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Pitching matchup:
STL: LHP Mark Mulder
• 13-5, 3.79 ERA in 2005
• 0-0, 2.25 ERA vs. CHC in 2004
CHC: RHP Greg Maddux
• 8-9, 4.57 ERA in 2005
• 1-1, 4.58 ERA vs. STL in 2004
Mark Mulder, who has pitched at Wrigley exactly once in his career, will get the call in the series opener. Mulder is working on an eight-start unbeaten streak, during which his ERA has dropped from 4.75 to 3.79. He hasn't allowed more than four runs in a start since before the All-Star break.
Greg Maddux takes the mound for Chicago, and the Hall of Fame-bound right-hander. The Cubs have lost Maddux's last five starts. Yet in three of those games, Maddux has gone at least seven innings and allowed two earned runs or fewer. He's struggled at home this year, with a 2-6 record and 5.04 ERA at Wrigley.
Pitching matchup:
STL: LHP Mark Mulder
• 13-5, 3.79 ERA in 2005
• 0-0, 2.25 ERA vs. CHC in 2004
CHC: RHP Greg Maddux
• 8-9, 4.57 ERA in 2005
• 1-1, 4.58 ERA vs. STL in 2004
Mark Mulder, who has pitched at Wrigley exactly once in his career, will get the call in the series opener. Mulder is working on an eight-start unbeaten streak, during which his ERA has dropped from 4.75 to 3.79. He hasn't allowed more than four runs in a start since before the All-Star break.
Greg Maddux takes the mound for Chicago, and the Hall of Fame-bound right-hander. The Cubs have lost Maddux's last five starts. Yet in three of those games, Maddux has gone at least seven innings and allowed two earned runs or fewer. He's struggled at home this year, with a 2-6 record and 5.04 ERA at Wrigley.
