GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: MILWAUKEE (46-32) at CHICAGO CUBS (38-39)

NL: MILWAUKEE (46-32) at CHICAGO CUBS (38-39)

<h3>Cubs look to make dent in Brewers' division lead</h3>

Milwaukee (46-32) at Chicago Cubs (38-39) 2:20 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- To match their longest winning streak in twoyears, the hard-charging Chicago Cubs turn to Rich Hill.

Hill and the Cubs look to gain on the National League CentralDivision-leading Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-gameseries on Friday.

Chicago completed a three-game series sweep of the ColoradoRockies with a 6-4 win on Wednesday, the team's sixth straighttriumph. That victory leaves the Cubs one win away frommatching their last seven-game run on May 27-June 2, 2005.

Hill (5-5, 3.13 ERA) takes the mound hoping to get Chicago backto the .500 mark for the first time since May 10 (16-16).

The lefthander allowed one run and six hits in 5 2/3 innings butdid not get a decision in a 2-1 win vs. the crosstown White Soxlast Saturday. He has won only once in his last nine outingsafter going 3-1 in his first six starts.

The Brewers counter with rookie Yovani Gallardo (1-0, 2.70), whois making his third career start.

The righthanded Gallardo yielded a run and five hits in seveninnings in a 4-3 loss to Kansas City on Sunday. He has alloweda total of four runs and nine hits while striking out 12 in 131/3 innings for Milwaukee, which is 4-5 vs. Chicago in 2007.

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

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

MILWAUKEE CHICAGO CUBS
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Corey Hart RF .315 10 31 Alfonso Soriano LF .305 15 30
J.J. Hardy SS .281 18 50 Mike Fontenot SS .408 3 13
Ryan Braun 3B .328 6 21 Derrek Lee 1B .346 6 39
Prince Fielder 1B .282 27 63 Aramis Ramirez 3B .297 14 42
Bill Hall CF .271 9 35 Cliff Floyd RF .306 4 27
Johnny Estrada C .286 7 30 Mark Derosa 2B .279 7 40
Kevin Mench LF .272 2 17 Rob Bowen C .242 2 12
Rickie Weeks 2B .246 5 19 Felix Pie CF .227 2 18
Yovani Gallardo RHP .250 0 1 Rich Hill LHP .069 0 2
(1-0, 2.70) (5-5, 3.13)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS
WARMUPS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO (1-0, 2.70)
CHN - RICH HILL (5-5, 3.13)

UMPIRES: HP - BRUCE FROEMMING
1B - MIKE WINTERS
2B - BRIAN RUNGE
3B - MARK WEGNER

WEATHER: 67 Degrees, cloudy
WIND: 10 mph, in from center</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS
STARTING BATS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO AND JOHNNY ESTRADA
CHN - RICH HILL AND ROB BOWEN

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C HART (.315, 10 HR, 31 RBI)
J HARDY (.281, 18 HR, 50 RBI)
R BRAUN (.328, 6 HR, 21 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY BILL HALL SCORED J.J. HARDY.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B HALL ON FIRST, P FIELDER ON SECOND, R
BRAUN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 1
CHICAGO CUBS 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J ESTRADA (.286, 7 HR, 30 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY JOHNNY ESTRADA SCORED RYAN BRAUN.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B HALL ON FIRST, P FIELDER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 2
CHICAGO CUBS 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: K MENCH (.272, 2 HR, 17 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY KEVIN MENCH (3) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 1ST OFF RICH HILL SCORED PRINCE FIELDER AND BILL HALL.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 5, CHICAGO CUBS 0

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R WEEKS (.246, 5 HR, 19 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO
CHN - RICH HILL

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A SORIANO (.305, 15 HR, 30 RBI)
M FONTENOT (.408, 3 HR, 13 RBI)
D LEE (.346, 6 HR, 39 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (5) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .314
J Hardy ss 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .281
R Braun 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
P Fielder 1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282
B Hall cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .273
J Estrada c 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286
K Mench lf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .277
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Y Gallardo p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200

Totals 6 5 3 5 1 1 3

BATTING: HR - K Mench (3, 1st inning off R Hill 2 on, 2 Out). SF - J Estrada.
RBI - B Hall (36), J Estrada (31), K Mench 3 (20). 2-out RBI - K Mench 3. Team
LOB - 1.


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
M Fontenot ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .408
D Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
C Floyd rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
M DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
R Bowen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
F Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
R Hill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .069

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: E - M Fontenot (3, ground ball).


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MILWAUKEE - 5 -- 5
CHICAGO CUBS - -- 0
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Gallardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 1 3 5 5 1 1 1 3.56

HBP - P Fielder (by R Hill). Pitches-strikes: R Hill 45-31. Ground balls-fly
balls: R Hill 1-1. Batters faced: R Hill 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Mike Winters. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Mark
Wegner.

Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS
CONFIRMED STARTERS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO
CHN - RICH HILL</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO
CHN - RICH HILL

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C HART (.314, 0-FOR-1)
J HARDY (.281, 0-FOR-0, BB)
R BRAUN (.333, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (5) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .314
J Hardy ss 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .281
R Braun 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
P Fielder 1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282
B Hall cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .273
J Estrada c 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286
K Mench lf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .277
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Y Gallardo p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200

Totals 6 5 3 5 1 1 3

BATTING: HR - K Mench (3, 1st inning off R Hill 2 on, 2 Out). SF - J Estrada.
RBI - B Hall (36), J Estrada (31), K Mench 3 (20). 2-out RBI - K Mench 3. Team
LOB - 1.


