Seanez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Meloan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .038
R Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 33 2 8 2 1 4 11

a-doubled to deep center for S Proctor in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Pierre (20, T Lilly); E Stults (2, T Lilly); M Lieberthal (2, T
Lilly); O Saenz (5, C Marmol). SF - R Furcal. RBI - R Furcal (44), O Saenz
(17). 2-out RBI - O Saenz. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Kent 1,
M Lieberthal 1, R Furcal 1, J Pierre 1. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Pierre (55, 3rd base off T Lilly/G Soto). CS - S
Hillenbrand (1, 2nd base by T Lilly/G Soto).

FIELDING: E - J Pierre (5, catch); M Kemp (4, throw); J Kent (14, throw). DP:
1 (S Hillenbrand-J Kent-J Loney).


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 .298
S Fuld cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M DeRosa 2b-rf 4 2 3 2 1 0 1 .293
D Lee 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .309
A Ramirez 3b 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 .317
M Murton rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .269
F Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
a-J Kendall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .288
B Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-C Floyd ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287
M Fontenot 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
C Monroe cf-rf-lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 5 .208
G Soto c 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .300
R Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111
c-D Ward ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .344
d-R Theriot ph-ss 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .283
T Lilly p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .138
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Jones cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .268
R Dempster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 35 8 13 7 6 7 18

a-popped out to first for F Pie in the 7th; b-reached on infield single to
third for B Howry in the 8th; c-hit for R Cedeno in the 8th; d-doubled to
deep right center for D Ward in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - C Monroe (3, E Stults); M DeRosa (25, E Stults); R Theriot (28, M
Hendrickson); A Soriano (34, R Hernandez). HR - A Ramirez (20, 3rd inning off E
Stults 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - G Soto (2), A Ramirez 2 (84), R Theriot (42), J
Jones (52), M DeRosa 2 (65). 2-out RBI - A Ramirez 2. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - C Monroe 3, J Kendall 1, T Lilly 2. GIDP - M DeRosa. Team LOB
- 10.

BASERUNNING: SB - M DeRosa (1, 2nd base off R Seanez/M Lieberthal), R Theriot
(25, 3rd base off M Hendrickson/M Lieberthal). CS - C Monroe (1, 2nd base by J
Meloan/M Lieberthal).


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LA DODGERS - 000 010 100 -- 2
CHICAGO CUBS - 012 010 04x -- 8
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LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
E Stults (L, 1-3) 4 1/3 8 4 3 2 2 1 4.50
S Proctor 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.68
R Seanez 2/3 0 0 0 2 2 0 3.64
J Beimel 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.06
J Meloan 1/3 0 1 1 2 0 0 3.86
M Hendrickson 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 5.24
R Hernandez 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 5.71

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lilly (W, 14-7) 6 2/3 6 2 2 1 3 0 3.85
C Marmol (H, 14) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.45
B Howry (H, 19) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.56
R Dempster 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.27

M Hendrickson pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP - E Stults. IBB - A Ramirez 2 (by E Stults, R Seanez). HBP - A Ramirez (by
R Hernandez). Pitches-strikes: E Stults 70-46; S Proctor 21-15; R Seanez 21-10;
J Beimel 2-2; J Meloan 10-2; M Hendrickson 5-3; R Hernandez 25-16; T Lilly
94-64; C Marmol 8-4; B Howry 20-14; R Dempster 9-7. Ground balls-fly balls: E
Stults 5-6; S Proctor 1-1; R Seanez 0-0; J Beimel 0-1; J Meloan 0-0; M
Hendrickson 0-0; R Hernandez 1-1; T Lilly 4-12; C Marmol 0-1; B Howry 1-2; R
Dempster 2-0. Batters faced: E Stults 22; S Proctor 5; R Seanez 4; J Beimel 1;
J Meloan 2; M Hendrickson 2; R Hernandez 6; T Lilly 26; C Marmol 2; B Howry 3;
R Dempster 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Joe West. 1B--Ed Rapuano. 2B--Ed Hickox. 3B--C.B. Bucknor.

T--3:18. Att--39,559.
Weather: 84 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 2 mph, out to
left.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at CHICAGO CUBS

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LA DODGERS 2
CHICAGO CUBS 8 FINAL</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at CHICAGO CUBS

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LA DODGERS (2) AT CHICAGO CUBS (8) - HOW THEY SCORED
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CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: M Murton grounded out to second. C Monroe doubled to
left. G Soto singled to left, C Monroe scored, G Soto to second advancing on
throw. R Cedeno flied out to right. T Lilly grounded out to shortstop.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: A Soriano flied out to center. M DeRosa singled to right
center. D Lee flied out to center. M DeRosa to second on wild pitch by
E Stults. A Ramirez homered to left, M DeRosa scored. M Murton flied out to
right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 3.

