Randy Wells was a 38th-round draft pick pick in 2002 and spent most of the next six years in the minor leagues, waiting for that chance every player craves. It came when he was called up by the Chicago Cubs in May. And the way he's been pitching, there won't be a return trip to Triple-A. "I can't really put in words, even if I try, to be in the position I'm in when they told me I was going to make a couple of starts early in May," Wells said Monday night after beating the Atlanta Braves 4-2 for his fourth straight victory.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 6/2	Atl	CHC 5 at ATL 6	W: Soriano L: Heilman
Wed 6/3	Atl	CHC 3 at ATL 2	W: Guzman L: Bennett
Thu 6/4	Atl	PPD
Mon 6/22	Atl	CHC 0 at ATL 2	W: Vazquez L: Dempster
Mon 7/6	ChC	ATL 2 at CHC 4	W: Wells L: Jurrjens
Tue 7/7	ChC	ATL 2 at CHC 1	W: Vazquez L: Zambrano
Wed 7/8	ChC	ATL 4 at CHC 1	W: Kawakami L: Hart

Box Scores

Braves (39 - 43) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Cubs (41 - 39) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. N McLouth, CF 5 1 3 1 0 2. M Prado, 2B 5 0 0 0 0 3. C Jones, 3B 3 1 1 0 1 4. B McCann, C 4 0 1 0 0 5. G Anderson, LF 4 0 0 0 0 6. Y Escobar, SS 3 0 2 1 1 7. C Kotchman, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 8. M Diaz, RF 4 0 0 0 0 9. J Jurrjens, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. G Blanco, PH 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Francoeur, PH 1 0 1 0 0 9. P Moylan, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Acosta, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Conrad, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 2 9 2 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. K Fukudome, CF 3 1 2 1 1 2. R Theriot, SS 3 0 1 1 0 3. D Lee, 1B 4 1 2 2 0 4. M Bradley, RF 2 0 0 0 2 5. A Ramirez, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 6. A Soriano, LF 4 0 1 0 0 7. G Soto, C 3 0 1 0 1 8. M Fontenot, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 9. R Wells, P 3 1 1 0 0 9. S Marshall, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. C Marmol, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Hoffpauir, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. K Gregg, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 9 4 4
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Jurrjens (L, 6-7) 6.0 7 4 4 3 1 2.91 P Moylan 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 4.28 M Acosta 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2.12		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Wells (W, 4-3) 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 2.48 S Marshall (H, 3) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 4.29 C Marmol (H, 18) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3.57 K Gregg (S, 15) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.52
* = Season Stat
BATTING HR: N McLouth (14)		BATTING 2B: K Fukudome (17), D Lee (13), A Soriano (18), G Soto (10) HR: D Lee (16) BASERUNNING CS: K Fukudome (6)

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Player News

Braves Juan Abreu (ATL) News: The Atlanta Braves have signed minor league free agent Juan Abreu to a major league contract, according to Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 24, 2009) Derek Lowe (ATL) News: Atlanta is trying to trade Lowe this offseason, but isn't finding much of a market due to the three years and $15 million left on his contract, FoxSports.com reports. Atlanta has had discussions with the Brewers about trading Lowe for Corey Hart, the FoxSports.com report adds. However, a later MLB.com report says the Braves are not interested in Hart.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Kyle Cofield (ATL) News: Cofield was added to Atlanta's 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Cubs Alfonso Soriano (CHC) News: Soriano (knee) has been removed from the DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) John Grabow (CHC) News: The Chicago Cubs and Grabow have agreed to a two-year contract.  (STATS - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Milton Bradley (CHC) News: The Chicago Tribune's Phil Rogers is reporting that the Cubs are involved in a potential three-team deal with Texas and the Mets that would send Milton Bradley to the Rangers.   (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)