Part 1 of Mattie T’s 2009 Crosstown Classic Preview

All 3 games will be played at Wrigley Field on Chicago’s North Side.

Tuesday, June 16th at 7:05 PM CST on WGN:

White Sox lefthander John Danks (4-5, 4.81 ERA) against Cubs righthander Carlos Zambrano (4-2, 3.39 ERA).

Tuesday will be just Danks’ second career start against the Cubs.

Danks pitched 6 innings & allowed 1 run on 5 hits on June 20th, 2008 & wound up with a no-decision during the White Sox’s 4-3 loss.

Milton Bradley is the only current Cub who has homered off Danks.

Zambrano will make his 10th career start against the White Sox on Tuesday & is 5-2 with a 4.45 ERA.

Paul Konerko is 7-for-22 (.318) lifetime against Zambrano with 4 home runs & 6 runs batted in.

Wednesday, June 17th at 1:20 PM CST on WGN:

White Sox righthander Gavin Floyd (4-5, 4.94 ERA) against Cubs righthander Ryan Dempster (4-3, 3.87 ERA).

Floyd will make his 1st career start against the Cubs on Wednesday & has a 5-2 record in 10 career June starts with a 3.86 ERA. (lowest ERA out of any month during the season)

Alfonso Soriano is the only current Cub who has faced Floyd & is 1-for-4 against him lifetime.

Dempster will make his 3rd career start against the White Sox on Wednesday & is 1-2 with 3 saves & a 6.23 ERA.

A.J. Pierzynski is 4-for-10 lifetime against Dempster with 1 home run & 4 runs batted in.

Thursday, June 18th at 1:20 PM CST on WGN:

White Sox righthander Jose Contreras (2-5, 5.32 ERA) against Cubs righthander Randy Wells (0-3, 2.55 ERA.)

Conteras will make his 7th career start against the Cubs on Thursday & is 2-3 against them with a 6.08 ERA.

Milton Bradley is 4-for-12 (.333) lifetime against Contreras with 1 home run & 3 runs batted in.

Wells will make his 1st career start against the White Sox on Thursday.

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