Chi Cubs (34-34) at Detroit (40-31)

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Streaking Lee keeping perspective

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Derrek Lee extended his hitting streak to a career-high 21 games with a single in the seventh inning Wednesday night and will try to keep it alive in the series finale Thursday against the Tigers.
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Cubs probable pitcher

Ted Lilly

  • #30 LHP
  • (7-4) 3.04 ERA 75 SO
Lilly notched his team-leading 11th quality start in his last outing against the Indians. He did not get a decision as the game went extra innings, with the Cubs winning in 13. Lilly has thrown six innings or more in a career-high 10 straight games, dating to May 2. He is 4-1 with a 1.85 ERA in seven home games. In his last 27 1/3 innings, he's walked three and struck out 23. He's 2-3 with a 3.96 ERA in his career against the Tigers.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 98-79 4.31 1439.1 521 1232 .245
Season 7-4 3.04 91.2 20 75 .226
June 1-0 1.98 27.1 3 23 .224

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/25/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Chicago Cubs (NL Central) 34 34 .500 3.5 21-13 13-21
Detroit Tigers (AL Central) 40 31 .563 - 22-11 18-20
Stats - 06/25/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
CHC .247 287 74 273 29 522 3.83 613.2 542 271 535
DET .262 347 82 331 38 450 4.10 623.1 605 272 491
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Tigers need deep start from Galarraga

Jason Beck / MLB.com
With every reliever but Freddy Dolsi having pitched Wednesday, and with three-game series at Houston and Oakland coming up before the Tigers' next off-day July 2 in Minnesota, the Tigers could sorely use a deep outing from Armando Galarraga.
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Tigers probable pitcher

Armando Galarraga

  • #58 RHP
  • (3-7) 5.62 ERA 45 SO
Just because Galarraga took a no-decision in his last start Friday against the Brewers doesn't mean his struggles are over. Though Galarraga's outing was over following a two-hour rain delay in the fourth inning, he was probably going to exit even without the rain delay once Detroit took the lead. He gave up four runs, three earned, on eight hits over four innings, and escaped worse thanks to two double plays. He's winless in his last 10 starts since going 3-0 in April, and he has just three quality starts in that stretch.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 16-14 4.34 261.0 101 177 .250
Season 3-7 5.62 73.2 33 45 .306
June 0-2 5.95 19.2 8 6 .363

Cubs hitters vs Armando Galarraga

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Adduci, James - - - - - - - -
Baker, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Blanco, Andres - - - - .200 5 0 1
Bradley, Milton - - - - .000 2 0 0
Castillo, Welington - - - - - - - -
Colvin, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Fontenot, Mike - - - - .000 3 0 0
Fox, Jake - - - - 1.000 3 1 3
Fukudome, Kosuke - - - - .500 2 0 1
Fuld, Sam - - - - - - - -
Hill, Koyie - - - - .000 2 0 0
Hoffpauir, Micah - - - - .000 3 0 0
Lee, Derrek - - - - .000 3 0 0
Miles, Aaron - - - - .000 3 0 0
Ramirez, Aramis - - - - - - - -
Soriano, Alfonso - - - - .667 3 0 0
Soto, Geovany - - - - - - - -
Theriot, Ryan - - - - .000 2 0 0

Tigers hitters vs Ted Lilly

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Avila, Alex - - - - - - - -
Boesch, Brennan - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Miguel - - - - .375 8 1 1
Ciriaco, Audy - - - - - - - -
Dlugach, Brent - - - - - - - -
Granderson, Curtis - - - - .100 10 0 0
Guillen, Carlos - - - - .400 5 0 0
Inge, Brandon - - - - .100 10 1 3
Kelly, Don - - - - - - - -
Laird, Gerald - - - - .400 5 0 1
Larish, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Ordonez, Magglio - - - - .250 16 1 2
Raburn, Ryan - - - - .667 3 0 2
Ramirez, Wilkin - - - - - - - -
Ryan, Dusty - - - - .333 3 0 0
Santiago, Ramon - - - - .200 5 1 2
Sizemore, Scott - - - - - - - -
Strieby, Ryan - - - - - - - -
Thomas, Clete - - - - - - - -
Wells, Casper - - - - - - - -

Seventh straight win a sweeping success (34-35) (41-31)

Tigers 6, Cubs 5

Crazy like a Fox

Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Jake Fox, who excelled for the University of Michigan, hit his first Major League home run and fell a triple shy of the cycle. Ted Lilly struggled in six innings, allowing two home runs, while Derrek Lee saw his 21-game hitting streak snapped.

