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Getty51 · 06-05-2012, 06:16 PM

5 Run First proves enough for Cubs

Chicago (AP) - Despite coming into the game with one of the best ERA's in the league, Anthony Bass struggled early against the Cubs. Bass gave up 5 runs in the first inning and was pulled after 3 innings of work and 6 runs allowed. The highlight of the 1st inning was when Alfonso Soriano put his 10the homer of the season into the bleachers. The Homer was the Career Home Run number 350 for the Slugging Soriano.

Cubs Corner:Alfonso Soriano hit his 10th homer on the year, 350 on the career, as well as knockd in his 30th RBI on the season...Starlin Castro committed his 6th error, stole his 19th base hit his 6th double and knocked in his 25th RBI...Darwin Barney had a multi hit game for 3rd game in a row and has worked his average above .200 for the first time in a long streatch...Chris Volstad was less than spectacular giving up 8 hits and a walk over 6 innings but did just enough to get the win, his 4th on the year...Carlos Marmol gave the Cubs a scare in the 9th as he gave up two hits and hit a batter as well as gave up a run but was able to get out of the jam before giving up the lead for his 11th save...Michael Bowden remained stellar out of the pen, working 2 innings and giving up no runs to keep his era under 0.50.

San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs
May 28, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego (27-22)	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5	10	0
Chicago (27-21)	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	1
W: Volstad (4-2) L: Bass (5-3) S: Marmol (11)

San Diego Padres
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Headley	3	0	0	1	0	0		.241
Bartlett	4	1	2	1	1	1		.272
Alonso	5	0	1	1	0	1		.283
Blanks	4	1	1	1	0	1		.265
Venable	4	0	1	0	0	1		.281
Hundley	4	1	1	0	0	0		.220
Hudson	4	1	2	1	0	0		.299
Denorfia	3	1	1	0	0	1		.192
Grandal	1	0	0	0	0	0		.193
Bass	1	0	0	0	0	1		.263
Guzman	1	0	1	0	0	0		.270
Maybin	1	0	0	0	0	0		.198
Kotsay	1	0	0	0	0	0		.233
BATTING: 2B: Alonso (14), Guzman (9), Hundley (4) HR: Blanks (3) RBI: Headley (18), Alonso (10), Hudson (23), Bartlett (16), Blanks (12) HBP: Headley SF: Headley
BASERUNNING: SB: Hudson (9)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	4	0	0	0	0	1		.280
Campana	4	1	1	0	0	1		.259
Castro	4	1	2	1	0	1		.267
Soriano	4	1	1	2	0	0		.230
LaHair	4	1	1	0	0	1		.248
Soto	4	0	1	0	0	2		.250
Stewart	4	2	2	1	0	0		.267
Barney	3	0	2	2	0	0		.203
Volstad	1	0	0	0	0	0		.000
Baker	1	0	0	0	0	1		.283
BATTING: 2B: Castro (6), Stewart 2 (15) HR: Soriano (10) (350th Career) RBI: Castro (25), Soriano 2 (30), Stewart (15), Barney 2 (10) SAC: Volstad
BASERUNNING: SB: Castro (19)
FIELDING: E: Castro (11)

San Diego Padres
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bass (L, 5-3)	3.0	8	6	6	0	2		3.05
Owings	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		2.92
Cashner	1.0	0	0	0	0	2		5.40
Spence	2.0	2	0	0	0	1		17.18
Thatcher	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		1.35

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Volstad (W, 4-2)	6.0	8	4	4	1	3		4.45
Bowden (H, 4)	2.0	0	0	0	0	2		0.33
Marmol (S, 11)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0		3.37

Getty51 · 06-06-2012, 01:12 AM

Cubs Bullpen gives up another

Chicago (AP) - Neither starting pitcher factored in the decision today, on one side Tim Stauffer gave up 5 hits and 1 run over 7 innings while Paul Maholm gave up 2 runs on 11 hits in 8 innings. Maholm was aided by Alfonso Soriano who threw his 5th runner out at the plate from Left field to keep the game close. The Cubs were able to tie the game in the 8th off of a RBI triple from Tony Campana, however Casey Coleman came in and was unable to get any outs so the Cubs turned to Lendy Castillo who had been perfect thus far. Castillo gave up a hit that plated two and then gave up two ground balls that also plated another. Huston Street gave the Pads a scare by putting two on with 2 outs but was able to wiggle out of the jam by getting Darwin Barney to pop up.