LA DODGERS 5TH: J Loney lined out to right. M Lieberthal doubled to deep
left center. E Stults singled to right, M Lieberthal to third. R Furcal hit
sacrifice fly to right, M Lieberthal scored. J Pierre grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, E Stults out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 3.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: A Soriano struck out swinging. M DeRosa doubled to deep
center. D Lee singled to right, M DeRosa scored, D Lee to second on throwing
error by right fielder M Kemp. A Ramirez intentionally walked. S Proctor
relieved E Stults. M Murton struck out swinging. C Monroe struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) LA DODGERS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

LA DODGERS 7TH: S Hillenbrand popped out to second. J Loney grounded out
to shortstop. M Lieberthal walked. O Saenz hit for S Proctor. C Marmol
relieved T Lilly. O Saenz doubled to deep center, M Lieberthal scored.
C Hu ran for O Saenz. R Furcal fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 2, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: J Meloan relieved J Beimel. C Monroe walked. C Monroe
caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. G Soto walked. D Ward hit for
R Cedeno. M Hendrickson relieved J Meloan. R Theriot hit for D Ward. R Theriot
doubled to deep right center, G Soto scored. R Theriot stole third. J Jones
singled to center, R Theriot scored. R Hernandez relieved M Hendrickson.
A Soriano doubled to left, J Jones to third. M DeRosa singled to left, J Jones
and A Soriano scored. D Lee grounded into fielder's choice to third, M DeRosa
out at second, D Lee to second on throwing error by second baseman J Kent.
A Ramirez hit by pitch. C Floyd hit for B Howry. C Floyd reached on infield
single to third, D Lee to third, A Ramirez to second. C Monroe flied out to
right. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Error) LA DODGERS 2, CHICAGO CUBS 8.</div>

 

NL: LA DODGERS at CHICAGO CUBS

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LA DODGERS (2) AT CHICAGO CUBS (8) - EVENT LOG
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LA Dodgers Starting Lineups -- R Furcal SS, J Pierre CF, M Kemp RF, J Kent 2B,
A Ethier LF, S Hillenbrand 3B, J Loney 1B, M Lieberthal C, E Stults RHP.

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

Umpires -- Joe West (HP), Ed Rapuano (1B), Ed Hickox (2B), C.B. Bucknor (3B).


Gametime Weather: 84 degrees, Cloudy, wind out to left at 2 mph.


LA DODGERS 1ST: R Furcal grounded out to shortstop. J Pierre doubled to
right center. J Pierre stole third. M Kemp struck out swinging. J Kent flied
out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano reached on infield single to third. M DeRosa
grounded into double play, third to second to first, A Soriano out at second.
D Lee walked. A Ramirez popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

LA DODGERS 2ND: A Ethier lined out to second. S Hillenbrand singled to
center. S Hillenbrand caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. J Loney
flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: M Murton grounded out to second. C Monroe doubled to
left. G Soto singled to left, C Monroe scored, G Soto to second advancing on
throw. R Cedeno flied out to right. T Lilly grounded out to shortstop.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 1.

LA DODGERS 3RD: M Lieberthal flied out to center. E Stults doubled to deep
center. R Furcal grounded out to pitcher, E Stults to third. J Pierre lined
out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: A Soriano flied out to center. M DeRosa singled to right
center. D Lee flied out to center. M DeRosa to second on wild pitch by
E Stults. A Ramirez homered to left, M DeRosa scored. M Murton flied out to
right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 3.

LA DODGERS 4TH: M Kemp singled to center. J Kent popped out to second.
A Ethier flied out to center. S Hillenbrand struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 3.

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: C Monroe struck out looking. G Soto singled to deep left
center, G Soto to second on error by center fielder J Pierre. R Cedeno popped
out to second. T Lilly grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
LA DODGERS 0, CHICAGO CUBS 3.

LA DODGERS 5TH: J Loney lined out to right. M Lieberthal doubled to deep
left center. E Stults singled to right, M Lieberthal to third. R Furcal hit
sacrifice fly to right, M Lieberthal scored. J Pierre grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, E Stults out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 3.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: A Soriano struck out swinging. M DeRosa doubled to deep
center. D Lee singled to right, M DeRosa scored, D Lee to second on throwing
error by right fielder M Kemp. A Ramirez intentionally walked. S Proctor
relieved E Stults. M Murton struck out swinging. C Monroe struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) LA DODGERS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

LA DODGERS 6TH: F Pie in center field. C Monroe in right field. M Kemp
lined out to center. J Kent flied out to center. A Ethier struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 6TH: G Soto struck out looking. R Cedeno flied out to left.
T Lilly grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 1,
CHICAGO CUBS 4.

LA DODGERS 7TH: S Hillenbrand popped out to second. J Loney grounded out
to shortstop. M Lieberthal walked. O Saenz hit for S Proctor. C Marmol
relieved T Lilly. O Saenz doubled to deep center, M Lieberthal scored.
C Hu ran for O Saenz. R Furcal fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
LA DODGERS 2, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: R Seanez relieved S Proctor. A Soriano struck out
swinging. M DeRosa walked. M DeRosa stole second. D Lee struck out looking.
A Ramirez intentionally walked. J Beimel relieved R Seanez. J Kendall hit for
F Pie. J Kendall popped out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 2,
CHICAGO CUBS 4.

