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Streaking Cubs look to increase NL Central lead

Sep 25, 2007 - 2:11 PM Chicago Cubs (83-73) at Florida (66-90) 7:05 pm EDT

MIAMI (Ticker) - The first-place Chicago Cubs will be looking for their fifth straight win when they take on the Florida Marlins in the first game of a three-game series on Tuesday.

The Cubs, who have won 10 of their past 12 games, lead the Milwaukee Brewers (80-76) by three games in the National League Central with just six games to play.

Chicago, which is aiming for their first postseason appearance since 2003, has a magic number of four.

Ted Lilly (15-7, 3.78 ERA) takes the mound for Chicago. Lilly has not lost since August 25, and with a victory can set a new personal career high for wins in a season. The lefthander is coming off a no-decision on Wednesday in which he allowed two runs in seven innings with eight strikeouts against Cincinnati. However, Lilly has gone 0-3 with a 5.16 ERA in four career starts against the Marlins.

While Lilly has had a stellar season, his opposition, Dontrelle Willis is having a year to forget. Willis (9-15, 5.32) is suffering through the worst season of his five-year career. The lefthander has just two wins in his last 21 starts, just two years removed from winning 22 games in 2005. The 25-year-old allowed three runs in six innings in a no-decision against the Mets on Thursday. Willis is 3-3 in eight career starts against the Cubs.

The Marlins have lost seven of their last eight games, but swept the Cubs in a three-game series at Chicago from May 28-30.








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

    BATTERIES: CHN - TED LILLY, MIKE WUERTZ (6TH), KEVIN HART (8TH) AND GEOVANY
    SOTO
    FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS, LEE GARDNER (9TH), TAYLOR
    TANKERSLEY (9TH) AND MIGUEL OLIVO

    HOME RU

    Sep 25 9:28 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CRAIG MONROE (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF DONTRELLE WILLIS SCORED GEOVANY SOTO.
    CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 2, FLORIDA 4
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: R THERIOT (.274, 1-FOR-2)

    Cubs vs. MarlinsSep 25 8:56 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY JEREMY HERMIDA SCORED DONTRELLE
    WILLIS AND HANLEY RAMIREZ.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J HERMIDA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 0
    FLORIDA 4 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M CABRERA (.322, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Cubs vs. MarlinsSep 25 7:44 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY DAN UGGLA SCORED BRETT CARROLL.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, H RAMIREZ ON SECOND, D WILLIS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 0
    FLORIDA 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J HERMIDA (.288, 1-FOR-1)

    Cubs vs. MarlinsSep 25 7:42 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY HANLEY RAMIREZ SCORED TODD LINDEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H RAMIREZ ON FIRST, D WILLIS ON SECOND, B
    CARROLL ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 0
    FLORIDA 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.248, 0-FOR-1)

    Cubs vs. MarlinsSep 25 7:40 PM

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