| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |  | R | H | E | |
Chi Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |
Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
The pitching performance by harden was a gem, if only he had arm strength on 115-130 he'd average 15 strikeouts a game. Kevin Gregg blew the save but lets not get are panties up in a bunch just yet, I'd give Gregg the month of April to "win" people back or show people that he can do it. Personally I want him to be the closer because Marmol is sick nasty in that 7th/8th inning role.
| Chi Cubs | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Harden | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1.50 |
| Heilman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cotts | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Marmol | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Marshall | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vizcaino | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gregg (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
The Cubs face the Milwaukee Brewers at 6:05 CT at Miller park on CSN with the pre-game starting at 5:30 CT.
Pitching Match-up: (from Cubs.com)
CHC: RHP Carlos Zambrano (1-0, 1.50 ERA)
Zambrano can take a deep breath. He finally won on Opening Day, beating the Astros, 4-2, in his fifth season-opening assignment. Big Z gave up one run over six-plus innings and struck out six. He was 1-0 with am 0.43 ERA in three starts against the Brewers last year. The last time Zambrano pitched at Miller Park was Sept. 14, 2008, and he threw a no-hitter. That game was against the Astros, who were relocated because of Hurricane Ike. The last time he faced the Brewers on their home turf was last July 29, when he threw eight shutout innings, giving up five hits and striking out nine.
MIL: RHP Dave Bush (0-0, 18.00 ERA)
Bush starts the season as Milwaukee No. 5 starter, but he's better than that, going 33-31 in his three-year Brewers career, with a 4.57 ERA and at least 185 innings each season. His strength is his ability to limit baserunners. Bush has finished in the National League top five in WHIP (walks plus hits per innings pitched) in two of the past three seasons, finishing fifth last year at 1.14, behind league leader Cole Hamels (1.08) of the Phillies, Ricky Nolasco of the Marlins, Dan Haren of the D-Backs and Derek Lowe of the Dodgers. The rest of the top 10 reads like an All-Star team: Johan Santana, Ben Sheets, Tim Lincecum, Roy Oswalt, Jake Peavy. "You can't score runs if you don't get guys on base," Brewers manager Ken Macha said. "I'm very impressed with him. I saw him pitch when he was in Toronto, and he knows what he doing out there. He's got a lot of equipment to get you out a lot of different ways." Bush has really struggled against the Cubs, going 1-7 in his career, despite a respectable 4.84 ERA. But he is excellent at Miller Park: 28-20 with a 3.82 ERA in 71 appearances, vs. 15-26 with a 5.18 ERA on the road.
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