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Harden, Cubs look to keep rolling

Aug 24, 2008 - 6:44 AM Washington (46-84) at Chi Cubs (79-50) 2:20 p.m. EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Rich Harden has been dominant since moving to the National League. He will be looking for his fourth straight win Sunday when the Chicago Cubs host the Washington Nationals.

Harden (8-2, 2.04 ERA) has not allowed a run in either of his past two starts and has surrendered more than one run in an outing once in seven starts since joining the Cubs on July 8. The Canadian righthander is 3-1 with a 1.50 ERA with Chicago.

He leads all major league starters with 80 or more innings pitched with a .194 batting average against and a 2.04 ERA.

Harden has been better since joining the Cubs, limiting opponents to a .173 average while striking out 59 batters in 42 frames.

Chicago owns the best record in the NL and sits 4 1/2 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers (75-55) in the NL Central. The club's 48-19 home record leads the majors.

The Cubs picked up a 9-2 win on Saturday as Ryan Dempster earned his 15th victory with 7 1/3 strong innings and Aramis Ramirez hit a pair of three-run homers.

The Nationals will send Jason Bergmann (2-9, 4.50) to the mound. The 26-year-old righthander did not factor in the decision Tuesday at Philadelphia, when he allowed three earned runs in 6 1/3 innings.








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

    BATTERIES: WAS - JASON BERGMANN, STEVEN SHELL (7TH), CHARLIE MANNING (7TH),
    JOEL HANRAHAN (8TH) AND JESUS FLORES
    CHN - RICH HARDEN, CARLOS MARMOL (8TH), JEFF SAMARDZIJA
    (9TH)

    Aug 24 4:45 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY KOSUKE FUKUDOME (9) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 7TH OFF STEVEN SHELL SCORED MIKE FONTENOT.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1, CHICAGO CUBS 5
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: A SORIANO (.284, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Nationals 1, Cubs 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 24 4:07 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY AUSTIN KEARNS (7) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF RICH HARDEN.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1, CHICAGO CUBS 3
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A HERNANDEZ (.538, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    Nationals 1, Cubs 3  Top 3, 0 OutsAug 24 2:59 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY GEOVANY SOTO (19) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF JASON BERGMANN SCORED JIM EDMONDS.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0, CHICAGO CUBS 3
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: M FONTENOT (.285, 8 HR, 31 RBI)

    Nationals 0, Cubs 3  Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 24 2:50 PM


  • NL
    AT CHICAGO CUBS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MARK DEROSA (18) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF JASON BERGMANN.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0, CHICAGO CUBS 1
    DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: J EDMONDS (.232, 16 HR, 48 RBI)

    Nationals 0, Cubs 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 24 2:47 PM

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