It was just like a spring training game.
The Cubs clinched the National League Central title on Friday and won't play until Wednesday. Yet some of the starters wanted a few swings, so manager Lou Piniella used 24 players, including eight pitchers, in an 8-4 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday.
"We got out of this series healthy and got some of our starters a few at-bats, so it was a good day," Piniella said. "Now we look forward to the playoffs."
The Cubs will play Arizona in the Division Series. They were 2-4 against the Diamondbacks this year.
"They have a nice young club," Piniella said. "They have good hitting and good pitching. We had some good games with them."
LAST GAME, REDS 8, CUBS 4: RHP Jason Marquis, tuning up for the playoffs, gave up four runs, RHP Ryan Dempster, not pitching in a save situation, gave up four more and the Cubs blew a 4-0 lead. The Cubs finished with an 85-77 record.
NOTES, QUOTES
Piniella moved into 15th place for lifetime wins (1,603) and passed Fred Clarke in Friday's win over Cincinnati. The accomplishment was a bit overshadowed because the Cubs clinched the NL Central title that night.
RHP Carlos Zambrano will start Game 1 of the Division Series on Wednesday. The Cubs' ace enters the game having thrown six shutout innings against Pittsburgh on Sept. 23 and seven against Cincinnati on Friday.
LHP Ted Lilly is scheduled to start Game 2 on Thursday. He worked two tuneup innings against Cincinnati on Sunday.
LHP Rich Hill is scheduled to start Game 3. He threw six shutout innings, allowing one hit, in a 4-0 victory over the Reds on Saturday. Hill was set to go five innings, but had a no-hitter through five and was allowed to work the sixth.
Marquis, whose next start might not come until Sunday in Game 4, pitched in relief last Sunday against Cincinnati and was shelled for four runs in two-thirds of an inning.
BY THE NUMBERS: 7 -- Seasons in a row the Cubs pitchers have led the majors in strikeouts.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "Obviously, it's not all me. I would like to think I had a part of all of those. I've always been on good teams." -- Marquis, who has played on eight teams that went to the playoffs in eight seasons.
EX-INDIAN FACTOR: Manager Lou Piniella went 0-for-5 in six games as a rookie outfielder for Cleveland in 1968; RHP Bob Howry pitched for Indians in 2004-05.
MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Carlos Zambrano (forearm spasms) left a Sept. 23 game, but made his next start Sept. 28; OF Daryle Ward (jammed thumb) was hurt Sept. 26. He was available only for pinch-hitting duty Sept. 27; OF Angel Pagan (colitis) went on the 15-day DL Aug. 8 and missed the rest of the season; RHP Angel Guzman (strained right elbow) went on the 15-day DL retroactive to June 2, was transferred to the 60-day DL on Aug. 3; RHP Mark Prior (shoulder fatigue) had surgery April 24 and missed the rest of the eason; RHP Roberto Novoa (sore right shoulder) has been out all season.
HITTERS
Henry Blanco, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .111 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Season .167 54 3 9 3 0 0 4 0
Ronny Cedeno, SS
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .421 19 2 8 0 0 2 6 0
Season .203 74 6 15 2 0 4 13 2
Neal Cotts, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Dempster, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark DeRosa, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .222 27 5 6 2 1 0 1 0
Season .293 502 64 147 28 3 10 72 1
Scott Eyre, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Floyd, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .200 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Season .284 282 40 80 10 1 9 45 0
Mike Fontenot, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .071 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Season .278 234 32 65 12 4 3 29 5
Jake Fox, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .143 14 3 2 2 0 0 1 0
Season .143 14 3 2 2 0 0 1 0
Sam Fuld, CF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Gallagher, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angel Guzman, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Hart, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Koyie Hill, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .200 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .115 26 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Season .161 93 7 15 4 0 2 12 0
Rich Hill, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .133 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Season .127 63 0 8 2 0 0 5 0
Bob Howry, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacque Jones, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game 1.000 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .556 18 2 10 4 0 0 7 0
Season .285 453 52 129 33 2 5 66 6
Jason Kendall, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .167 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
With ChC .270 174 21 47 10 1 1 19 0
Derrek Lee, 1B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .407 27 7 11 3 0 4 7 0
Season .317 567 91 180 43 1 22 82 6
Ted Lilly, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .154 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Season .137 73 5 10 1 0 0 5 1
Carlos Marmol, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Marquis, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .083 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Season .139 72 9 10 3 0 1 4 0
