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This weekend June 5-June 8 the Cubs will continue their west coast road trip in LA when they face the LA Dodgers in a 4-Game set.

Game 1: Thursday June 5 10:10 PM Eastern (CHC) Ryan Dempster (7-2) vs. (LAD) Chad Billingsley (4-6)
Game 2: Friday June 6 10:40 PM Eastern (CHC) Sean Gallagher (3-1) vs. (LAD) Hiroki Kuroda (2-5)
Game 3: Saturday June 7 3:55 PM Eastern (CHC) Carlos Zambrano (8-1) vs. (LAD) Derek Lowe (3-5)
Game 4: Sunday June 8 8:05 PM Eastern (CHC) Jason Marquis (3-3) vs. (LAD) Brad Penny (5-7)

[bears9]

The Dodgers blow a 4-0 lead in the 9th, as the Cubs lead Kosuke Fukudome's Solo Homer and RBI Single.

W- Bob Howry (2-2) L- Takshi Saito (3-2) S- Kerry Wood (17)

[Bryan88]

Not so successful today, losing 3-0.

ESPN - Cubs vs. Dodgers - Recap - June 06, 2008

Hiroki Kuroda was so good that Derrek Lee broke his bat in frustration at home plate after striking out in the seventh. Danny Ardoin filled in for All-Star catcher Russell Martin with two RBIs, including one on a suicide squeeze.

Kuroda to Ardoin was one nice combination for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

Kuroda allowed four hits and struck out a career-high 11 in his first complete game, leading Los Angeles to a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

"I had a great time," Ardoin said. "Whenever you go out there and compete with a guy who brought the intensity that he brought to the mound tonight, it's always fun. His slider was very effective tonight. It was a big league slider, definitely. We had a plan going in, and he was great at executing it."
Martin got a day off for only the second time this season, and joked he might be headed for more time off during Kuroda's starts.

"Hey, if he wants a personal catcher, he might as well if he's going to keep throwing like that," Martin said with a laugh. "It was fun to watch from the bench, but it definitely would have been fun to be a part of that one."
Kuroda (3-5) did not walk a batter in his 13th big league start, induced two double plays and allowed only one baserunner as far as third -- the result of his own throwing error.

It was the first shutout by a Dodgers pitcher Aug. 31, 2005, when Derek Lowe beat the Cubs 7-0 with a one-hitter at Wrigley Field. Kuroda became the first one on the staff to go the distance since Chad Billingsley's 10-2 win at Houston on July 23, 2007.

Kuroda retired 16 of his last 17 batters and lowered his ERA from 3.93 to 3.49.

[bears9]

The Cubs win today 3-1, series spilt 2-2, the Cubs still have not lost more than two in a row.

[Bryan88]

Originally Posted by bears9

The Cubs win today 3-1, series spilt 2-2, the Cubs still have not lost more than two in a row.

All things considered it was still a pretty good series, a split isn't great, but it is still an improvement over how we have been playing on the road. Great game for Derosa!

go dodgers!!!