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Article: Piniella happy with Theriot, but Soriano will keep leadoff spot.(Sports)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- August 20, 2007
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Byline: Tim Sassone
tsassone@@dailyherald.com
Cubs manager Lou Piniella can't say enough about how well Ryan Theriot has handled batting in the leadoff spot in the absence of the injured Alfonso Soriano.
But when Soriano returns from his right quad strain in a few weeks, Piniella said the left fielder would go back into the No. 1 spot.
"When Alfonso comes back he'll take over the leadoff spot," Piniella said. "Theriot is doing a really good job of filling in there, a really good job, but Alfonso is going to be our leadoff hitter when he gets back."
Theriot is batting .333 (16-for-48) with 10 runs scored in 11 games batting ...