Cubs Corner: Paul Maholm gave up 11 hits but only 2 runs in 8 innings of work....Starlin Castro stole his 20th base on the year...Tony Campana hit his 4th triple on the season...Casey Coleman has struggled out of the pen since being called up to replace Kerry Wood who retired and picked up the loss today....Lendy Castillo gave up his first earned run out of the bullpen today...David DeJesus has been hitless in his last 3 games which is 13 at bats in those 3 games...The Rubber match should feature Ryan Dempster (4-4, 2.48) and Dustin Moeley (3-4, 3.64).....Add SP Jay Jackson to the Disabled List for AAA Iowa as he was pulled from his start with an Inflamed hip and will miss 3-4 weeks.

San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs
May 29, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego ()	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	14	0
Chicago ()	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	0
W: Frieri (2-0) L: Coleman (0-1) S: Street (20)

San Diego Padres
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Maybin	5	0	2	0	0	0		.205
Bartlett	5	0	1	1	0	1		.270
Guzman	5	0	1	2	0	0		.268
Venable	5	0	0	0	0	1		.273
Denorfia	4	0	1	0	0	0		.194
Headley	4	0	2	0	0	1		.247
Grandal	3	0	1	0	0	0		.200
Alonso	1	1	1	0	0	0		.289
Hudson	4	2	2	0	0	1		.304
Stauffer	2	1	2	0	0	0		.500
Hundley	1	1	1	2	0	0		.231
BATTING: 2B: Guzman (10), Grandal (4), Bartlet (14), Hundley (5) RBI: Guzman 2 (16), Bartlett (17), Hundley 2 (4) SAC: Stauffer GIDP: Grandal

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	4	0	0	0	0	0		.274
Campana	4	0	2	1	0	1		.265
Castro	4	1	1	0	0	0		.267
Soriano	4	0	1	0	0	1		.231
LaHair	4	0	0	0	0	1		.242
Soto	4	0	3	1	0	0		.264
Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	1		.261
Barney	4	0	1	0	0	0		.205
Maholm	2	0	0	0	0	1		.125
Cardenas	1	1	0	0	0	0		.256
BATTING: 3B: Campana (4) RBI: Campana (12), Soto (23)
BASERUNNING: SB: Castro (20)

San Diego Padres
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Stauffer	7.0	5	1	1	0	5		3.75
Frieri (W, 2-0)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0		1.78
Street (S, 20)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0		1.57

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Maholm	8.0	11	2	2	0	3		3.09
Coleman (L, 0-1)	0.0	2	2	2	0	0		7.71
Castillo	1.0	1	1	1	0	1		0.44

Getty51 · 06-06-2012, 03:06 PM

Cubs end May on High note

Chicago (AP) The Cubs got another Complete Game from Ryan Dempster who now leads the league in Complete games but only has 4 wins. Dempster gave up 1 earned run over 9 innings and gave up 6 hits and 2 walks. The Cubs stuck with Dempster despite him walking two in the 9th and putting the tying run in scoring position. San Diego starter Dustin Moseley was injured in the 4th inning after pitching a strike but he would be fine as the pulling him was just a precaution.

Cubs Corner: The Cubs finish 16-11 in the month of may and hold a 6 game lead on the 2nd place Reds....Steve Clevenger hit his 3rd Double....Ryan Dempster picked up his 4th complete game....Starlin Castro committed his 12th error...

