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Article: Lilly again shows why he, Jason Marquis are keeping Cubs in race
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2007
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Cubs hurler Ted Lilly works in the first inning of what became his third win of the season on Sunday. He's ranked in the top five in the National League in strikeouts with 48 and has a 2.53 ERA.
PHILADELPHIA - It would have sounded absurd in December, but six weeks into the baseball season, it looks like the Cubs signed the top two free agents of the winter.
And neither one is named Alfonso Soriano or Barry Zito.
Left-hander Ted Lilly's masterful eight innings of pitching in the Cubs' 4-1 victory over Philadelphia on Sunday underscored a growing reality 35 games into the season - that as confounding as the Cubs' inconsistent, not-quite-winning season has been, it might already be a lost ...