Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
53-36, 1st Central
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NL Capsules
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The Associated Press,
Jul 6, 2008
Aramis Ramirez had two hits and three RBIs and the Chicago Cubs rebounded from a final-inning loss to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Sunday. Geovany Soto hit his 15th homer and Derrek Lee had three hits and an RBI for the NL Central leaders, who took two of three from the second-place Cardinals and won for only the fourth time in 11 games overall. ...More |
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Cubs Team Report
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Cubs Team Report Jul 5, 2008
Left fielder Reed Johnson led off for the second straight game Friday, and manager Lou Piniella said the experiment to bat right fielder Kosuke Fukudome first is all but over.
Piniella reasons that when left fielder Alfonso Soriano comes off the disabled list after his broken left hand heals, he'll bat first.
At that time, Piniella plans to bat Fukudome second, at least to begin. So why not get him used to it now?
"There's no sense in leading him (Fukudome) off, and Soriano comes in, and all of a sudden he's in the 2-hole," Piniella said. "So we'll put him in the 2-hole now and let him acclimate himself."
Fukudome opened the season as the Cubs' No. 5 hitter. He may yet end up back there, but Piniella said as far back as last winter that the patient hitter ...More |
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| Team Injuries |
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Injury |
| S. Eyre RP |
Jun 28, 2008 |
15-day |
Strained left groin |
| A. Soriano LF |
Jun 12, 2008 |
15-day |
Broken left ring finger - out 4-6 weeks |
| C. Fox RP |
May 19, 2008 |
15-day |
Ulnar neuritis, right arm |
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| Scores & Schedule |
| Last Five Games |
| Wed, Jul 2 | at San Francisco | W 6-5 | | Thu, Jul 3 | at San Francisco | L 3-8 | | Fri, Jul 4 | at St. Louis | W 2-1 | | Sat, Jul 5 | at St. Louis | L 4-5 | | Sun, Jul 6 | at St. Louis | W 7-1 |
| Next Five Games |
| Tue, Jul 8 | Cincinnati | 20:05 | | Wed, Jul 9 | Cincinnati | 20:05 | | Thu, Jul 10 | Cincinnati | 14:20 | | Fri, Jul 11 | San Francisco | 14:20 | | Sat, Jul 12 | San Francisco | 13:05 |
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