San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs
May 30, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego ()	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Chicago ()	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2	4	1
W: Dempster (5-4) L: Owings (4-2)

San Diego Padres
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Maybin	4	0	2	0	0	1		.211
Bartlett	4	0	1	0	0	0		.270
Alonso	4	0	0	0	0	4		.281
Blanks	3	0	0	0	1	2		.253
Headley	4	0	1	0	0	0		.247
Venable	3	0	0	0	1	1		.267
Hundley	4	1	1	0	0	1		.231
Hudson	3	0	0	0	0	0		.298
Moseley	1	0	0	0	0	0		.217
Owings	1	0	1	1	0	0		1.000
Guzman	1	0	0	0	0	0		.265
BATTING: 2B: Headley (11), Maybin (15) RBI: Owings (1) GIDP: Hundley
BASERUNNING: CS: Bartlett (3)
FIELDING: E: Bartlett (6)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	0		.213
Cardenas	4	1	1	0	0	1		.255
Castro	4	0	1	0	0	0		.266
LaHair	3	0	0	1	0	0		.236
Stewart	3	0	0	0	0	0		.255
Mather	3	0	0	0	0	1		.240
Clevenger	3	0	1	0	0	0		.215
Barney	2	0	0	0	1	0		.202
Dempster	3	0	0	0	0	1		.166
BATTING: 2B: Clevenger (3) RBI: LaHair (10)
FIELDING: E: Castro (12)

San Diego Padres
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Moseley (INJ in 4th)	3.0	2	0	0	1	2		3.47
Owings (L, 4-2)	2.1	2	2	2	0	0		3.30
Thatcher	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		1.27
Gregerson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		2.31

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dempster (W, 5-4)	9.0	6	1	1	2	9		2.31

Up Next: End of May update

Getty51 · 06-06-2012, 04:01 PM

May Wrap Up

Cubs Stats

2012 Chicago Cubs (Updated June, 1) Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
Tony Campana	162	21	43	5	4	0	12	5	18	16	6	.265	.282	.346
Starlin Castro	184	21	49	6	1	2	25	7	26	20	5	.266	.287	.342
David DeJesus	186	22	51	6	7	3	19	7	20	12	4	.274	.304	.430
Ian Stewart	168	16	43	15	1	5	15	6	27	0	1	.256	.034	.734
Jeff Baker	81	5	23	1	0	1	3	3	11	0	0	.284	.310	.333
Joe Mather	75	6	18	3	1	0	6	6	8	0	0	.240	.296	.307
Alfonso Soriano	173	18	40	6	2	10	30	5	24	2	3	.231	.253	.462
Darwin Barney	163	8	33	3	0	0	10	6	25	0	0	.202	.231	.221
Steve Clevenger	51	3	11	3	0	0	1	1	10	0	0	.216	.231	.275
Bryan LaHair	152	15	36	12	0	2	10	8	25	0	0	.237	.275	.355
Adrian Cardenas	47	6	12	1	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	.255	.286	.277
Geovany Soto	148	21	39	7	0	10	23	9	27	0	0	.264	.310	.514
Reed Johnson	61	3	13	3	0	0	6	3	9	5	1	.213	.258	.262

