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Chicago vs. Milwaukee


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  TIME: 01:05 P.M. EST
VENUE: Wrigley Field

The Chicago Cubs continue to enjoy plenty of success at Wrigley Field. Recently, though, it's taken a little longer to achieve the desired results.

The Cubs look to win their seventh straight at home as they continue a four-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.

After losing seven of nine on the road, Chicago (39-38) has won three straight. After a 9-5 victory Thursday, the Cubs were victorious 2-1 in 10 innings Friday after Jake Fox walked with the bases loaded and two outs off Mark DiFelice.

"He made some great pitches and I was able to fight them off until he either gave me a pitch to hit or made a mistake. And he missed one," said Fox, who went 0 for 3 and was hit by a pitch.

It was the third extra-innings game for the Cubs in their last five home contests. They are 6-5 in extra innings this season, including 4-1 at home.

While Chicago will be looking to extend its longest home winning streak since a 14-game run from May 18-June 22, 2008, it will hope for a better day at the plate Saturday.

The Cubs scored 35 runs and hit .281 in their previous five home victories, but went 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position Friday. Alfonso Soriano returned to the lineup after missing two games and went 0 for 5, and Derrek Lee - who had two homers and seven RBIs Thursday - was 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.

Milwaukee (42-38), meanwhile, has lost three in a row and five straight on the road. Corey Hart walked with the bases loaded in the fourth to give the Brewers the lead, but Milwaukee went 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position and gave up a game-tying single to Carlos Zambrano in the fifth.

They are 8 for 47 with runners in scoring position in their last five road games.

Milwaukee hasn't had much luck against the Cubs' Rich Harden (5-4, 4.57 ERA).

The right-hander is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in three starts against the Brewers. He allowed one earned run and struck out 10 in six innings of a 4-3 win over them on April 10.

Harden had been 0-3 with a 5.64 ERA in his previous four starts before facing Pittsburgh on Monday. He allowed one run and struck out nine through seven innings in a 3-1 victory for his first win since May 12.

Braden Looper (6-4, 4.90) started for Milwaukee in April opposite Harden, and surrendered one run with four walks in five innings but failed to receive a decision. The right-hander is 2-4 with a 2.37 ERA in nine starts against Chicago.

Looper recorded his first win in a month in his last start, allowing three runs - one earned - and seven hits over 6 1-3 innings of a 10-6 victory against the Mets on Monday. The right-hander was 0-1 with a 7.18 ERA in his previous five outings.

Milwaukee hasn't lost six in a row on the road since a nine-game slide May 2-18, 2008.

 
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Weather
weather image  Rain. Overcast. Cool.
Hi TempLo TempWindHumidityPrecip %
71°F60°F8mph/SE71%80%
 
Standings
TeamStandingsWLPct.GBL 10Strk
Milwaukee3rd NL Central8082.494115-5 W 3
Chi Cubs2nd NL Central8378.5167 ½ 5-5 L 1
 
Injuries
Milwaukee
PlayerInjury
M. DiFeliceShoulder
C. HartFingers
D. RiskeElbow
R. WeeksWrist
 
Chi Cubs
PlayerInjury
M. BradleySuspension
C. FoxElbow
K. GreggRib
A. GuzmanTriceps
R. HardenShoulder
A. RamirezShoulder
A. SorianoKnee
 
Probable Starters

Braden Looper, RHP
2009 stats
90.0 Innings Pitched 67.0
6-4 Wins-Losses 5-4
4.90 Earned Run Average 4.57
27 Walks 31
54 Strikeouts 76
95 Pitches Per Start 98
Career vs. opponent
94.2 Innings Pitched 18.0
3-6 Wins-Losses 1-0
2.57 Earned Run Average 1.50

Rich Harden, RHP
 
Last 7 Days
Hitting
PlayerABRHHRRBIAVG
Catalanotto61300.500
Fielder2761136.407
Braun3021105.367
Kendall202702.350
Looper30101.333
Hall90302.333
Hardy303812.267
Rivera40100.250
Suppan40100.250
Hart235503.217
Complete Hitting Stats
Pitching
PlayerWLSSOIPERA
Narveson00022.10
Stetter00023.20
Gallardo010127.01.29
Looper10026.11.42
Burns10026.22.70
Coffey00012.23.38
Suppan010712.24.26
DiFelice01023.24.91
Smith00056.25.40
Hoffman10101.210.80
McClung01047.112.27
Villanueva00012.013.50
Complete Pitching Stats
  
Last 7 Days
Hitting
PlayerABRHHRRBIAVG
Hill40200.500
Zambrano20101.500
Fuld93400.444
Theriot2851013.357
Fontenot121400.333
Bradley221601.273
Soto222612.273
Fukudome182411.222
Lee2836311.214
Blanco152302.200
Complete Hitting Stats
Pitching
PlayerWLSSOIPERA
Gregg10234.00
Patton00011.20
Samardzija00001.00
Wells10047.01.29
Harden10097.01.29
Marmol00034.02.25
Lilly01077.02.57
Zambrano010612.13.65
Heilman00064.04.50
Dempster1001111.26.17
Hart00001.09.00
Marshall01011.09.00
Complete Pitching Stats
 
BATTER VS. PITCHER (Career)
vs Rich Harden
PlayerABHHRBBSOAVG
Hall21001.500
Hart41103.250
Catalanotto41021.250
Braun92002.222
Fielder71123.143
 
BATTER VS. PITCHER (Career)
vs Braden Looper
PlayerABHHRBBSOAVG
Blanco110001.000
Harden21001.500
Soto104122.400
Hoffpauir31001.333
Zambrano31000.333
 
 
 
SERIES GAME LOG
DateatResult/TimeWinnerLoser
Apr 5ATL 4:05 PM EDT  
Apr 7ATL   
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Aug 20CHC 2:20 PM EDT  
Aug 21CHC   
Aug 22CHC 2:20 PM EDT  
 
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