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3/9 Indians 9, Cubs 2

Cedric Hunter hit a three-run home run, Jason Kipnis added a solo shot, and Michael Bourn hit a RBI single to power the Indians to a 9-2 victory Saturday over the Cubs and Javier Baez, who smacked a two-run homer in the first.

The Cubs struck first in the first. David DeJesus doubled to lead off against Indians starter David Huff and Baez followed with his second spring home run. Baez’s home run gave him six RBIs this spring, tied for the team lead with Dioner Navarro.

Baez will eventually be assigned to the Minor League camp but he’s batting .360 this spring, and has had some good at-bats.

“They know I can play the game,” Baez said, “but I still have to learn a lot of things.”

The game featured three pitchers projected for the Triple-A Iowa rotation in Chris Rusin, Brooks Raley and Alberto Cabrera. Rusin started and threw three shutout innings, giving up three hits, while Raley served up three runs on four hits and one walk over 1 1/3 innings. Cabrera was charged with five runs on three hits over 1 1/3 innings. Welington Castillo, who caught all three, said Raley and Cabrera had trouble because they fell behind in the count.

* Cubs up next: The Cubs will play host to the Padres at HoHoKam Stadium on Sunday, sending right-hander Scott Feldman against former Cubs pitcher Jason Marquis. This will be Feldman’s third spring start. He’s given up eight hits and walked three over four innings so far. The game will be broadcast on Cubs.com. Here’s Sunday’s early lineup:

DeJesus CF
Barney 2B
Schierholtz RF
Soriano LF
Navarro C
Bogusevic 1B
Lake 3B
Gonzalez SS
Feldman P

– Carrie Muskat

2/16 Intrasquad games & live BP

The Cubs will play intrasquad games Thursday and Friday, with Chris Rusin, Cory Wade, Trey McNutt, Nick Struck, Robert Whitenack and Rafael Dolis scheduled to pitch Thursday. Brooks Raley, Drew Carpenter, Hector Rondon, Dayan Diaz, Alberto Cabrera, Michael Bowden, Blake Parker and Jensen Lewis were slated to pitch Friday.

Live batting practice, always one of the highlights of spring, will start Sunday. Position players are always at a disadvantage. Matt Garza, Edwin Jackson, Scott Feldman and Kyuji Fujikawa, Raley, Rusin, Struck and Carlos Marmol are scheduled to throw Sunday.

– Carrie Muskat

9/30 Rusin finishes long year

Rookie Chris Rusin gave the Cubs something to think about this offseason when they consider their 2013 rotation. The lefty picked up the win in his final start of the season on Sunday, giving up one earned run on three hits over five innings. He spent the majority of the season at Triple-A, and finished with 173 innings combined, 34 more than he totaled in 2011. He’s learned a lot.

“It’s tough because everything is thrown at you,” Rusin said of his first big league stint. “You really want to do well because you feel this is your only opportunity to make a good first impression. I try not to worry about that. Today was my last outing, and I wanted to give it my all and whatever happened happened, and just have a good time out there.”

After a shaky first, Rusin settled down and gave up one hit over the next four innings. He struck out four.

“I thought I did a better job than last time, keeping the ball down,” Rusin said. “I was a little wild in the first inning and was able to find it between innings. As the innings went on, I found my location better and better.”

Said Dale Sveum: “Rusin did a nice job. He came back after a little hiccup and made some quality pitches to get the hitters out, too.”

– Carrie Muskat

 

9/30 Cubs lineup

Darwin Barney is back in the Cubs’ lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Diamondbacks:

DeJesus RF

Barney 2B

Rizzo 1B

Soriano LF

Castro SS

Valbuena 3B

Jackson CF

Recker C

Rusin P

 

9/27 Pitching matchups

The Cubs close the road portion of their schedule this weekend in Arizona. Here are the pitching matchups:

Friday: Travis Wood (6-12, 4.23) vs. Ian Kennedy (14-11, 4.14)

Saturday: Justin Germano (2-9, 6.18) vs. Trevor Cahill (12-12, 3.86)

Sunday: Chris Rusin (1-3, 7.30) vs. Josh Collmenter (5-3, 3.80)

 

9/26 About last night …

Following Tuesday’s loss to the Rockies, the Cubs now are 0-14 on the road against National League West teams.