2012 Chicago Cubs (Updated June, 1) Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Carlos Marmol	15	0	1	2	11	0	0	16.0	14	6	3	2	10	1.00	3.38
Casey Coleman	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	11	4	1	0	5	2.36	7.71
James Russell	14	0	1	3	0	0	2	11.0	15	9	1	1	7	1.45	7.36
Rafael Dolis	13	0	2	1	0	0	1	14.2	15	8	2	0	13	1.02	4.91
Shawn Camp	17	0	1	0	0	0	2	21.1	26	7	3	2	8	1.31	2.95
Michael Bowden	18	0	2	0	0	0	4	27.0	11	1	1	0	18	0.41	0.33
Lendy Castillo	14	0	2	0	0	0	3	20.1	14	1	0	1	11	0.74	0.44
Ryan Dempster	11	11	5	4	0	10	0	81.2	78	21	5	4	75	1.00	2.31
Matt Garza	10	10	3	1	0	8	0	71.1	52	15	2	3	60	0.77	1.89
Jeff Samardzija	10	10	6	1	0	8	0	65.2	59	12	6	4	53		1.64
Chris Volstad	10	10	4	2	0	5	0	60.2	72	30	6	4	39	1.26	4.45
Paul Maholm	10	10	2	5	0	7	0	70.0	72	24	3	5	43	1.32	3.09

Top 20 Prospects Stats

2012 Cubs Top 20 Prospects (June 1) Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
Anthony Rizzo (AAA)	224	40	70	17	0	4	26	38	42	0	1	.313	.413	.442
Brett Jackson (AAA)	200	29	61	14	3	7	29	13	21	5	1	.305	.353	.510
Javier Baez (AA)	102	10	28	6	1	1	11	5	10	2	1	.275	.306	.382
Matt Szczur (AA)	164	19	40	10	0	3	17	10	25	7	3	.244	.299	.360
Reggie Golden (AA)	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	.333	.500	.333
Junior Lake (AA)	187	21	51	8	0	2	20	19	36	10	0	.273	.338	.348
Josh Vitters (AAA)	197	23	51	12	0	10	39	14	36	0	0	.259	.308	.472
Dan Vogelbach (AA)	78	8	22	2	0	2	14	12	12	0	0	.282	.387	.385
Jeimer Candelario (AA)	116	20	31	8	0	1	12	14	27	0	0	.267	.356	.362
Dave Sappelt (AAA)	168	21	55	10	1	5	23	19	17	2	0	.327	.397	.488
Jorge Soler (AAA) (DL)	120	18	29	5	2	6	15	12	18	3	0	.242	.316	.467
Wellington Castillo (AAA)	149	16	37	8	1	2	10	12	23	1	0	.248	.302	.356

2012 Cubs Top 20 Prospects (June 1) Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Dillon Maples (A)
Trey McNutt (AA)	8	8	4	0	0	5	0	50.1	55	12	5	9	44	1.27	2.15
Robert Whitenack (A)
Zach Cates (A)
Tony Zych (AA)	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.1	6	3	1	5	3	1.74	4.26
Jeff Beliveau (AA)	20	0	1	3	0	0	4	22.0	20	10	2	7	17	1.23	4.09
Blake Parker (AAA)	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	6.2	6	4	2	5	5	1.65	5.40
Jay Jackson (AAA) (DL)	11	11	4	3	0	3	0	60.2	59	28	2	31	47	.148	4.15

Casey Coleman is replaced by Jeff Beliveau since his call up to the Majors.

Standings

MLB Standings - Updated: Jun 1, 2012
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Yankees	31	20		247	186
Red Sox	29	23	2.5	258	249
Rays	27	24	4.0	226	230
Blue Jays	22	29	9.0	216	236
Orioles	20	31	11.0	228	279
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Tigers	32	20		267	225
White Sox	25	26	6.5	221	173
Indians	22	28	9.0	210	226
Royals	22	29	9.5	200	223
Twins	21	30	10.5	183	227
AL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Angels	33	19		259	174
Rangers	31	20	1.5	234	174
Mariners	23	29	10.0	180	223
Athletics	20	30	12.0	189	258
NL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Marlins	31	21		202	182
Phillies	27	25	4.0	203	197
Nationals	24	27	6.5	202	204
Mets	24	27	6.5	199	207
Braves	24	28	7.0	238	253
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Cubs	29	22		172	155
Reds	23	28	6.0	182	209
Brewers	22	29	7.0	182	202
Pirates	21	29	7.5	175	230
Cardinals	21	30	8.0	189	183
Astros	20	31	9.0	159	231
NL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Giants	31	20		193	159
Rockies	30	20	0.5	205	158
Diamondbacks	30	21	1.0	217	188
Padres	28	24	3.5	181	176
Dodgers	24	27	7.0	193	193

