Cubs Win...Milestone.....

April 6, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chi Cubs	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		4	9	0
Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		2	8	0

Big Z pitched great last night, and here's what he said:

"I wasn't thinking that today was Opening Day," Zambrano said. "I was not in a panic, not nervous. I was just in control of myself. I was thinking it was another game, another game of my career, another game for the Chicago Cubs. Just go out there and have fun, perform good."

Chi Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Zambrano, C (W, 1-0)	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	1.50
Heilman (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cotts (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Marmol (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Gregg (S, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.00

Soriano and Ramirez both had home runs in the fantastic game, here are the hitting stats.

Chi Cubs	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Soriano, LF	5	1	2	1	0	0	5	.400
Fukudome, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Gregg, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lee, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Bradley, RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Ramirez, A, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Fontenot, 2B	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	.750
Soto, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250
Theriot, SS	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	.500
Zambrano, C, P	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
Heilman, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Cotts, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Marmol, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Hoffpauir, PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Gathright, CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	34	4	9	4	2	4	14

MVP: Carlos Zambrano for his great pitching performance against the Astros, and for getting his first opening day win in 5 try's.

LVP: Kosuke Fukudome and Derrek Lee for both going 0 for 4 with a strikeout.

Ramirez's home run was the 250th of his career and his 174th as a Cub. Congratulations Aramis for your great career so far, keep it going. (He is 31 years old.)

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