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Again, the above stats are Harden's stats with the Cubs. His complete season line is in the pitcher box above that.
Dave Bush and Seth McClung are in a weird "platoon starter" arrangement; Bush pitches much better at Miller Park and McClung on the road. Bush is 4-2, 2.85 in 66 innings at home this year, but he lost his last start last Saturday at home vs. Houston, where he allowed his first two HR since June 7. He is 1-6, 4.88 lifetime vs. the Cubs, and I'd expect to see Jim Edmonds back in the lineup today; Edmonds is 3-for-8 (all doubles) vs. Bush.
Rich Harden will be making his first career start against Milwaukee; he has faced two of their players before (Mike Cameron, 0-for-2, and Ray Durham, 1-for-12 with 3 strikeouts.
Today's game is on WGN, on FSN Wisconsin and at the MLB.com Mediacenter.
MLB.com Gameday (2007 version)
MLB.com Gameday (2008 version)
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Today's first pitch thread will be up at 1 pm CT and the three overflow comment threads will post at 2 pm, 3 pm and 3:45 pm CT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.