LA DODGERS 8TH: B Howry relieved C Marmol. J Jones in center field.
J Pierre fouled out to first. M Kemp grounded out to shortstop. J Kent lined
out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 2, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: J Meloan relieved J Beimel. C Monroe walked. C Monroe
caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. G Soto walked. D Ward hit for
R Cedeno. M Hendrickson relieved J Meloan. R Theriot hit for D Ward. R Theriot
doubled to deep right center, G Soto scored. R Theriot stole third. J Jones
singled to center, R Theriot scored. R Hernandez relieved M Hendrickson.
A Soriano doubled to left, J Jones to third. M DeRosa singled to left, J Jones
and A Soriano scored. D Lee grounded into fielder's choice to third, M DeRosa
out at second, D Lee to second on throwing error by second baseman J Kent.
A Ramirez hit by pitch. C Floyd hit for B Howry. C Floyd reached on infield
single to third, D Lee to third, A Ramirez to second. C Monroe flied out to
right. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Error) LA DODGERS 2, CHICAGO CUBS 8.

LA DODGERS 9TH: S Fuld in center field. M DeRosa in right field. M Fontenot
at second base. C Monroe in left field. R Theriot at shortstop. R Dempster
relieved B Howry. A Ethier singled to right. S Hillenbrand struck out
swinging. J Loney grounded out to shortstop, A Ethier to second. M Lieberthal
grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA DODGERS 2, CHICAGO CUBS 8.</div>

 

Lilly halts skid, pitches Cubs past Dodgers

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 8, LA DODGERS 2</h3>CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Ted Lilly had to end his own slump to stopone by the Chicago Cubs.


Lilly worked 6 2/3 solid innings for his first win in nearly amonth as the Cubs posted an 8-2 victory over the Los AngelesDodgers on Wednesday.


In winning for the first time since August 9, Lilly (14-7)continually worked out of trouble as he helped the Cubs end atwo-game losing streak to Los Angeles.


"I have been working on using my changeup," Lilly said."Tonight that pitch really gave them something else to thinkabout and seemed to keep them off-balance."


The veteran lefthander tied Carlos Zambrano for the team lead invictories and, more importantly, improved to 8-1 following aChicago loss. Lilly allowed two runs and six hits, strikingout three and walking one.


"The story of the night was Lilly," Cubs manager Lou Piniellasaid. "We finally scored some runs. It's nice to beat theDodgers they have been tough on us."


Aramis Ramirez belted a two-run homer and Mark DeRosa went3-for-4 for the Cubs (71-67), who maintained a slim half-gamelead over the Milwaukee Brewers (71-68) in the National LeagueCentral Division.


"You just want to have that one big inning," DeRosa said. "Thateighth-inning really let us relax a little bit. It's seemslike every game we have been up has been so close."

Lilly gave up at least one hit in each of the first fiveinnings, including a pair by his counterpart, Dodgers rookielefthander Eric Stults.


"It was nice. He (Lilly) gave me some fastballs to hit," Stultssaid. "Tonight I was better at the plate than I was on themound."


Chicago grabbed the early lead in the second inning when CraigMonroe doubled with one out and scored on a single by GeovanySoto, who was making just his eighth plate appearance of theseason.


"Soto really had a good game for us," Piniella said. "Hehandled the pitchers well, threw out a runner and swung the batwell."


The Cubs padded the lead in the third inning when Ramirezdrilled a pitch from Stults (1-3) into the left field seats withDeRosa aboard for a 3-0 cushion.


"I just couldn't keep my changeup down tonight," Stults said."That was the pitch Ramirez hit out. The pitch came back rightacross the middle of the plate."


It was the 20th home run of the season and just the second inthe past 19 games for Ramirez.


Stults was making just his fourth start of the season in placeof David Wells, who was serving part of a seven-game suspensionfor arguing with an umpire while he was a member of the Padres.

The Dodgers pulled within 3-1 in the fifth when Mike Lieberthalripped a one-out double, moved to third on Stults' single andscored on Rafael Furcal's sacrifice fly.


But Chicago knocked Stults from the game in the bottom of theframe. DeRosa doubled with one out and Derrek Lee followed witha single. DeRosa initially held up at third base but rightfielder Matt Kemp uncorked a throw to the backstop, allowing himto score with the fourth run.


Scott Proctor relieved Stults and averted further damage. Stultsallowed three runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struckout two and walked two.


"Stults battled for us tonight," Dodgers manager Grady Littlesaid. "We just spotted them some runs and we couldn't recover."

Lilly finally retired the side in order in the sixth and had twoouts in the seventh before walking Lieberthal, promptingPiniella to bring in reliever Carlos Marmol.


Pinch hitter Olmedo Saenz greeted Marmol with an RBI double toslice the deficit in half, 4-2.


The Cubs broke it open with four runs in the eighth off a trioof Dodger relievers. The key hits were an RBI double from RonnyCedeno, a run-scoring single from Jacque Jones and DeRosa's tworun-single.


"We rested some people tonight because we had to," Piniellasaid. "The guys that we put in like Soto and Monroe and Cedenohelped us win a ballgame."