Ben Sheets (12-7, 3.05 ERA, 40 BB/144 SO) http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6125/capt28558e53529c4db5b68fx7.jpg Previous Starts: DATE OPP RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB TBF #Pit Dec. Rel. ERA 8/26 @STL W 12-0 6.0 5 0 0 0 2 4 5 9 24 100 W(12-7) -- 3.05 8/19 HOU L 2-5 6.0 5 5 5 1 1 7 7 7 24 96 L(11-7) -- 3.16 8/14 @SD L 2-3 6.2 5 3 3 0 2 4 8 9 28 110 L(11-6) -- 3.00 8/9 WAS W 6-0 9.0 5 0 0 0 0 6 12 10 32 114 W(11-5) -- 2.95 8/3 @ATL L 0-5 6.0 6 3 2 0 3 4 7 6 25 97 L(10-5) -- 3.14 7/29 CHC L 1-7 5.1 11 6 6 0 1 4 6 8 28 100 L(10-4) -- 3.14 7/24 @STL W 4-3 7.0 4 3 2 0 2 4 4 12 27 96 -- -- 2.87 7/19 @SF W 8-5 5.0 9 4 2 0 1 3 11 3 25 84 -- -- 2.88 7/9 COL L 3-8 6.0 5 3 3 1 2 11 3 5 24 110 L(10-3) -- 2.85 Versus Johan Santana (12-7, 2.70 ERA, 50 BB/159 SO) http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0331/mlb_g_jsantana3_300.jpg Previous Starts: DATE OPP RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB TBF #Pit Dec. Rel. ERA 8/27 @PHI W 6-3 6.0 5 3 3 2 3 6 6 8 25 106 -- -- 2.70 8/22 HOU W 3-0 7.0 8 0 0 0 1 5 11 9 30 121 W(12-7) -- 2.64 8/17 @PIT W 4-0 9.0 3 0 0 0 0 7 11 10 31 113 W(11-7) -- 2.75 8/12 @WAS W 4-3 7.0 8 3 3 1 2 6 10 7 30 94 W(10-7) -- 2.89 8/7 SD W 5-3 7.0 4 2 2 1 3 7 6 9 27 104 -- -- 2.85 8/2 @HOU L 4-5 6.1 3 1 1 0 2 3 7 11 26 103 -- -- 2.86 7/27 STL W 9-1 9.0 6 1 1 1 1 5 8 15 33 118 W(9-7) -- 2.93 7/22 PHI L 6-8 8.0 8 2 2 1 0 4 15 7 31 105 -- -- 3.05 7/17 @CIN W 10-8 4.0 6 5 5 2 3 2 2 10 21 92 -- -- 3.10 7/9 SF W 5-0 5.0 3 0 0 0 3 5 4 6 21 78 W(8-7) -- 2.84 N.L. Central Standings: Team W L Pct. GB Home Road East Cent. West L10 Strk Chi. Cubs 85 52 .620 - 51-21 34-31 18-10 38-23 23-10 7-3 L 2 Milwaukee (22) 80 56 .588 4½ 41-24 39-32 16-12 39-25 18-11 8-2 W 3 St. Louis (15) 74 63 .540 11 37-31 37-32 20-13 30-32 17-10 4-6 L 3 Houston (12) 71 66 .518 14 39-29 32-37 15-11 32-31 17-13 7-3 W 5 Cincinnati (2) 61 76 .445 24 35-33 26-43 18-17 21-36 13-17 5-5 W 3 Pittsburgh (E) 57 79 .419 27½ 34-37 23-42 15-17 26-39 10-14 0-10 L 10 Wild Card Race: Team W L PCT GB Milwaukee 80 56 .588 - Philadelphia (21) 75 62 .547 5½ St. Louis (20) 74 63 .540 6½ Houston (17) 71 66 .518 9½ Florida (15) 69 68 .504 11½ L.A. Dodgers (13) 67 70 .489 13½ Colorado (9) 64 74 .464 17 Cincinnati (7) 61 76 .445 19½ San Francisco (6) 59 77 .434 21 Atlanta (5) 59 78 .431 21½ Pittsburgh (4) 57 79 .419 23 San Diego (E) 53 83 .390 27 Washington (E) 52 85 .380 28½