April 9-12; vs. Brewers – Series Preview

The Cubs begin divisional play tonight as they welcome they neighbors to the North the Milwaukee Brewers.  This will be Ryan Braun’s first visit to Wrigley Field after news of his positive steroid test became public, I’m sure the Wrigley faithful will remind him of that.  It also marks the return of Aramis Ramirez, not sure what to expect from him, there will either be a lot of Roger Dorn attempts in the field and ground balls that aren’t run out, or we will see Aramis circa 2003 as he will be motivated to prove to the Cubs that he isn’t done yet.

April 9, 2011 – April 12, 2011
Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Record – (1-2, 0-0 away) (T5 in the NL Central)
Runs Scored(NL rank) - 14 (T5)
Team ERA (NL rank) – 6.33 (16)
Last 10 – (1-2)
Last Series – Lost 2 of 3 to St. Louis

Record – (1-2, 1-2 home) (T5 in the NL Central)
Runs Scored (NL rank) - 9 (13)
Team ERA (NL rank) – 3.33 (7)
Last 10 – (1-2)
Last Series – Lost 2 of 3 to Washington

Monday April 9, 2012 – 6:10 PM CST
TV – WGN / Radio - WCIU/ESPN - 720AM

Milwaukee		Chicago
	Shaun Marcum 0-0, 0.00 ERA		Chris Volstad 0-0, 0.00 ERA

Milwaukee		Chicago
	Chris Narveson 0-0, 0.00 ERA		Paul Maholm 0-0, 0.00 ERA

 

 

Wednesday April 11, 2012 – 1:20 PM CST
TV – WGN / Radio - WGN / 720AM 

 

Milwaukee		Chicago
	Yovani Gallardo 0-1, 14.73 ERALast appearance: 4/06 vs STL 3.2 IP, 6 ER Dec = Loss		Ryan Dempster 0-0, 1.17 ERALast appearance: 4/05 vs WSH 7.2 IP, 1 ER Dec = ND

 

 

Thursday April 12, 2012 – 1:20 PM CST
TV – WGN / Radio - CSN Chicago / 720AM

 

Milwaukee		Chicago
	Zack Greinke 1-0, 0.00 ERALast appearance: 4/07 vs STL 7.0 IP, 0 ER Dec = Win		Matt Garza 0-0, 3.00 ERALast appearance: 4/07 vs WSH 6.0 IP, 2 ER Dec = ND

 

 

Regular Season Series
Apr 9, 2012	MIL (Marcum) @ CHC (Volstad)	7:00 PM ET
Apr 10, 2012	MIL (Narveson) @ CHC (Maholm)	8:05 PM ET
Apr 11, 2012	MIL (Gallardo) @ CHC (Dempster)	2:20 PM ET
Apr 12, 2012	MIL (Greinke) @ CHC (Garza)	2:20 PM ET
May 11, 2012	CHC @ MIL	8:10 PM ET
May 12, 2012	CHC @ MIL	1:05 PM ET
May 13, 2012	CHC @ MIL	2:10 PM ET
Jun 5, 2012	CHC @ MIL	8:10 PM ET
Jun 6, 2012	CHC @ MIL	8:10 PM ET
Jun 7, 2012	CHC @ MIL	2:10 PM ET
Aug 20, 2012	CHC @ MIL	8:10 PM ET
Aug 21, 2012	CHC @ MIL	8:10 PM ET
Aug 22, 2012	CHC @ MIL	2:10 PM ET
Aug 27, 2012	MIL @ CHC	8:05 PM ET
Aug 28, 2012	MIL @ CHC	8:05 PM ET
Aug 29, 2012	MIL @ CHC	8:05 PM ET
Aug 30, 2012	MIL @ CHC	2:20 PM ET

 

Injury Report

Milwaukee
Brooks Conrad 2B – Apr 6: Day-to-Day
Chicago
Blake DeWitt 2B – Apr 8: Day-To-Day Bryan LaHair 1B – Apr 7: Day-To-Day Kerry Wood RP – Apr 5: Day-To-Day Marcos Mateo RP – Apr 5: 60-Day DL

 

Thanks for reading,
- George Cotugno