Breaking the Curse: A Chicago Cubs Franchise (MLB 09 the Show)

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Bullpen squanders first lead of the season
Chicago (AP)- Ted Lilly was pitching great until the thrid inning when he gave up back to back jacks to Miguel Tejada and Carlos Lee. Fukudome was ejected in the 4th. Brian Moehler's perfect game was broken up in the 5th by Milton Bradley who coincidentaly got his first hit of the season, two batters later on a sacrifice bunt attempt Soto gets his first hit, followed by Theriots first hit. Fontenot comes up and lays down the squeeze and gets a hit followed by a Suicide Squeeze by Ted Lilly in which Moehler throws the ball over the head of Berkman at first allowing another run to get in, Cubs take the lead 3-2.
Here is the boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Hits Errors
Cubs 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 7 6 0
Astros 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 X 6 11 1
Cubs:
Soriano: 0-4
Fukudome: 0-2 (Thrown out in the 4th)
Johnson: 0-2
Lee: 1-4 , CS (1)
Bradley: 1-3, BB
Ramirez: 1-4,
Soto: 1-4
Theriot: 1-3
Fontenot: 2-3, RBI (2), SB (1)
Lilly: 0-2, RBI (1)
a-Hoffpauir: 0-1

a: Batted for Heilman in the 8th

Pitching:
Lilly: 6.1IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, 4.26ERA
Heilman: 0.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K, 0.00ERA
Cotts (L,0-1): 0.1IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K, 27.00ERA
Patton: 0.2IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 1K, 10.80ERA

Astros:
Matsui: 1-5
Tejada: 2-4, RBI(1), BB, HR(1)
Lee: 1-4, RBI(4), HR(2)
Berkman: 1-4
Pence: 1-3, RBI(2), HR (2)
Rodriguez: 1-3 RBI, BB
Keppinger: 1-4, 2B
Michaels: 1-4
Moehler: 0-2, Error
a-Quintero: 1-1, HR (1),RBI (1)
b-Bourn: 1-1, 2RBI(3)
a-Batted for Sampson in the 7th
b-Batted for Arias in the 8th
Pitching:
Moehler: 6IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 0BB, 4K, 3.00ERA
Sampson: 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K, 0.00ERA
Arias (W,1-0) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K, 0.00ERA
Valverde (S, 2) 1IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K, 0.00ERA

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Lee celebrates after his Home Run ball leaves the yard
Milwaukee (AP)-The Cubs started hitting the ball early and often, and took a 4 run lead going into the 5th inning when the lead was given up in a fashion of any other Cubs game so far this year. But somehow in the 7th inning the Cubs were able to put that behind them and pull a 3 run inning which could not be given up.
Here is the boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Hits Errors
Cubs 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 13 0
Brewers 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
Cubs:
Soriano: 1-4, BB, 2SB (2)
Fukudome: 2-5
Lee: 2-5, RBI (1), HR(1)
Bradley: 2-4 RBI (1),
Ramirez: 3-5, 2RBI (4), 2B (1)
Soto: 2-5, 2RBI (2)
Theriot: 1-5
Fontenot: 0-4
Harden: 0-0, BB, RBI (1)
a-Johnson: 0-1
b-Hoffpauir: 0-1
a: Batted for Harden in the 6th
b: Pinch hit for Hart in the 8th
c: Batted for Soto in the 9th

Pitching:
Harden: 5IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 1K, 7.20ERA
Samardzija (W, 1-0): 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K, 2.25ERA
Marmol (S, 1): 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K, 0.00ERA

Brewers:
Hart: 2-4, 3RBI(3), 2HR (2)
Rivera: 1-4, 2B (1)
Braun: 1-4, RBI (2), HR (1)
Fielder: 3-4
Hardy: 0-4, 1 Error (1)
Gamel: 0-4
Cameron: 2-4, 2 2B(2)
Counsell: 1-4
Suppan: 0-1
a-Catalanotto: 0-1
b-Gerut: 0-1
a-Batted for Suppan in the 5th
b-Batted for Coffety in the 7th
Pitching:
Suppan: 5IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 2K, 7.20ERA
Stetter (L, 0-1): 1.2IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 3K, 16.20ERA
Coffey: 0.1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K, 3.00ERA
Villanueva: 2.0IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, 4.50ERA