Mattie T’s Weekly Chicago Cubs Update
Written by The Go-To-Man Mattie T. on August 29, 2010
Monday, August 23rd
9
1
Star Player of the Game: Cubs 2nd baseman Blake DeWitt, who went 3-for-5 with a solo homer (4th of season), a sacrifice fly & scored 1 run.
Winning Pitcher: Casey Coleman (1-1), who pitched 6 1/3 innings & allowed 1 run on 3 hits while walking two & striking out three.
Losing Pitcher: Livan Hernandez (8-9), who pitched 4 1/3 innings & allowed 7 runs on 10 hits while walking four & striking out five.
Tuesday, August 24th
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Star Player of the Game: Cubs leftfielder Alfonso Soriano, who went 1-for-4 with a 3-run homer (2oth of season) & scored 1 run.
Winning Pitcher: Carlos Zambrano (5-6), who pitched 7 1/3 innings & allowed 1 run on 5 hits while walking one & striking out eight.
Losing Pitcher: John Lannan (5-6), who pitched 5 innings & allowed 5 runs (4 earned) on 7 hits while walking none & striking out three.
Save: Carlos Marmol (23rd of season), who pitched 1 1/3 innings & allowed 3 runs on 2 hits while walking two & striking out three.
Wednesday, August 25th
4
0
Star Player of the Game: Cubs 3rd baseman Aramis Ramirez, who went 2-for-4 with a 2-run homer (2oth of season) & scored 1 run.
Winning Pitcher: Ryan Dempster (12-8), who pitched 7 innings & allowed no runs on 2 hits while walking one & striking out eight.
Losing Pitcher: Jason Marquis (o-7), who pitched 7 1/3 innings & allowed 1 run on 4 hits while walking three & striking out two.
Friday, August 27th
7
1
Star Player of the Game: Reds rightfielder Jay Bruce, who went 3-for-3 with a pair of solo homers, a 3-run homer (14th, 15th & 16th of season) & scored 3 runs.
Winning Pitcher: Johnny Cueto (12-4), who pitched 8 innings & allowed 1 run on 6 hits while walking none & striking out eight.
Losing Pitcher: Tom Gorzelanny (7-8), who pitched 5 innings & allowed 6 runs on 7 hits while walking two & striking out one.
Saturday, August 28th
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Star Player of the Game: Cubs rightfielder Kosuke Fukudome, who went 2-for-3 with a 2-run homer (11th of season) & scored 1 run.
Winning Pitcher: Randy Wells (6-12), who pitched 6 innings & allowed 2 runs on 6 hits while walking two & striking out four.
Losing Pitcher: Bronson Arroyo (14-8), who pitched 7 innings & allowed 3 runs on 5 hits while walking none & striking out five.
Save: Carlos Marmol (24th of season), who pitched 1 inning & allowed no runs on no hits while walking none & striking out one.
Sunday, August 29th
7
5
Star Player of the Game: Reds catcher Ramon Hernandez, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI single.
Winning Pitcher: Logan Ondrusek (4-0), who pitched 2/3rd of an inning & allowed no runs on no hits while walking none & striking out none.
Losing Pitcher: Sean Marshall (6-5), who pitched 1 inning & allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits while walking none & striking out none.
Save: Francisco Cordero (35th of season), who pitched 1 inning & allowed no runs on no hits while walking none & striking out one.
Record at week’s end: 55-76 (5th in NL Central)
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