Mattie T’s Weekly Chicago Cubs Update

Monday, May 19th

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2

Star Player of the Game: Cubs C Geovany Soto, who went 1-5 with a 3-run inside-the-park homer & scored 1 run.

Winning Pitcher: Ted Lilly (5-4), who pitched 5 1/3 innings & allowed 2 runs, 4 hits, walked two & struck out two.

Losing Pitcher: Brian Moehler (1-1), who pitched 5 innings & allowed 3 runs, 7 hits, walked two & struck out one.

Tuesday, May 20th

4

2

Star Player of the Game: Astros RF Hunter Pence, who went 3-4 with a grand slam & scored 1 run.

Winning Pitcher: Chris Sampson (3-3), who pitched 6 2/3 innings & allowed 2 runs, 7 hits, walked one & struck out four.

Losing Pitcher: Ryan Dempster (5-2), who pitched 6 innings & allowed 4 runs, 6 hits, walked two & struck out five.

Save: Jose Valverde (13), who pitched 1 inning & allowed no runs, no hits, walked one & struck out one.

Wednesday, May 21st

5

3

Star Player of the Game: Astros LF Carlos Lee, who went 1-4 with a 3-run homer & scored 1 run.

Winning Pitcher: Shawn Chacon (1-0), who pitched 7 innings & allowed 3 runs, 5 hits, walked one & struck out five.

Losing Pitcher: Sean Gallagher (1-1), who pitched 4 2/3 innings & allowed 5 runs, 8 hits, walked one & struck out four.

Save: Jose Valverde (14), who pitched 1 inning & allowed no runs, no hits, walked one & struck out two.

Friday, May 23rd

12

3

Star Player of the Game: Cubs CF Reed Johnson, who went 3-5 with a 3-run homer, an RBI groundout & scored 2 runs.

Winning Pitcher: Carlos Zambrano (7-1), who pitched 7 innings & allowed 2 runs, 6 hits, walked one & struck out six.

Zambrano also set a new career-high with 4 hits & is now batting .343 on the season.

Losing Pitcher: Zach Duke (2-3), who pitched 4 innings & allowed 5 runs, 10 hits, walked none & struck out one.

Saturday, May 24th

5

4 (F/14 innings)

Star Player of the Game: Pirates LF Jason Bay, who went 4-6 with a 2-run homer & the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 14th inning. Bay also scored 2 runs.

Winning Pitcher: John Grabow (4-1), who pitched 3 innings & allowed no runs, 1 hit, walked two & struck out two.

Losing Pitcher: Michael Wuertz (0-1), who pitched 1 2/3 innings & allowed 1 run, 1 hit, walked one & struck out one.

Kerry Wood (4th of season) is credited with a blown save after pitching 2 innings & allowing 1 run, 1 hit, walked one & struck out two.

Tyler Yates (3rd of season) is credited with a blown save after pitching 1 inning & allowing 3 runs, 3 hits, walked two & struck out one.
Sunday, May 25th

6

5 (F/11 innings)

Star Player of the Game: Pirates SS Luis Rivas, who went 2-5 with a pair of solo homers & scored 2 runs.

Winning Pitcher: Damaso Marte (4-0), who pitched 1 inning & allowed no runs, 1 hit, walked none & struck out two.

Losing Pitcher: Jon Lieber (2-3), who pitched 2/3rd’s of an inning & allowed 1 run, 2 hits, walked one & struck out one.

Carlos Marmol (1st of season) is credited with a blown save after pitching 2 inning & allowing 1 run, 1 hit, walked two & struck out two.

Record at week’s end: 29-21 (T-1st in NL Central)

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Until then,

Mattie T

Sports Writer for BMS Radio Chicago

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