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Awakenings

Jason Beck / MLB.com
Armando Galarraga won his first game since April 26 and Magglio Ordonez hit his first home run since April 27 to pace the Tigers. Ryan Raburn had three hits to go with two RBIs, and Ramon Santiago and Miguel Cabrera also had two hits apiece.
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Tigers 6, Cubs 5

Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano, A, LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .231
Theriot, SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .284
Lee, D, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .288
Hoffpauir, M, RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .267
Fox, J, DH 4 1 3 3 0 1 0 .353
Fontenot, 3B 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 .223
Fukudome, CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .263
Hill, K, C 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .212
  a-Soto, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .227
Blanco, A, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Totals 34 5 8 5 1 9 10  

a-Struck out for Hill, K in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Soriano, A (15, Galarraga), Fox, J (4, Galarraga), Fukudome (14, Rodney).
3B: Fukudome (2, Galarraga).
HR: Fox, J (1, 1st inning off Galarraga, 2 on, 2 out), Hoffpauir, M (7, 9th inning off Rodney, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Soriano, A 3; Hoffpauir, M 4; Fox, J 7; Fukudome 5.
RBI: Fox, J 3 (9), Fukudome (23), Hoffpauir, M (22).
2-out RBI: Fox, J 3; Fukudome.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hill, K; Fontenot; Soto.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
E: Hill, K (1, throw).
DP: (Theriot-Blanco, A-Lee, D).
 
Detroit AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Granderson, CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .261
Santiago, 2B 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .289
Cabrera, M, 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .335
Thames, DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .267
Raburn, LF 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .259
Inge, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .270
Ordonez, RF 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .274
  1-Anderson, J, PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Ryan, D, C 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .333
Everett, SS 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 .265
Totals 33 6 12 6 3 7 14  


1-Ran for Ordonez in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Cabrera, M (14, Lilly), Thames (4, Lilly), Raburn (4, Lilly).
HR: Santiago (5, 3rd inning off Lilly, 1 on, 2 out), Ordonez (3, 4th inning off Lilly, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Granderson; Santiago 5; Cabrera, M 3; Thames 2; Raburn 4; Ordonez 4; Ryan, D; Everett.
RBI: Santiago 2 (23), Raburn 2 (18), Ordonez 2 (24).
2-out RBI: Santiago 2; Raburn.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Thames; Inge; Granderson 2.
S: Santiago.
GIDP: Cabrera, M.
Team RISP: 5-for-10.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Anderson, J (11, 2nd base off Hart, K/Hill, K).
CS: Ryan, D (1, 2nd base by Lilly/Hill, K).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Raburn (Soriano, A at 1st base).
DP: (Raburn-Santiago-Cabrera, M).
 
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lilly (L, 7-5) 6.0 10 6 6 1 6 2 3.41
Hart, K 1.2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
Marshall 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.33
 
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Galarraga (W, 4-7) 6.0 6 4 4 1 5 1 5.65
Seay (H, 16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.52
Lyon (H, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.89
Rodney (S, 16) 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 1 4.06

Pitches-strikes: Lilly 107-78, Hart, K 29-15, Marshall 3-3, Galarraga 90-56, Seay 13-7, Lyon 11-8, Rodney 20-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lilly 8-3, Hart, K 3-2, Marshall 0-0, Galarraga 7-5, Seay 2-1, Lyon 1-1, Rodney 0-0.
Batters faced: Lilly 28, Hart, K 8, Marshall 1, Galarraga 24, Seay 3, Lyon 3, Rodney 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Marshall 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Ted Barrett. 1B: Adrian Johnson. 2B: Tim McClelland. 3B: Andy Fletcher.
Weather: 93 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:34.
Att: 42,332.
June 25, 2009

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