For the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, it was flying practice. For the Chicago Cubs, batting practice. Pilots prepared for the weekend's Chicago Air & Water Show by zipping their loud jets tantalizingly close to Wrigley Field's upper deck during Friday's second inning. The Cubs, meanwhile, were making noise with their bats. "It was cool to watch, but it's hard to hit when you're expecting some bomber to fly over your head," Derrek Lee said. "It was a little distracting.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 5/25	ChC	PIT 10 at CHC 8	W: Gorzelanny L: Cotts
Tue 5/26	ChC	PIT 1 at CHC 6	W: Marshall L: Snell
Wed 5/27	ChC	PIT 2 at CHC 5	W: Marmol L: Chavez
Mon 6/29	Pit	CHC 3 at PIT 1	W: Harden L: Duke
Tue 6/30	Pit	CHC 0 at PIT 3	W: Ohlendorf L: Lilly
Wed 7/1	Pit	CHC 4 at PIT 1	W: Wells L: Vasquez
Fri 8/14	ChC	PIT 2 at CHC 17	W: Wells L: Morton
Sat 8/15	ChC	PIT 1 at CHC 3	W: Gorzelanny L: Duke
Sun 8/16	ChC	PPD
Mon 9/7	Pit	CHC 4 at PIT 2	W: Lilly L: McCutchen
Tue 9/8	Pit	CHC 9 at PIT 4	W: Dempster L: Duke
Wed 9/9	Pit	CHC 8 at PIT 5	W: Zambrano L: Hart
Tue 9/29	ChC	PIT 0 at CHC 6	W: Dempster L: Hart
Wed 9/30	ChC	PIT 4 at CHC 0	W: Morton L: Lilly
Wed 9/30	ChC	PIT 8 at CHC 2	W: Karstens L: Zambrano

Box Scores

Pirates (46 - 69) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Cubs (59 - 55) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A McCutchen, CF 2 0 1 0 0 1. J Salazar, PH-CF 2 0 0 0 0 2. R Cedeno, SS 3 0 0 0 0 2. L Cruz, SS 1 0 0 0 0 3. G Jones, 1B 4 1 2 0 0 4. D Young, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 5. L Milledge, LF 4 0 0 0 0 6. B Moss, RF 3 1 1 1 1 7. A LaRoche, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 8. J Jaramillo, C 4 0 1 1 0 9. C Morton, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. C Bootcheck, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. S Jackson, P 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 7 2 3		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. R Theriot, SS 6 2 3 1 0 2. S Fuld, CF 3 3 2 0 2 3. D Lee, 1B 3 2 3 7 1 3. M Fontenot, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 4. J Fox, 3B-LF 4 2 2 2 1 5. K Fukudome, RF 4 2 1 3 1 6. A Soriano, LF 3 1 1 1 0 6. A Miles, PH-3B 2 0 0 0 0 7. J Baker, 2B-1B 5 1 1 2 0 8. K Hill, C 5 2 2 0 0 9. R Wells, P 3 2 2 1 1 9. E Caridad, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Grabow, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. G Soto, PH 1 0 1 0 0 9. K Gregg, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 41 17 18 17 6
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* C Morton (L, 2-6) 1.0 7 10 10 3 1 5.51 C Bootcheck 2.1 7 7 7 2 3 24.75 S Jackson 4.2 4 0 0 1 1 3.58		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Wells (W, 9-5) 6.0 7 2 2 2 3 3.01 E Caridad 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.84 J Grabow 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3.06 K Gregg 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.95
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: J Jaramillo (13)		BATTING 2B: D Lee 2 (24), J Fox (10), R Wells (2), G Soto (11) 3B: S Fuld (1), K Hill (2) HR: K Fukudome (10)

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Player News

Pirates Ramon Aguero (PIT) News: Aguero has been added to the Pirates' 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Shelby Ford (PIT) News: The Pirates didn't add Ford to their 40-man roster, exposing him to the Rule 5 draft.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Bryan Morris (PIT) News: Morris was added to Pittsburgh's 40-man roster on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 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)