“It’s always tough to win in the west,” Dale Sveum said. “The bottom line is we haven’t been able to get anybody out, either. … Tonight, to score that many runs early and then give just give it right back, you’re not going to win many road games when you’re giving up that many hard hit balls or balls hit out of the ballpark.”

The Rockies pounded 15 hits — six for extra bases — in the abbreviated game, called after 6 1/2 innings because of rain.

“We came out swinging the bats really well,” Sveum said. “We couldn’t get them to make any soft contact, that’s for sure. There were some balls hit pretty hard on their side. Even the outs we got, we’re lucky they were at people.”

* Rookie Chris Rusin has one more start to go this season, closing the series against the Diamondbacks on Sunday in the Cubs’ final road game.

“It’s been a learning experience, a good experience to get your feet wet,” said Rusin, who spent most of this season at Triple-A Iowa. “At the same time, you try to do well. You just take whatever you can get from it and learn from it, and figure out what you have to work on next year. [I've got] one more — try to end solid and end on a good note.”

* Tuesday’s game was played in a constant rain. Sveum said the field had become unplayable.

“It just rained too hard for too long a period of time,” Sveum said.

The game was called after a 48-minute delay.

“It was terrible — I thought I was on ice skates,” Sappelt said of the field conditions. “Every time I tried to throw the ball, I thought I was going to slide.”

* The Cubs’ magic number is four. They need four wins in the remaining eight games to avoid a 100-loss season, which would be the team’s first since the 1966 Cubs lost 103 games.

* Starlin Castro hit his 14th home run in the third. He now has 52 extra-base hits this season, three shy of his career high of 55, set last year.

* Darwin Barney’s NL-record errorless streak at second base is now at 139 consecutive games. He is closing in on the Major League record of 141 set by Placido Polanco in 2007 with the Tigers.

– Carrie Muskat

9/25 Cubs lineup

The Cubs begin the last road trip of the 2012 season in Denver on Tuesday, facing the Rockies. Here’s the lineup:

Sappelt RF

Barney 2B

Rizzo 1B

Soriano LF

Castro SS

Castillo C

Vitters 3B

Mather CF

Rusin P

– Carrie Muskat

9/24 Cubs vs. Rockies

The Cubs head west for their final road trip of the 2012 season, and open a three-game series in Denver on Tuesday night. Here are the pitching matchups:

Tuesday: LHP Chris Rusin (1-2, 6.00) vs. LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-1, 12.27)

Wednesday: RHP Jason Berken (0-1, 1.80) vs. LHP Drew Pomeranz (1-9, 5.30)

Thursday: RHP Chris Volstad (3-10, 6.22) vs. RHP Jhoulys Chacin (2-5, 4.58)

– Carrie Muskat

9/19 Cubs lineup

Chris Rusin will make his fifth big league start on Wednesday when the Cubs play host to the Reds in the second game of this three-game series. The left-hander is coming off a win over the Pirates in which he gave up two runs over five innings. Cincinnati will counter with right-hander Mike Leake. Here’s the Cubs lineup:

DeJesus RF

Barney 2B

Rizzo 1B

Soriano LF

Castro SS

Valbuena 3B

Castillo C

Jackson CF

Rusin P

– Carrie Muskat

9/14 Cubs lineup

Brett Jackson and Anthony Rizzo are back in the Cubs lineup for Friday’s game against the Pirates. Jackson has not played since crashing into the outfield fence in Pittsburgh last Friday. Rizzo has not played since a freak collision at first base in Houston. Here’s the lineup:

DeJesus RF

Valbuena 3B

Rizzo 1B

Soriano LF

Castro SS

Clevenger C

Jackson CF

Barney 2B

Rusin P

– Carrie Muskat

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