The Cubs and Marlins finally play each other starting today -- they are the only two teams in the same league who haven't yet faced each other this year. Also, I realized that, thanks to the hurricane, the Cubs faced the Expos six straight times -- I wonder if that's ever happened in the regular season before?

Friday
1:20 PM, FSN
game one: Carl Pavano (vs. Cubs) (16-5, 3.09 ERA, 115 K/46 BB/13 HR) vs. Kerry Wood (vs. Marlins) (7-6, 3.30, 113/40/14)
game two: Logan Kensing (first start) vs. Mark Prior (vs. Marlins) (4-4, 4.87, 96/41/13)

Saturday
1:20 PM, WGN
Dontrelle Willis (vs.Cubs) (9-9, 3.97, 117/47/19) vs. Carlos Zambrano (vs. Marlins) (13-8, 2.86, 160/70/12)

Sunday
1:20 PM, WGN
A.J. Burnett (vs. Cubs) (6-6, 3.93, 103/37/9) vs. Glendon Rusch (vs. Marlins) (6-1, 3.63, 70/28/9)

Hot 'n' Not:

Grieve vs. Perisho: 7-9, 778/818/2222, 4 HR
Sosa vs. Manzanillo: 5-15, 333/313/1133, 4 HR, 5 K
Sosa vs. Pavano: 5-10, 500/583/1200, 2 HR
Sosa vs. Weathers: 11-29, 379/424/759, 3 HR
Perez vs. Weathers: 5-11, 455/455/727, 1 HR

Grudzielanek vs. Burnett: 2-12, 167/231/417, 1 HR
Garciaparra vs. Koch: 2-11, 182/250/273
Lee vs. Weathers: 1-12, 083/421/083, 6 BB
Lee vs. Benitez: 2-12, 167/167/250
Garciaparra vs. Benitez: 1-11, 091/091/182
Grieve vs. Koch: 0-9, 000/000/000, 4 K

Conine vs. Mercker: 7-9, 778/727/1111, 1 HR
Cordero vs. Hawkins: 6-9, 667/727/1000, 3 2B
Cordero vs. Mercker: 10-21, 476/500/762, 1 HR

Lowell vs. Rusch: 2-23, 087/083/217, 1 HR, 7 K
Encarnacion vs. Zambrano: 1-10, 100/100/100
Lowell vs. Remlinger: 1-11, 091/091/091
LoDuca vs. Dempster: 0-9, 000/182/000
Gonzalez vs. Remlinger: 0-8, 000/000/000