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MILWAUKEE (0) VS CHICAGO CUBS (5) - FINAL

MILWAUKEE              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
S Podsednik cf          4  0  0  0   0  0   0  .250
B Clark rf              4  0  2  0   0  0   0  .269
G Jenkins lf            4  0  1  0   0  0   2  .252
L Overbay 1b            3  0  2  0   0  0   0  .341
K Ginter 3b             3  0  0  0   0  0   3  .256
B Hall ss               3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .243
C Moeller c             3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .231
M Erickson 2b           3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .200
B Sheets p              2  0  0  0   0  1   0  .059
 a-B Kieschnick ph      1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .350
 L Vizcaino p           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 M Kinney p             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .250

Totals                 30  0  6  0   0  4   6

a-struck out looking for B Sheets in the 8th.

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Ginter 1. GIDP - G 
Jenkins, K Ginter. Team LOB - 3. 
 
FIELDING: E - K Ginter (5, throw). DP: 1 (M Erickson-B Hall-L Overbay). 
 

CHICAGO CUBS           ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
T Walker 2b             4  1  1  0   0  1   1  .282
R Ordonez ss            3  0  0  0   0  2   0  .164
S Sosa rf               4  1  2  1   0  0   1  .273
M Alou lf               3  2  1  1   1  0   1  .273
C Patterson cf          4  1  1  2   0  2   1  .276
D Lee 1b                4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .302
J Macias 3b             2  0  1  0   1  0   0  .289
P Bako c                3  0  1  0   0  2   1  .192
G Maddux p              3  0  1  0   0  0   2  .143

Totals                 30  5  8  4   2  8   7

BATTING: HR - S Sosa (17, 1st inning off B Sheets 0 on, 2 Out), M Alou (20, 4th 
inning off B Sheets 0 on, 1 Out), C Patterson (11, 8th inning off L Vizcaino 1 
on, 2 Out). S - R Ordonez. RBI - S Sosa (40), M Alou (51), C Patterson 2 (37). 
2-out RBI - S Sosa, C Patterson 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P 
Bako 1, C Patterson 1. GIDP - G Maddux. Team LOB - 4. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - J Macias (2, 2nd base off B Sheets/C Moeller). 
 
FIELDING: DP: 3 (G Maddux-R Ordonez-D Lee, J Macias-T Walker-D Lee, D Lee). 

 

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    MILWAUKEE       - 000 000 000   --   0
    CHICAGO CUBS    - 100 100 03x   --   5
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MILWAUKEE                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
B Sheets (L, 9-6)             7       6   2   2   1   8   2   2.28
L Vizcaino                      2/3   2   3   3   1   0   1   3.40
M Kinney                        1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.92

CHICAGO CUBS                 ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
G Maddux (W, 8-7)             9       6   0   0   0   4   0   4.18

WP - L Vizcaino 2. Pitches-strikes: B Sheets 97-69; L Vizcaino 22-13; M 
Kinney 4-2; G Maddux 103-71. Ground balls-fly balls: B Sheets 9-4; L Vizcaino 
2-0; M Kinney 1-0; G Maddux 17-5. Batters faced: B Sheets 27; L Vizcaino 5; M 
Kinney 1; G Maddux 30. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Sam Holbrook. 1B--Paul Nauert. 2B--Randy Marsh. 3B--Larry 
Vanover. 

T--2:05. Att--40,003. 
Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, in 
from center.
 

Game Story

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Greg Maddux no doubt wishes July 17 came 
more than once a year.

Turning back the clock, the 38-year-old Maddux tossed a
six-hitter for his first shutout in exactly three years and
first complete game in exactly one as the Chicago Cubs posted a
5-0 triumph over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Sammy Sosa and Moises Alou smacked solo homers against fellow
All-Star Ben Sheets and Corey Patterson belted a two-run shot
off Luis Vizcaino for the Cubs, who had lost four of their first
five meetings with the Brewers this season.

Maddux (8-7), who tossed his 104th complete game and 35th
shutout, kept the ball down throughout, inducing 17 groundouts
from the Brewers.  The four-time Cy Young Award winner struck
out four without a walk en route to career win No. 297.

"That was absolutely vintage Maddux," Brewers manager Ned Yost
said. "He was surgical with his stuff.  He was running balls,
cutting balls, sinking balls.  He had a great changeup.  He was
also strong on both sides of the plate.  If he made any
mistakes, I didn't see them."

"I just tried not to get lazy out there," Maddux said. "It was a
perfect day to pitch.  It was nice and cool and the wind was
blowing in.  I did make my fair share of mistakes, but luckily
they hit them at people."

The veteran righthander's last shutout was a 4-0 triumph over
Tampa Bay on July 17, 2001.  His last complete game came in a
3-2 victory over the New York Mets a year ago. Both those
efforts came with the Atlanta Braves.

"That was the Greg Maddux of old," Cubs manager Dusty Baker
said. "He was real sharp today.  He threw a lot of ground-ball
outs.  More importantly, he saved our bullpen.  Those guys were
a little tired out there."

Maddux also rapped a single to center off Sheets in the fifth
inning.

"Maddux pitched a great game, but I was only worried about him
when he came up to hit," Sheets said. "I don't like the idea he
got a single off of me on an 0-2 pitch.  I might want to try to
do better next time."

Sheets (9-6), who led the U.S. to the gold medal in the 2000
Olympics, also was sharp, striking out eight against one walk in
seven innings.  But he saw a 16-inning scoreless streak snapped
by Sosa's homer with two outs in the first and he allowed
Alou's homer in the fourth that made it 2-0.

"I made so many mistakes," said Sheets, who allowed six hits. "I
was lucky it wasn't more like five or six home runs.  That's
how far off I was."

On July 5, Sheets yielded four hits in seven scoreless innings
in a win over the Cubs.

"Last time he pitched unbelievable against us," Sosa said. "This
time, we came back and prepared a little bit more.  We went out
there and battled like men."

The Cubs added three runs against Vizcaino in the eighth.  Todd
Walker singled, was sacrificed over and scored on two wild
pitches, the latter on ball four to Alou.

Patterson followed with a two-run homer.