Falling into Place

Quick hits from today's win

• Kerry Wood pitched the 9th today for the save.


• Fontenot homered and walked as the short stop.


• Patterson led off and played second - singled and scored


• Soriano homered


• Carlos Zambrano picked up the win, after six solid innings


• Carlos Marmol gave up a lead-off homer in the 7th

Box Score

After the day off, I expect Wood to appear in one of the split-squad games and again on Wednesday. If he feels alright on Thursday morning, the race is over.

As Maddog has been pointing out, Kevin Hart will make this team. On the pre-game with Ron Santo, Lou again said he believes Hart earned a spot. He also talked about Neal Cotts, but very non-committal. Tim Lahey also came up, and it appears he is being dangled for a trade.

Over at cubs.com, Lou's not figuring on Ronny Cedeno as an outfielder anymore. He hasn't seen enough time in the outfield, thanks to his leg problems, and, don't forget, he had arm issues early in camp, too.

"It's not helping him," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said of Cedeno being on the sidelines. "We know he can play the infield, so that's why we'll probably just keep him in the infield

So, Fukudome will end playing some center, and Lou is planning on him getting some time there

One backup spot the Cubs aren't set on is center field. Expect to see Fukudome play there this coming week.

"If somebody gets hurt in the course of a game, or a double switch, we have to give him a little work in center field," Piniella said.

Day off tomorrow. Look for some more roster moves to be made.