And a Century Later...:A Chicago Cubs Franchise (MLB 08 The Show)

[stefani91]

Chicago, IL (April 6, 2008)

AROUND THE LEAGUE UPDATE

Promotions:
HOU Sends RP Oscar Valentin From AA Corpus Christi to AAA Round Rock
LAD Sends 2B Yong-Su Kim From AA Jacksonville to AAA Las Vegas
LAD Sends 2B Winfred Coats From AAA Las Vegas to Major Leagues
CHC Sends RP Scott Eyre From AAA Iowa to Major Leagues
CHC Sends SP Sean Marshall From Major Leagues to AAA Iowa

Transactions:
None

Cubs Injury Report:
None

Scores:
-AL-
SEA 4 @ BAL 3
TB 2 @ NYY 3
BOS 2 @ TOR 3
CHW 12 @ DET 5
KC 5 @ MIN 1
TEX 6 @ LAA 4
CLE 6 @ OAK 5

-NL-
NYM 2 @ ATL 3
PIT 4 @ FLA 3
HOU 4 @ CHC 2
PHI 2 @ CIN 3
SF 6 @ MIL 4
WAS 7 @ STL 4
ARZ 3 @ COL 2
LAD 3 @ SD 8

[Deuce2223]

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[stefani91]

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[stefani91]

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Ted Lilly Tom Gorzelanny 1-0 W-L 0-0 1.00 ERA 3.60

What to watch for: The Cubs and Pirates are tied for last place in the NL Central

Chicago Cubs Season Totals TEAM BATTING (THRU 07/04) TEAM PITCHING (THRU 07/04) AVG HR RBI SB ERA WINS SAVES HR .285 3 17 7 2.17 3 0 2

Pittsburgh Pirates Season Totals TEAM BATTING (THRU 07/04) TEAM PITCHING (THRU 07/04) AVG HR RBI SB ERA WINS SAVES HR .208 5 22 3 2.96 3 3 5

Jose Bautista leads the way for the Pirates with 1HR and 6RBI

Chicago Cubs (3-3) @ Pittsburgh Pirates (3-3)

April 7, 2008

1:20 PM

Chicago Cubs Lineup:
CF Reed Johnson
SS Ryan Theriot
1B Derrek Lee
3B Aramis Ramirez
RF Kosuke Fukudome
C Henry Blanco
2B Ronny Cedeno
LF Alfonso Soriano
P Ted Lilly

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup:
CF Nyjer Morgan
2B Freddy Sanchez
C Ronny Paulino
LF Jason Bay
RF Xavier Nady
SS Jack Wilson
1B Adam LaRoche
3B Jose Bautista
P Tom Gorzelanny

[mjh91]

AMAZING! You are really good at creating those pictures. Can't wait for the game.

[stefani91]

Chicago Cubs (3-4) @ Pittsburgh Pirates (4-3)

April 7, 2008 (PNC Park)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago Cubs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 X 5 10 0 Player of the Game: (PIT) Nyjer Morgan 3 for 3: HR, 2 RBI

PIRATES HOME OPENER

W: Tom Gorzelanny (1-0)
L: Ted Lilly (1-1)
S: Matt Capps (4)

April 7, 2008


Cubs Batting:
2B: Alfonso Soriano (3)
RBI: Ted Lilly (1) Alfonso Soriano (3)

Cubs BaseRunning:
SB: Ronny Cedeno 2 (5) Kosuke Fukudome (1)

Cubs Pitching:
Ted Lilly (L, 1-1) 4.0IP 7H 3ER 0BB 2K 2.77ERA
Chad Fox 2.0IP 2H 1ER 2K 4.50ERA
Sean Gallagher 2.0IP 1H 1ER 0BB 2K 3.00ERA

Pirates Batting:
HR: Nyjer Morgan (1) Jack Wilson (2) Jason Bay (1)
RBI: Nyjer Morgan 2 (6) Jack Wilson (2) Jason Bay (2) Ronny Paulino (6)