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .304
M Fontenot ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .403
D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
C Floyd rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
M DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
R Bowen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
F Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
R Hill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .069

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: E - M Fontenot (3, ground ball).


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MILWAUKEE - 5 -- 5
CHICAGO CUBS - 0 -- 0
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Gallardo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.51

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 1 3 5 5 1 1 1 3.56

HBP - P Fielder (by R Hill). Pitches-strikes: Y Gallardo 7-6; R Hill 45-31.
Ground balls-fly balls: Y Gallardo 1-1; R Hill 1-1. Batters faced: Y Gallardo
3; R Hill 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Mike Winters. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Mark
Wegner.

Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, in from center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO
CHN - RICH HILL

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A RAMIREZ (.297, 14 HR, 42 RBI)
C FLOYD (.306, 4 HR, 27 RBI)
M DEROSA (.279, 7 HR, 40 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (5) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .312
J Hardy ss 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .281
R Braun 3b 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .331
P Fielder 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .284
B Hall cf 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 .272
J Estrada c 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286
K Mench lf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .277
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Y Gallardo p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200

Totals 10 5 4 5 2 4 6

BATTING: HR - K Mench (3, 1st inning off R Hill 2 on, 2 Out). SF - J Estrada.
RBI - B Hall (36), J Estrada (31), K Mench 3 (20). 2-out RBI - K Mench 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Hall 1. Team LOB - 3.


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .304
M Fontenot ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .403
D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
A Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
C Floyd rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
M DeRosa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
R Bowen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
F Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
R Hill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .069

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: E - M Fontenot (3, ground ball).


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MILWAUKEE - 50 -- 5
CHICAGO CUBS - 0 -- 0
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Gallardo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.51

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 2 4 5 5 2 4 1 3.53

HBP - P Fielder (by R Hill). Pitches-strikes: Y Gallardo 7-6; R Hill 74-49.
Ground balls-fly balls: Y Gallardo 1-1; R Hill 1-1. Batters faced: Y Gallardo
3; R Hill 14.

UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Mike Winters. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Mark
Wegner.

Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, in from center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO
CHN - RICH HILL

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J ESTRADA (.286, 0-FOR-0, SF, RBI)
K MENCH (.277, 1-FOR-1, HR, 3 RBI)
R WEEKS (.245, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (5) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .312
J Hardy ss 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .281
R Braun 3b 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .331
P Fielder 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .284
B Hall cf 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 .272
J Estrada c 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286
K Mench lf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .277
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Y Gallardo p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200

Totals 10 5 4 5 2 4 6

BATTING: HR - K Mench (3, 1st inning off R Hill 2 on, 2 Out). SF - J Estrada.
RBI - B Hall (36), J Estrada (31), K Mench 3 (20). 2-out RBI - K Mench 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Hall 1. Team LOB - 3.


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .304
M Fontenot ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .403
D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
A Ramirez 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300
C Floyd rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .303
M DeRosa 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282
R Bowen c 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .240
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226
R Hill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .069

Totals 8 0 2 0 0 3 5

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - F Pie 1. Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: E - M Fontenot (3, ground ball).


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MILWAUKEE - 50 -- 5
CHICAGO CUBS - 00 -- 0
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Gallardo 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.35

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 2 4 5 5 2 4 1 3.53

HBP - P Fielder (by R Hill). Pitches-strikes: Y Gallardo 25-16; R Hill 74-49.
Ground balls-fly balls: Y Gallardo 1-2; R Hill 1-1. Batters faced: Y Gallardo
8; R Hill 14.

UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Mike Winters. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Mark
Wegner.

Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, in from center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO
CHN - RICH HILL

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: R HILL (.069, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
A SORIANO (.304, 0-FOR-1)
M FONTENOT (.403, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (5) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .312
J Hardy ss 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .281
R Braun 3b 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .331
P Fielder 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .284
B Hall cf 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 .272
J Estrada c 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .285
K Mench lf 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 .281
R Weeks 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Y Gallardo p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167

Totals 14 5 5 5 2 5 8

BATTING: HR - K Mench (3, 1st inning off R Hill 2 on, 2 Out). SF - J Estrada.
RBI - B Hall (36), J Estrada (31), K Mench 3 (20). 2-out RBI - K Mench 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Hall 1. Team LOB - 4.


CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .304
M Fontenot ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .403
D Lee 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
A Ramirez 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300
C Floyd rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .303
M DeRosa 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282
R Bowen c 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .240
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226
R Hill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .069

Totals 8 0 2 0 0 3 5

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - F Pie 1. Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: E - M Fontenot (3, ground ball).


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MILWAUKEE - 500 -- 5
CHICAGO CUBS - 00 -- 0
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Gallardo 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.35

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
R Hill 3 5 5 5 2 5 1 3.49

HBP - P Fielder (by R Hill). Pitches-strikes: Y Gallardo 25-16; R Hill 92-63.
Ground balls-fly balls: Y Gallardo 1-2; R Hill 3-1. Batters faced: Y Gallardo
8; R Hill 18.

UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Mike Winters. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Mark
Wegner.

Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, in from center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

<div class="pre">NL AT CHICAGO CUBS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Jones hit for R Hill.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 5
CHICAGO CUBS 0 BOTTOM, 3RD

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: J Jones (.233, 2 HR, 20 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at CHICAGO CUBS

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - YOVANI GALLARDO
CHN - RICH HILL (OUT)

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C HART (.312, 0-FOR-2)
J HARDY (.281, 0-FOR-0, 2 BB)
R BRAUN (.331, 1-FOR-2)</div>