Ryan Dempster Outstanding (And Gets Win!), Cubs Beat Twins 8-2
Wonder how long it'll take teams to start calling about Ryan Dempster's availability after Sunday's great outing?
| Final - 6.10.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Wonder how long it'll take teams to start calling about Ryan Dempster's availability after Sunday's great outing?
Twins drop finale but still win their fourth series in a row.
It seems probable.
Will the Cubs get swept?
The Cubs could get swept today. No, change that. The Cubs are likely to get swept today.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi. Cubs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Johnson, LF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .287 |
| Starlin Castro, SS | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| David DeJesus, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Alfonso Soriano, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .275 |
| Jeff Baker, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .239 |
| Joe Mather, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Darwin Barney, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Ian Stewart, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .203 |
| Koyie Hill, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .179 |
| Totals | 35 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Dempster (W, 2-3) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.31 | 117-80 | |
| James Russell | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 | 35-23 |
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denard Span, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .284 |
| Ben Revere, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .327 |
| Joe Mauer, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .302 |
| Josh Willingham, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Justin Morneau, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 |
| Trevor Plouffe, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .217 |
| Brian Dozier, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Drew Butera, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Ryan Doumit, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Jamey Carroll, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Liriano (L, 1-7) | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6.45 | 89-54 | |
| Brian Duensing | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.64 | 10-8 | |
| Jared Burton | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.80 | 15-11 | |
| Anthony Swarzak | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.23 | 28-18 |