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Cardinals visit Cubs for key makeup game

Sep 10, 2007 - 2:03 PM St Louis (69-71) at Chicago Cubs (72-70) 3:20 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs are only playing one game, but it's a meaningful one.

With both teams in the thick of the National League Central division race, the Cardinals visit Wrigley Field on Monday to make up an August 19th rainout.

The Cubs are just one game behind first-place Milwaukee (73-69) in the NL East, while the Cardinals have fallen three games off the pace after dropping three straight.

The Cubs, who played at Pittsburgh over the weekend and head to Houston after this game, will send Ted Lilly (14-7, 3.85 ERA) to the mound. The lefthander comes in one win shy of matching his career-high win total of 15 - accomplished last season with Toronto.

Lilly has pitched well in day games this season, posting a 7-3 record to go along with a 3.05 ERA.

Cardinals starter Joel Pineiro (5-3, 4.28) has been a pleasant surprise since being acquired from the Boston Red Sox at the trade deadline. The 28-year-old righthander is 4-2 with a 3.63 ERA in seven starts for St. Louis. Pineiro picked up a win here on August 20, allowing three runs in five innings during a 6-4 triumph.

The Cubs own a 7-4 lead the season series, which concludes with a four-game set beginning Friday at Busch Stadium.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 1
    CHICAGO CUBS 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 4 x 12 17 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: STL - JOEL PINEIRO, ANDY CAVAZOS (4TH), BRIAN FALKENBORG (5TH),
    KELVIN JIMENEZ (6TH), MIKE MAROTH (8TH) AND YADIER MOLINA
    CHN - TED LILLY, BOBBY HOWRY (8TH), MIKE W

    Sep 10 6:24 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CRAIG MONROE SCORED JACQUE JONES AND JASON
    KENDALL.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, C MONROE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3
    CHICAGO CUBS 12 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A SORIANO (.295, 1-FOR-4, BB)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 6:10 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY MIKE MAROTH ALLOWED MIKE FONTENOT TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J KENDALL ON FIRST, J JONES ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3
    CHICAGO CUBS 10 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C MONROE (.185, 0-FOR-0)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 6:08 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ARAMIS RAMIREZ (22) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF MIKE MAROTH.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3, CHICAGO CUBS 9
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M FONTENOT (.286, 3 HR, 28 RBI)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 5:59 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    PASSED BALL BY YADIER MOLINA ALLOWED ARAMIS RAMIREZ TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KENDALL ON FIRST, J JONES ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3
    CHICAGO CUBS 8 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: D WARD (.337, 0-FOR-0)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 5:44 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY SO TAGUCHI (3) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF TED LILLY SCORED DAVID ECKSTEIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3, CHICAGO CUBS 7
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A PUJOLS (.321, 1-FOR-2)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 5:09 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JACQUE JONES SCORED CLIFF FLOYD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J JONES ON FIRST, M DEROSA ON SECOND, A
    RAMIREZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1
    CHICAGO CUBS 7 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: J KENDALL (.290, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 4:57 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY TED LILLY SCORED JASON KENDALL.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, T LILLY ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1
    CHICAGO CUBS 6 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A SORIANO (.294, 0-FOR-2)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 4:28 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JASON KENDALL SCORED JACQUE JONES.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J KENDALL ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1
    CHICAGO CUBS 5 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: T LILLY (.136, 0-FOR-1)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 4:27 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JACQUE JONES SCORED MARK DEROSA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J JONES ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1
    CHICAGO CUBS 4 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: J KENDALL (.285, 0-FOR-1)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 4:24 PM


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    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ARAMIS RAMIREZ (21) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 4TH OFF JOEL PINEIRO.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 3
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M DEROSA (.287, 0-FOR-1)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 4:20 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DERREK LEE (18) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF JOEL PINEIRO.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 2
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C FLOYD (.284, 1-FOR-1, RBI)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 4:17 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JIM EDMONDS (11) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    2ND OFF TED LILLY.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 1
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A MILES (.307, 2 HR, 29 RBI)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 3:44 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CLIFF FLOYD SCORED DERREK LEE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C FLOYD ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0
    CHICAGO CUBS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A RAMIREZ (.315, 20 HR, 84 RBI)

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 10 3:37 PM
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    CubsnCards Added 5 roots

    Cardinals vs. CubsSep 9 2:17 AM