| Series matchup: Padres at Cubs
10:24 PM CDT, May 11, 2008
All games on WGN-AM 720.
Season series: First meeting of season. Padres won last season 5-3.
Monday: 7:05 p.m., CSN. LH Randy Wolf (2-2, 4.14) vs. RH Carlos Zambrano (5-1, 1.80)
Tuesday: 7:05 p.m., CSN. LH Shawn Estes (0-0, 0.00) vs. RH Jason Marquis (1-2, 5.08)
Wednesday: 7:05 p.m., WCIU-Ch. 26. RH Jake Peavy (4-2, 2.47) vs. LH Ted Lilly (3-4, 5.24)
Thursday: 1:20 p.m., CSN. RH Greg Maddux (3-3, 3.60) vs. RH Ryan Dempster (4-1, 2.76)
Who's hot: Zambrano is unbeaten in his last five starts, including four victories. Catcher Henry Blanco is 5-for-14 (.357) lifetime against Maddux. Former White Sox second baseman Tadahito Iguchi is hitting .400 (16-for-40) since April 30 and has not committed an error this season.
Who's not: Alfonso Soriano is a lifetime .125 hitter against Wolf, and Derrek Lee is .207. Padres shortstop Khalil Greene is 3 for his last 21, and catcher Josh Bard is 4-for-35. The Padres have been outscored 68-29 in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings. |