Mattie T’s Weekly Chicago Cubs Update
Written by The Go-To-Man Mattie T. on May 18, 2009
Tuesday, May 12th
6
2
Star Player of the Game: Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano, who went 3-for-5 with an RBI double & an RBI single.
Winning Pitcher: Rich Harden (4-1), who pitched 6 innings & allowed 2 runs on 4 hits while walking one & striking out five.
Losing Pitcher: Jake Peavy (2-5), who pitched 6 innings & allowed 3 runs on 6 hits while walking two & striking out nine.
Wednesday, May 13th
6
4 (F/8 innings)
Star Player of the Game: Cubs catcher Geovany Soto, who went 2-for-3 with a 2-run homer (1st of season), an RBI single & scored 1 run.
Winning Pitcher: Ted Lilly (5-2), who pitched 6 1/3 innings & allowed 3 runs on 8 hits while walking none & striking out seven.
Losing Pitcher: Chris Young (2-2), who pitched 4 innings & allowed 6 runs on 6 hits while walking three & striking out three.
Save: Carlos Marmol (3rd of season), who pitched 1 inning & allowed 1 run on 2 hits while walking two & striking out none.
Thursday, May 14th
11
3
Star Player of the Game: Cubs 3rd baseman Bobby Scales, who went 2-for-4 with a pair of 2-run doubles & scored 2 runs.
Winning Pitcher: Ryan Dempster (3-2), who pitched 7 innings & allowed 2 runs on 3 hits while walking two & striking out five.
Losing Pitcher: Chad Gaudin (0-3), who pitched 4 1/3 innings & allowed 4 runs on 1 hit while walking seven & striking out three.
Friday, May 15th
Friday afternoon’s game against the Houston Astros was postponed due to inclement weather & will be made up on July 30th.
Saturday, May 16th
5
4
Star Player of the Game: Cubs right fielder Micah Hoffpauir, who went 2-for-3 with a 2-run homer (4th of season) & scored 1 run.
Winning Pitcher: Sean Marshall (2-2), who pitched 1/3rd of an inning & allowed no runs on no hits while walking none & striking out none.
Losing Pitcher: LaTroy Hawkins (1-1), who pitched 1/3rd of an inning & allowed 1 run on 1 hit while walking one & striking out none.
Aaron Heilman is charged with a blown save (3rd of season) after allowing Ivan Rodriguez’s game-tying 2-run double in the 9th inning.
Sunday, May 17th
6
5
Star Player of the Game: Astros catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who went 1-for-3 with a 2-run homer (5th of season) & scored 1 run.
The home run was number 300 in Rodriguez’s career.
Winning Pitcher: Brian Moehler (1-2), who pitched 5 innings & allowed 3 runs on 5 hits while walking two & striking out four.
Losing Pitcher: Rich Harden (4-2), who pitched 6 innings & allowed 4 runs on 6 hits while walking three & striking out seven.
Save: Chris Sampson (1st of seas0n), who pitched 1 2/3 innings & allowed 2 runs on 4 hits while walking none & striking out none.
Record at week’s end: 21-15 (2nd in NL Central)
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