League Leaders Through May

MLB League Leaders - Updated: Jun 1, 2012
Batting Average		AVG	Home Runs		HR
	1. Hunter Pence	.373		1. Ryan Braun	14
	2. Buster Posey	.353		2. Andre Ethier	13
	3. Jon Jay	.327		3. Ike Davis	12
	4. Jason Castro	.323		4. Corey Hart	12
	5. Logan Morrison	.323		5. Lance Berkman	12
Runs Batted In		RBI	Stolen Bases		SB
	1. Logan Morrison	40		1. Michael Bourn	21
	2. Hunter Pence	40		2. Starlin Castro	20
	3. Ike Davis	36		3. Tony Campana	16
	4. Andre Ethier	36		4. Juan Pierre	15
	5. Dan Uggla	36		5. Emilio Bonifacio	14
Wins		W	Saves		SV
	1. Tim Lincecum	7		1. Huston Street	20
	2. R. A. Dickey	6		2. Santiago Casilla	17
	3. Jeff Samardzija	6		3. Heath Bell	16
	4. Daniel Hudson	6		4. Jonathan Papelbon	16
	5. Josh Johnson	6		5. 4 Tied at	15
Strikeouts		K	Earned Run Average		ERA
	1. Cliff Lee	94		1. Jeremy Guthrie	1.34
	2. Clayton Kershaw	77		2. Jeff Samardzija	1.64
	3. Ryan Dempster	75		3. Barry Zito	1.88
	4. Ian Kennedy	74		4. Matt Garza	1.89
	5. Tim Lincecum	73		5. Yovani Gallardo	2.20

MLB League Leaders - Updated: Jun 1, 2012
Batting Average		AVG	Home Runs		HR
	1. Ryan Sweeney	.358		1. Albert Pujols	20
	2. Chris Getz	.350		2. David Ortiz	16
	3. Albert Pujols	.341		3. Yoenis Cespedes	15
	4. Adrian Gonzalez	.355		4. Mark Teixeira	14
	5. David Ortiz	.333		5. Carlos Pena	14
Runs Batted In		RBI	Stolen Bases		SB
	1. Albert Pujols	64		1. Brett Gardner	19
	2. David Ortiz	49		2. Elvis Andrus	18
	3. Prince Fielder	44		3. Craig Gentry	17
	4. Mark Teixeira	40		4. Austin Jackson	14
	5. Adrian Gonzalez	40		5. Jemile Weeks	14
Wins		W	Saves		SV
	1. Dan Haren	8		1. Mariano Rivera	16
	2. Jered Weaver	8		2. Jose Valverde	15
	3. Justin Verlander	8		3. Brandon League	14
	4. Clay Bucholz	7		4. Matt Capps	14
	5. 3 Tied at	6		5. 4 Tied at	12
Earned Run Average		ERA	Strikeouts		K
	1. Philip Humber	1.64		1. Dan Haren	87
	2. Hiroki Kuroda	1.75		2. Justin Verlander	83
	3. Jered Weaver	2.02		3. Yu Darvish	79
	4. Felix Hernandez	2.25		4. Brandon Marrow	74
	5. Matt Harrison	2.55		5. Felix Hernandez	72

Getty51 · 06-06-2012, 11:16 PM

Garza, Cubs sneak by in the Bay

San Francisco (AP) - The Chicago Cubs got the better of the Giants today in a 1 run game that featured a pitching duel the entire game. Matt Garza picked up the win and Matt Cain the loss. What is unfortunate for Matt Cain is that he gets the loss despite giving up 0, thats right 0, earned runs in the game. The sole run of the game came off of a line drive that went off of Aubrey Huff's glove allowing Bryan LaHair to score in the 4th inning. Cain allowed just 4 hits and walked 2 over 8 innings while counterpart Garza allowed 3 hits and 2 walks over the same 8 innings.

