Archive - Aug 25, 2008
Game 131 Thread / Cubs @ Pirates (1 of 3)
Submitted by Cubnut on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 3:46pm.
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| SP | *Ted Lilly | SP | Jeff Karstens |
| 12-7, 4.25, 148 K, 56 W, 161 IP | 2-2, 2.25, 11 K, 8 W, 28 IP | ||
| LF | Alfonso Soriano | CF | *Nate McLouth |
| SS | Ryan Theriot | 2B | Freddy Sanchez |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | C | #Ryan Doumit |
| 3B | Aramis Ramirez | 1B | *Adam LaRoche |
| CF | *Jim Edmonds | RF | Jason Michaels |
| 2B | Mark DeRosa | LF | *Brandon Moss |
| RF | *Kosuke Fukudome | 3B | Andy LaRoche |
| C | Geovany Soto | SS | Jack Wilson |
| P | *Ted Lilly | P | Jeff Karstens |
The Cubs open a three-game set at PNC Park, concluding their 9-game stretch against the Reds, Nationals, and Pirates before they resume play against Major League opposition. (Yes, I'm tempting fate: Friday's smug game preview was just a preamble to an ugly 13-5 loss to the Nats, but 30 games over .500, I'm feeling smug all over again.)
Coming off a tough luck defeat in which he held the Reds hitless for the first 5 innings and wound up yielding just 2 hits in 7 IP, Lily has reduced his ERA to a season-low 4.25.The lefty has given the Cubs Quality Starts in 8 of his last 10 turns, and that defeat to Cincinnati was his first after five consecutive W's.
This will mark Lilly's fourth start of the year against the Bucs. He's 1-0, 5.63 in the three previous starts, with a butt-ugly 8.38 ERA in his two outings at PNC.