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To: altair19 who wrote (142780)	9/3/2008 11:41:08 AM
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Zambrano to be examined after leaving game early sports.espn.go.com Wednesday, September 3, 2008 ESPN.com news services CHICAGO -- The Big Z's arm could be a big problem for the Chicago Cubs. Carlos Zambrano was expected to have his right arm examined on Wednesday after leaving Tuesday night's game after five innings due to arm trouble. "He told our pitching coach he wasn't feeling good," manager Lou Piniella said Tuesday night, after the Cubs' 9-7 loss to the streaking Houston Astros. "It has to be in his arm. I just don't know. We'll let you know tomorrow when we find out." Zambrano (13-5, 3.49 ERA) was coming off a poor August and was pushed back two days with arm fatigue. He didn't overpower the Astros, rarely hitting 90 mph, and gave up three runs, five hits and three walks in five innings. He was pulled after 86 pitches. In the fifth, with the Cubs leading 3-1, he gave up a lead-off double and walked a pair of batters before Miguel Tegada tied the game with a two-RBI single. Zambrano was unavailable for comment, and his teammates were almost speechless about a possible injury. "I had no idea," catcher Geovany Soto said. "I still don't know what's going on. To be honest with you, I think he was a little better than his last couple outings." Any absence could affect the Cubs, who are trying to hold on to first place in the NL Central, not to mention the best record in the league. With starter Rich Harden being skipped for precautionary reasons this week, this is news the Cubs didn't need to hear. Zambrano, who went on the disabled list in June with a sore shoulder, was origianally slated to start Sunday against the Phillies but had his start moved forward to Tuesday. At the time, the team believed that the extra rest would help Zambrano bounce back. In his last start, on Aug. 26, he gave up six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings to the woeful Pirates. "It's just that he's gone through this every year the last four or five years, at a point in time where his arm feels a little bit heavy, tired," pitching coach Larry Rothschild said on Sunday. "I think everybody goes through that, I think it's a little bit of a dead arm period. "He has felt a lot better the last couple of days ... As he sees everything coming back, he'll get better. He'll get on his stride." Entering August, Zambrano was 12-4 with a 2.80 ERA. But the "dog days" were not kind to the Big Z, as he lasted five innings or fewer in three of his five August starts and saw his ERA rise to 3.53 by the end of the month. In his five August starts he gave up more runs (23) and more home runs (seven) than in any other month this season and his ERA for the month was 7.53. -The Associated Press contributed to this report.