Pirates Pitching:
Tom Gorzelanny (W, 1-0) 8.1IP 8H 2ER 3BB 8K 2.70ERA
Romulo Sanchez 0.0IP 1H 0ER 0BB 0K 4.50ERA
Matt Capps (S, 4) 0.2IP 0H 0ER 0BB 0K 0.00ERA


(PIT) Nyjer Morgan leads the Pirates out of the cellar in the NL Central

[stefani91]

Chicago, IL (April 7, 2008)

AROUND THE LEAGUE UPDATE

Promotions:
CHC Sends SP Sean Marshall From Majors To AAA Iowa
CHC Sends RP Scott Eyre from AAA Iowa to Majors

Transactions:
None

Cubs Injury Report:
None

Scores:
-AL-
SEA 2 @ BAL 1
TB 1 @ NYY 4
MIN 4 @ CHW 7
CLE 8 @ LAA 9


-NL-
FLA 11 @ WAS 6
PHI 6 @ CIN 4
STL 2 @ HOU 6
CHC 2 @ PIT 5
LAD 9 @ ARZ 2
ATL 5 @ COL 0
SD 5 @ SF 0

Current NL Playoff Race:
NL East: New York Mets (4-2) 1/2 Game Lead
NL Central: Houston Astros (5-3) 1/2 Game Lead
NL West: San Diego Padres (5-3) 1 1/2 Game Lead
NL Wildcard: Washington Nationals (5-3) 1/2 Game Lead

Current AL Playoff Race:
AL East: New York Yankees (7-0) 3 1/2 Game Lead
AL Central: Chicago White Sox (6-1) 2 1/2 Game Lead
AL West: Seattle Mariners (5-2) 1 1/2 Game Lead
AL Wildcard: 2 Teams Tied At (4-4)

[stefani91]

Beyond the Ivy Live
April 8, 2008
(WCIU Channel 26 In Chicago)
Broadcasting Every Cubs Day Off

Segment 1: Jon Lieber Discusses His Return
Segment 2: Lou Talks About Scoring Runs
Segment 3: Cubs Top Performer
Segment 4: A Look Ahead

Brad: Hello Cubs fans and welcome to another season of Beyond the Ivy live here on WCIU Channel 26. Today I have Jon Lieber, Sweet Lou, and a couple surprise guests. Well let's start with Jon Lieber, Cubs starting pitcher. Jon welcome back to Chicago.

Jon: Thanks Brad, its good to be back in this town. Lots of unfinished business to attend to now that I'm back.

Brad: What do you mean by that Jon?

Jon: Well when I left here, we were in a real slump in 2002, and we always had trouble getting to the post-season. Now that I'm back, I'm looking forward to making something of my return.

Brad: Well let's hope you are up to the challenge after Rich Hill was sent down because of his command issues. 21 game winner back in 2001, Jon can you do it again?

Jon: Honestly, I think those days are done, and the only thing right now I want to do is pitch well enough to get some "W"s.

Brad: Well see you later Jon and good luck as a Cub once again.

Jon: Thanks Brad always a pleasure.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

Brad: Well we are back with more Beyond the Ivy, and my next man is Sweet Lou. Lou how are you doing?

Lou: Well..uhh before I got here I took a dump and it stunk like this team for sure. You know I don't know what these guys expect me to do about their losses. I don't play the game, I manage. I help these guys get in a position to get stats.

Brad: Is the team's pitching a problem?

Lou: No, not all the time, it's really the run scoring problem we have had. We need to go out there and make opposing pitchers pay. The cellar is not a great place to be.

Brad: Lou any last comments?

Lou: Yeah, these fans are a treat aren't they? I mean dont these people have realy jobs that they come to the ball game everyday and get drunk? I'm outta here..

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

Brad: We are back to present the Cubs Top Performer and it goes to... Ryan Dempster as he got his first win as a Cubs starter since 2004. Congrats to him.

Brad: Next we look ahead to the Cubs schedule:
-Cubs @ Pirates April 9th 7:30
-Cubs @ Pirates April 10th 7:30
-Cubs @ Phillies April 11th 7:30
-Cubs @ Phillies April 12th 7:30
-Cubs @ Phillies April 13th 1:20 (TBS)

Brad: We will see you on Monday April 14th for another Beyond the Ivy with Brad