Cubs Corner:Matt Garza is now 4-1 on the season...Carlos Marmol pitched a flawless ninth inning to pick up his 12th save on the season...Bryan Lahair is playing well after being moved up to the 5 hole and was 1/3 with a run scored and a walk...Darwin Barney only had 2 official at-bats as he drew a walk also...

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants
Jun 1, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago ()	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
San Francisco ()	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
W: Garza (4-1) L: Cain (2-5) S: Marmol (12)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	4	0	2	0	0	0		.279
Campana	4	0	0	0	0	1		259
Castro	4	0	0	0	0	0		.261
Soriano	4	0	1	0	0	1		.232
LaHair	3	1	1	0	1	1		.239
Soto	4	0	0	0	0	1		.257
Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	0		.250
Barney	2	0	0	0	1	0		.200
Garza	3	0	0	0	0	1		.130

San Francisco Giants
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Pagan	4	0	0	0	0	0		.266
Cabrera	3	0	0	0	1	0		.238
Sandoval	4	0	0	0	0	1		.268
Posey	4	0	0	0	0	1		.344
Huff	3	0	1	0	0	0		.277
Belt	3	0	0	0	0	2		.253
Crawford	3	0	2	0	0	0		.321
Burriss	1	0	0	0	1	1		.243
Schierholtz	1	0	0	0	0	0		.333
Cain	1	0	0	0	0	0		.040
Blanco	1	0	0	0	0	0		.212
BATTING: 2B: Huff (10) SAC: Cain GIDP: Sanoval
BASERUNNING: SB: Crawford (4)
FIELDING: E: Huff (3)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Garza (W, 4-1)	8.0	3	0	0	2	5		1.70
Marmol (S, 12)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		3.18

San Francisco Giants
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cain (L, 2-5)	8.0	4	1	0	2	4		2.00
Mota	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		3.80

Getty51 · 06-07-2012, 04:37 PM

Cubs take game two from Giants in Extras

San Francisco (AP) - It took 13 innings to decide the 2nd of 4 games in San Francisco. Both Jeff Samardzija and Madison Bumgarner went 6 innings and gave up 2 runs. Bryan LaHair was the hero for the Cubs as he had 3 hits and knocked in the game winning run in the shape of Starlin Castro off of Javier Lopez.

Cubs Corner: James Russell picked up his 2nd win of the year after a perfect 12th inning.... Carlos Marmol picked up his 13th save after a perfect 13the inning....Bryan LaHair had 3 hits, all 3 were off Left Handed pitchers....Starlin Castro stole his 21st base and was caught for the 6th time...Tony Campana stole his 17th base even though the Giants had sniffed him out and threw back to back pitchouts...The Cubs had 0 extra base hits...Michael Bowden and Lendy Castillo both came up big in their relief innings going 2 and 3 innings respectfully with 0 runs allowed.

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants
Jun 2, 2012	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
Chicago ()	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	0
San Francisco ()	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0
W: Russell (2-3) L: Lopez (0-1) S: Marmol (13)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	6	1	1	0	0	1		.275
Campana	6	0	2	0	0	1		.261
Castro	5	2	1	1	1	0		.259
Soriano	6	0	0	0	0	3		.224
LaHair	6	0	3	1	0	0		.248
Soto	4	0	1	0	2	1		.256
Stewart	5	0	1	1	0	1		.248
Barney	5	0	0	0	0	1		.194
Samardzija	2	0	1	0	0	0		.380
Cardenas	1	0	1	0	0	0		.270
Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0		.209
Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0		.280
BATTING: RBI: Castro (26), LaHair (11), Stewart (16) GIDP: Castro
BASERUNNING: SB: Castro (21), Campana (17) CS: Castro (6)

