Part 2 of Mattie T’s 2009 Crosstown Classic Preview
Written by The Go-To-Man Mattie T. on June 26, 2009
All 3 games will be played at U.S. Cellular Field on Chicago’s South Side.
Friday, June 26th at 3:05 PM CST:
Cubs righthander Randy Wells (1-3, 2.57 ERA) against White Sox righthander Jose Contreras (2-6, 5.23 ERA).
Friday will be Wells’ first career start against the White Sox.
Randy is 0-1 in 4 road starts this season with a 2.10 ERA.
Contreras will make his 7th career start against the Cubs on Friday & is 2-3 against them lifetime with a 6.08 ERA.
Cubs leftfielder Alfonso Soriano is 5-for-8 (.625) lifetime against Contreras with 3 home runs & 4 runs batted in.
Saturday, June 27th at 3:10 PM CST:
Cubs righthander Ryan Dempster (4-5, 3.83 ERA) against White Sox lefthander Mark Buehrle (7-2, 3.17 ERA).
Dempster will make his 4th career start against the White Sox on Saturday & is 1-3 against them lifetime with a 5.79 ERA.
Ryan is 1-4 in 9 road starts this season with a 3.63 ERA.
Buehrle will make his 11th career start against the Cubs on Saturday & is 4-4 against them lifetime with a 4.57 ERA.
Mark is 4-1 in 8 home starts this season with a 2.68 ERA.
Cubs rightfielder Milton Bradley is 8-for-25 (.320) lifetime against Buerhle with no home runs & 2 runs batted in.
Sunday, June 28th at 1:05 PM CST:
Cubs righthander Carlos Zambrano (4-2, 3.48 ERA) against White Sox lefthander John Danks (5-6, 4.43 ERA).
Zambrano will make his 11th career start against the White Sox on Sunday & is 4-2 against them lifetime with a 4.39 ERA.
Carlos is 3-1 in 7 road starts this season with a 2.78 ERA.
White Sox 1st baseman Paul Konerko is 7-for-25 (.280) lifetime against Zambrano with 4 home runs & 6 runs batted in.
Danks will make his 3rd career start against the Cubs on Sunday & is 1-0 against them lifetime with a 1.38 ERA.
John is 1-4 in 7 home starts this season with a 3.89 ERA.
Big rest in peace shoutout to Charlie’s Angels star Farrah Fawcett & the King of Pop Michael Jackson, who both passed away on Thursday.
Also want to shoutout Star Search & The Tonight Show icon Ed McMahon, who passed away on Tuesday.
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