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Brewers at Cubs open game thread

Found September 16, 2008 on Another Cubs Blog:
PLAYERS: CC Sabathia,  Ryan Dempster,  Jason Kendall,  Ray Durham
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs,  Milwaukee Brewers

B-REF PREVIEW | GAMEDAY | WEATHER | ACB CHAT ROOM CC Sabathia vs. Cubs hitters: .327/.413/.526 in 95 at-bats Ryan Dempster vs. Brewers hitters: .249/.342/.343 in 162 at-bats When and Where: 7:05, CSN 68°, wind blowing straight out to CF at 10 mph. Tonight's likely starters against Sabathia (Soto, Lee, Cedeno, Theriot, Ramirez, Soriano, Johnson and DeRosa) are a combined 28-82 with 3 doubles and 5 home runs (4 by Soriano) against Sabathia. Jason Kendall and Ray Durham have hit Dempster pretty well, but he's done very well against the rest of the Brewers hitters.
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