San Francisco Giants
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Pagan	6	0	1	0	0	1		.262
Cabrera	6	0	1	0	0	1		.235
Sandoval	5	0	1	0	0	0		.266
Posey	5	0	0	0	0	1		.333
Huff	5	0	0	0	0	1		.269
Belt	5	0	2	0	0	2		.257
Crawford	5	1	2	0	0	1		.325
Burriss	3	1	2	2	0	0		.251
Blanco	1	0	0	0	0	0		.205
Culberson	1	0	0	0	0	0		.183
Bumgarner	2	0	0	0	0	1		.173
Schierholtz	1	0	0	0	0	1		.329
Pill	1	0	0	0	0	0		.265
Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	0		.234
BATTING: 2B: Sandoval (6) 3B: Crawford (1) HR: Burriss (5) RBI: Burriss 2 (15) GIDP: Cabrera
BASERUNNING: SB: Cabrera (10)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Samardzia	6.0	5	2	2	0	5		1.75
Bowden	2.0	2	0	0	0	3		0.31
Castillo	3.0	1	0	0	0	1		0.38
Russell (W, 2-3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		6.75
Marmol (S, 13)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		3.00

San Francisco Giants
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bumgarner	6.0	7	2	2	2	3		3.29
Hensley	1.0	1	0	0	0	2		2.84
Affeldt	0.2	1	0	0	1	0		3.22
Romo	2.1	0	0	0	0	2		1.38
Lopez (L, 0-1)	3.0	2	1	1	0	2		3.29

Editors Note: Prior to the game I adjusted my pitching difficulty to make it more difficult as it appears that I am not walking enough batters nor am I giving up the kind of runs that I would expect as the Cubs...I have done nothing to the batting difficulty as it seems I struggle getting over 5 hits a game in most games, if this changes I will also up the difficulty.

Getty51 · 06-09-2012, 01:22 PM

New Giant Sanchez gets better of Cubs

San Francisco (AP) - Newly acquired Anibal Sanchez pitched 7 1/3 for the Giants today against the Cubs and was able to pick up his 3rd win of the season. Chris Volstad for the Cubs struggled early giving up 3 earned runs but settled in to finish 6 innings of work. Pablo Sandoval led the Giants with their only extra base hit and 2 RBI's.

Cubs Corner: Following the Game Chris Volstad was sent to AAA and Travis Wood was recalled; Wood was 7-1 with an ERA just over 3 in AAA while Volstad was 4-3 with an ERA just under 4.5, Wood's first start as a Cub is scheduled to be June 8th against the Twins while Volstad will pitch June 7th in Nashville...Bryan LaHair has been on a tear since being moved to the 5 hole and hit his 13th double today...Starlin Castro and Tony Campana were both caught stealing for the 7th time...Castro committed his 13th error of the season...

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants
Jun 4, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago ()	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	10	1
San Francisco ()	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
W: Sanchez (3-4) L: Volstad (4-3) S: Casilla (18)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	4	1	2	0	0	0		.280
Campana	4	0	1	1	0	0		.261
Castro	4	0	1	0	0	1		.258
Soriano	4	0	1	0	0	2		.224
LaHair	4	0	3	0	0	0		.260
Soto	4	1	1	0	0	0		.256
Stewart	4	0	1	1	0	1		.248
Barney	3	0	0	0	0	1		.190
Volstad	1	0	0	0	0	0		.000
Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0		.277
BATTING: 2B: LaHair (13), Soto (8) 3B: DeJesus (8) RBI: Campana (13), Stewart (17) SAC: Volstad GIDP: Soto
BASERUNNING: CS: Castro (7), Campana (7)
FIELDING: E: Castro (13)

