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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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* Cody Bellinger 
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Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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* Justin Steele, P   

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Game 53 Thread / Dodgers @ Cubs (3 of 3)

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SP Derek Lowe
 SP
Carlos Zambrano
  2-5, 5.03, 44 K, 19 BB, 62.2 IP
7-1, 2.47, 52 K, 20 BB, 73 IP
       
LF
 *Juan Pierre
 LF
 Alfonso Soriano
2B
Luis Maza
 SS
 Ryan Theriot
RF
 *Andre Ethier 1B
Derrek Lee
C
Russell Martin
 3B
Aramis Ramirez
1B
 *James Loney RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
CF
 Matt Kemp C
 Geovany Soto
3B
 *Blake DeWitt
2B
 Mark DeRosa
SS
 Chin-lung Hu CF
 Reed Johnson
P
 Derek Lowe
 P
 #Carlos Zambrano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carlos Zambrano is fresh off that remarkable game in which he stroked four hits off a trio of Pittsburgh pitchers and, oh, yeah, also threw the first seven innings in a 12-3 Cubs win.

Z was 1-1 last year against the Dodgers, including a horrible outing last September at Wrigley. Lowe pitched twice against Piniella's men in '07 and came away with a pair of ND's. Derrek Lee, who is 10-for-22 lifetime (1136 OPS) against the former Bosoxer probably couldn't get to the ballpark today early enough. For his part, Lowe hasn't won a game in more than a month and has a 7.29 ERA in his last six starts.

Despite Lowe's right-handedness, Jim Edmonds—just 5-for-30 lifetime against Lowe—sits in favor of Reed Johnson.

If the Cubs can complete the sweep, it will be the first time they've swept the Dodgers at Wrigley since '01.

One other item of historic interest: during Tommy Lasorda's interminable appearance with Len and Bob on the Comcast broadcast Tuesday night, the former Dodger manager did not once mention any Italian restaurant in Chicago by name (at least not while I was able to continue paying attention).

I believe that's the first time that has happened during a Lasorda appearance on a Cubs broadcast since...ever.

mlb.com reports that Geovany Soto, Alfonso Soriano, and Kosuke Fukudome would all start for the NL All-Star team if fan balloting ended today. Soto has a "six-figure lead" over the other NL catchers and will become the first rookie ever to start behind the plate for the National League if he maintains that lead. Fukudome would become the first rookie outfielder to start for the NL since Richie Ashburn did so in 1948.
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Submitted by Pootie T on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 05:11 pm

Thanks DeRosa. For trotting down to first base on your double play and extending Z in the 9th with your defense. Now Theriot boots one. Z meltdown in 3...2...1...

Submitted by Doug Dascenzo on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 05:23 pm

Could they have looked any more pathetic missing everything Broxton threw in the 8th? I don't think they even managed a foul ball. It's not like this guy's throwing 106 mph out there. Kyle Farnsworth can hit 99 and he sucks.

Submitted by Doug Dascenzo on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 05:24 pm

All is forgiven. Despite scoring a grand total of 8 runs, they swept the Dodgers. I guess that'll happen when your pitching holds the opponents to a grand total of 3 runs in an entire series. Wow.

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