Game Ninety-Eight: Cubs (57-40) vs. Astros (46-51)
Game Time - 1:05pm C.T.
Coverage - TV: WGN - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188
Location - Minute Maid Park, Houston

Ryan Dempster (10-4, 3.25/1.18) vs. Brandon Backe (6-9, 4.76/1.56)

Lou Piniella's crew will try to salvage the last game of the series and attempt to avoid their second 4-game losing streak of the season today behind Ryan Dempster. While some will point to this as a big game for the Cubs, with 65 games left, the most important thing for the Cubs today is getting back to what led them to the best record in the National League thru the first 95 games of the year. The Cubs must relax at the plate and make Brandon Backe work. Swinging early and often has lost them three games in a row, it is time to revert back to the patience they displayed for a majority of the first half.