San Francisco Giants
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Pagan	3	2	1	0	1	0		.263
Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	3		.236
Sandoval	4	0	2	2	0	0		.271
Posey	4	0	2	1	0	0		.337
Huff	4	0	0	0	0	0		.262
Pill	4	0	2	0	0	1		.275
Crawford	4	0	1	0	0	2		.322
Burriss	4	0	0	0	0	0		.245
Sanchez	3	1	1	0	0	0		.272
BATTING: 2B: Sandoval (7) RBI: Sandoval 2 (29), Posey (22) GIDP: Sandoval
BASERUNNING: SB: Pagan (10)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Volstad (L, 4-3)	6.0	8	3	3	1	5		4.45
Camp	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		2.82
Bowden	1.0	2	0	0	0	0		0.30

San Francisco Giants
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sanchez (W, 3-4)	7.1	8	2	2	0	4		4.59
Mota (H, 7)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1		3.69
Casilla (S, 18)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0		0.45

Getty51 · 06-10-2012, 06:09 PM

Cubs take game 4 from Giants

San Francisco (AP) - The Chicago Cubs took game 4 from the Giants after a scary moment in the 3rd inning. Paul Maholm after a lead off single was injured sliding into second and was forced to leave the game. Casey Coleman came in and shut the door on the Giants to pick up his first win. The Giants just couldn't get anything going with runners on as their only extra base hit was from starter Ryan Volgelsong.

Cubs Corner:Bryan LaHair was injured in batting practice and scratched from a start, he is listed as day to day....Paul Maholm strained his shoulder and is listed as day to day and is not expected to miss a start....Tony Campana hit his 6th double and stole his 18th base while knocking in 2 runs to be the player of the game...Alfonso Soriano hit his 11th homer of the year....The Cubs Bullpen gave up 1 run in 7 innings of work...

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants
Jun 5, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago ()	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	13	0
San Francisco ()	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	0
W: Coleman (1-1) L: Vogelsong (3-4)

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
DeJesus	5	1	2	0	0	0		.282
Campana	5	2	3	2	0	0		.270
Castro	5	0	1	2	0	0		.257
Soriano	5	1	2	2	0	2		.229
Soto	3	0	0	0	1	0		.251
Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	1		.243
Baker	4	0	1	0	0	0		.275
Barney	4	1	1	0	0	0		.192
Maholm	1	0	1	0	0	0		.176
Coleman	2	1	1	0	0	0		.500
Johnson	1	1	1	1	0	0		.222
BATTING: 2B: Campana (6), Johnson (4) HR: Soriano (11) RBI: Castro 2 (28), Campana 2 (15), Soriano 2 (32), Johnson (7) GIDP: Stewart
BASERUNNING: SB: Campana (18)

San Francisco Giants
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Pagan	3	0	2	0	0	0		.269
Schierholtz	1	0	1	1	0	0		.337
Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	0		.236
Posey	4	0	2	0	0	0		.341
Belt	4	0	0	0	0	1		.251
Huff	4	0	1	0	0	1		.262
Pill	4	1	2	0	0	0		.285
Crawford	4	0	0	0	0	1		.308
Burriss	3	0	0	0	1	0		.240
Vogelsong	1	0	1	0	0	0		.150
Sandoval	1	0	0	0	0	0		.270
Blanco	1	0	0	0	0	0		.200
BATTING: 2B: Vogelsong (1) RBI: Schierholtz (13) GIDP: Huff, Burriss, Pill

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Maholm (INJ in 3rd)	2.0	3	0	0	0	1		3.00
Coleman (W, 1-1)	4.0	5	1	1	0	1		5.19
Camp (H, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0		2.70
Russell	1.0	1	0	0	0	0		6.23
Dolis	1.0	0	0	0	0	1		4.59

San Francisco Giants
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Vogelsong (L, 3-4)	5.0	9	4	4	1	0		3.83
Hensley	2.0	1	1	1	0	1		3.06
Affeldt	1.1	3	2	2	0	1		3.80
Romo	0.2	0	0	0	0	1		1.35

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