Sean Marshall, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .250 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Season .103 29 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
Wade Miller, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Season .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Monroe, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .143 14 3 2 0 0 1 2 0
With ChC .204 49 6 10 4 0 1 4 0
Matt Murton, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .353 17 3 6 3 0 1 1 0
Season .281 235 35 66 13 0 8 22 1
Will Ohman, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angel Pagan, CF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .091 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Season .264 148 21 39 10 2 4 21 4
Eric Patterson, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game 1.000 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .250 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Season .250 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Billy Petrick, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Felix Pie, CF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .222 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 2
Season .215 177 26 38 9 3 2 20 8
Carmen Pignatiello, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .250 28 5 7 1 0 1 3 0
Season .310 506 72 157 35 4 26 101 0
Alfonso Soriano, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game 1.000 3 1 3 1 0 1 3 0
Last 7 Games .400 30 6 12 4 0 4 10 1
Season .299 579 97 173 42 5 33 70 19
Geovany Soto, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .391 23 6 9 2 0 1 4 0
Season .389 54 12 21 6 0 3 8 0
Ryan Theriot, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .241 29 3 7 0 0 0 1 1
Season .266 537 80 143 30 2 3 45 28
Steve Trachsel, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .083 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
With ChC .143 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Daryle Ward, 1B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .167 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Season .327 110 16 36 13 0 3 19 0
Kerry Wood, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Wuertz, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Zambrano, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .250 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
Season .247 81 9 20 2 0 2 5 0
PITCHERS
Neal Cotts, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 81.00 0 0 0 1 0.1 3 3 1 1 0
Last 7 Games 18.00 0 0 0 3 3 6 6 1 2 1
Season 4.86 0 1 0 16 16.2 15 9 1 9 14
Ryan Dempster, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 36.00 0 1 0 1 1 4 4 1 0 0
Last 7 Games 15.00 0 1 0 3 3 6 5 1 1 1
Season 4.73 2 7 28 66 66.2 59 35 8 30 55
Scott Eyre, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 1.1 2 0 0 1 1
Season 4.13 2 1 0 55 52.1 59 24 3 35 45
Sean Gallagher, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 13.50 0 0 0 1 2 5 3 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 17.18 0 0 0 3 3.2 9 7 1 4 0
Season 8.59 0 0 1 8 14.2 19 14 3 12 5
Angel Guzman, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 7.20 0 1 0 3 5 6 4 1 2 3
Season 3.56 0 1 0 12 30.1 32 12 2 9 26
Kevin Hart, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 3.1 2 0 0 2 5
Season 0.82 0 0 0 8 11 7 1 0 4 13
Rich Hill, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 1 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 4
Last 7 Games 4.02 2 0 0 3 15.2 13 7 0 4 15
Season 3.92 11 8 0 32 195 170 85 27 63 183
Bob Howry, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 5
Season 3.32 6 7 8 78 81.1 76 30 8 19 72
Ted Lilly, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 3.86 0 1 0 3 14 13 6 2 2 14
Season 3.83 15 8 0 34 207 181 88 28 55 174
Carlos Marmol, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 4.91 0 0 0 3 3.2 2 2 1 1 4
Season 1.43 5 1 1 59 69.1 41 11 3 35 96
Jason Marquis, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 54.00 0 0 0 1 0.2 4 4 0 1 2
Last 7 Games 16.20 0 1 0 3 8.1 21 15 0 5 7
Season 4.60 12 9 0 34 191.2 190 98 22 76 109
Sean Marshall, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3
Last 7 Games 3.00 0 1 0 3 6 8 2 0 4 6
Season 3.92 7 8 0 21 103.1 107 45 13 35 67
Wade Miller, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 13.50 0 0 0 1 4.2 9 7 3 0 3
Last 7 Games 10.54 0 1 0 3 13.2 24 16 5 6 6
Season 10.54 0 1 0 3 13.2 24 16 5 6 6
Will Ohman, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
Season 4.95 2 4 1 56 36.1 42 20 3 16 33
Billy Petrick, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 36.00 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 1 3 0
Last 7 Games 18.00 0 0 0 3 3 5 6 2 6 0
Season 7.45 0 0 0 8 9.2 8 8 3 7 6
Carmen Pignatiello, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 9.00 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2
Season 4.50 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 1 0 3
Steve Trachsel, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 10.38 0 1 0 1 4.1 5 5 1 2 4
Last 7 Games 10.32 1 2 0 3 11.1 18 13 3 6 8
With ChC 8.31 1 3 0 4 17.1 25 16 3 7 11
Kerry Wood, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 0 2 7
Season 3.33 1 1 0 22 24.1 18 9 0 13 24
Michael Wuertz, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 6
Season 3.48 2 3 0 73 72.1 64 28 8 35 79
Carlos Zambrano, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 1 0 0 1 7 6 0 0 1 4
Last 7 Games 1.96 2 1 0 3 18.1 16 4 1 7 11
Season 3.95 18 13 0 34 216.1 187 95 23 101 177
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