Game 60 Thread / Cubs @ Padres (3 of 3)
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SP | *Ted Lilly |
SP |
Greg Maddux |
5-4, 5.54, 61 K, 21 BB, 65 IP | 3-4, 3.69, 38 K, 12 BB, 70.2 IP | ||
LF |
Alfonso Soriano | CF |
Scott Hairston |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
2B |
Edgar Gonzalez |
1B |
Derrek Lee | RF |
*Brian Giles |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | 1B |
*Adrian Gonzalez |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome | 3B |
Kevin Kouzmanoff |
CF |
*Jim Edmonds | SS |
Khalil Greene |
C |
Geovany Soto | LF |
Justin Huber |
2B |
Mark DeRosa |
C |
Michael Barrett |
P |
*Ted Lilly | P |
Greg Maddux |
The Cubs go for their tenth (10th!) win a row, a feat they haven't done since 2001 when they strung together 12 wins in a row. It would also be their third straight series sweep. Oh, it's fun to be a Cubs fan these days.
On the mound, it's Ted Lilly still searching for his 2007 form. Things started looking up for him in May, that is until he met a 20 mph wind flying out of Wrigley last Friday. A wind the Cubs offsense used to pull off one of those miracle wins that it seems every good baseball team has at least once a season.
They'll have to go through Greg Maddux to get that win though, and the Maddog has enjoyed the spacious comforts of Petco Park to this point; sporting a 1.84 ERA at home, compared to a 5.01 ERA on the road. Let's say I'm less than shocked to discover that Maddux ended up on a team that curtailed the home run tendencies that he started showing late in his career.
Maddux versus the number one offense in baseball, should be fun!
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