Cubs 4 - 2 Cardinals
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Cubs look to extend Central lead at Cardinals

Sep 16, 2007 - 2:21 PM Chicago Cubs (77-72) at St Louis (70-77) 2:15 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - The Chicago Cubs are leading the National League Central, but the Milwaukee Brewers are just a game behind.

The Cubs will look to re-establish a cushion when they finish up a four-game series at the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.

The two teams split a doubleheader on Saturday, with the Cardinals winning the nightcap to snap a season-long, nine-game losing streak. St. Louis was on the cusp of the division race before the skid, but now sit six games back, seven games under .500.

The Brewers (75-72) gained a one-half game in the division with a win on Saturday, putting pressure on Chicago to stay ahead. After Sunday, the Cubs have six games at home before finishing with six on the road, all against sub-.500 teams.

Jason Marquis (11-8, 4.17 ERA) will start for Chicago against his former team. The 29-year-old righthander was left off the playoff roster in St. Louis last season, but has been solid for the Cubs, allowing three earned runs or less in 20 of his 30 outings.

St. Louis will counter with Mark Mulder (0-2, 12.38), who will be making his third start since returning from shoulder surgery. The veteran lefthander has allowed 13 earned runs in eight innings this season.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHICAGO CUBS 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 1
    ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHN - JASON MARQUIS, CARLOS MARMOL (7TH), BOBBY HOWRY (7TH), RYAN
    DEMPSTER (9TH) AND GEOVANY SOTO
    STL - MARK MULDER, KELVIN JIMENEZ (4TH), BRIAN
    FALKENBORG (6TH),

    Sep 16 5:14 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SKIP SCHUMAKER SCORED RYAN LUDWICK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S SCHUMAKER ON FIRST, Y MOLINA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4
    ST LOUIS 2 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A MILES (.296, 1-FOR-4)

    Cubs vs. CardinalsSep 16 5:00 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SKIP SCHUMAKER SCORED MIGUEL CAIRO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S SCHUMAKER ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4
    ST LOUIS 1 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A MILES (.297, 1-FOR-3)

    Cubs vs. CardinalsSep 16 4:27 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RONNY CEDENO SCORED CRAIG MONROE.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, R CEDENO ON FIRST, G SOTO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4
    ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: J MARQUIS (.136, 0-FOR-1)

    Cubs vs. CardinalsSep 16 2:54 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY MATT MURTON (7) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF MARK MULDER SCORED ALFONSO SORIANO AND ARAMIS RAMIREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 3, ST LOUIS 0
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: C MONROE (.233, 0-FOR-1)

    Cubs vs. CardinalsSep 16 2:50 PM

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