Randy Wells is all but guaranteed of being in one of the most intriguing races down the stretch in September. Whether his Cubs teammates are also playing for something by then is the $140 million question for this team after its 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. Despite another exceptional start for Wells in what has become a Rookie of the Year bid, the Cubs found another way to lose during this ugly West Coast trip and missed a rare opportunity to regain ground in the National League Central and NL wild-card races. 輸到脫褲子,說好的季後賽呢? Similar to recent losses, they didn't hit again: Randy Wolf and the Los Angeles bullpen combined on a one-hitter. 有沒有小熊隊不會打擊的八卦? ''It gets painful watching this,'' manager Lou Piniella said. ''That's a good word for it: painful.'' 目擊證人A 老P:要我坐整晚看這種比賽真是太折磨人了! Echoing Piniella's sentiments, shortstop Ryan Theriot said, ''It's hard to be out there playing sometimes.'' 目擊證人B X小槍:中邪啦~~~ Wells (9-6) pitched what should have been scoreless Baseball -- good enough for a win, if not for a fielding error by Aramis Ramirez in the second inning that led to a pair of unearned runs. It sent the Cubs reeling to their 11th loss in 15 games with another two left at Dodger Stadium on this 1-4 road trip. 如果沒有拉米的失誤,Wells今天的成績足夠營的勝利的. 近15戰11敗,連同對躲人的二戰這趟客場之旅成績是1勝4敗. For Wells, the loss ruined his bid to become the first Cubs rookie to win 10 games since Kerry Wood in 1998. But Wells has bigger things on his mind. Wells今天挑戰新人球季第10勝失利. 翻翻隊史紀錄..... 上次能夠在新人球季拿下10勝是1998年的木頭. ''When they give me the ball, I try to go out there and win a ballgame,'' he said. ''That's it. I don't care about ERAs, I don't care about personal accolades.'' Wells:我不在乎個人成績,我只想贏球. Even when he thinks more personally, it's about earning his place. ''I'm just trying to prove that I'm worthy and prove that I can stay up here and pitch up here,'' he said. 我想證明我夠格待在這... 教練我想投球.. Nonetheless, he has pitched well enough late enough in the season that he reluctantly admits to occasionally take a glance at what some of the other rookies are doing. ''I try not to,'' he said, ''but you can't help but look at guys like J.A. Happ -- in my mind he's going to run away with this thing.'' Not necessarily. lead in wins and rank 1-2 in rookie ERA. 勝投 自責分都是菜鳥中的領先者. Atlanta's Tommy Hanson -- who, like Happ and Wells, started the season in the minors -- was 8-2 with the third-best rookie ERA (3.05) in just 13 starts. ''There's so many guys having good years,'' Wells said, ''so many guys vying for that award. But at the end of the year, whatever happens happens. You can't pitch trying to win a Rookie of the Year award.'' Wells:好多人都開無雙,競爭激烈啊~球季還沒結束一切都很難說. If Wells finishes strong in what figures to be eight more starts this season and joins 2008 winner Geovany Soto as a ROY winner, it would give the Cubs back-to-back winners for the first time since Billy Williams and Ken Hubbs in 1961-62. 如果Wells能夠繼Soto之後連莊拿下ROY獎.將是自1961 1962年的 Billy Williams以及 Ken Hubb以來,再有小熊隊菜鳥達到連莊新 人王. FIRST AND 10 Randy Wells was trying Friday to join a short list of Cubs rookies who have won at least 10 games in the last 40 years: Year Record Starts IP ERA Burt Hooton 1972 11-14 31 218.1 2.80 Mike Harkey 1990 12-6 27 173.2 3.26 Geremi Gonzalez 1997 11-9 23 144 4.25 Kerry Wood* 1998 13-6 26 166.2 3.40 *-Won NL Rookie of the Year (Harkey finished fifth; Gonzalez ninth). --

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