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7:10 pm EDT Thu Apr 22, 2010

The Chicago Cubs finally managed to break out of their slump with an impressive offensive showing last time out. Duplicating that success doesn’t figure to be easy.In the finale of a four-game series at Citi Field, the Cubs try to win back-to-back games for only the second time this season when they face ace Johan Santana, who is coming off his best outing of the year for the New York Mets. After plating six runs during a four-game skid, Chicago pounded out a season-high 14 hits in Wednesday’s 9-3 win. Alfonso Soriano and Marlon Byrd each drove in three runs for the Cubs, who haven’t won consecutive games since April 12 and 14. While Soriano has been one of Chicago’s most consistent hitters recently, batting .476 with four doubles in the last six games, he’s had no luck against Santana, failing to record a hit in 10 career at-bats.

Santana was sharp versus St. Louis on Saturday, giving up four hits while striking out nine in seven scoreless innings, but he had been out of the game for hours by the time it ended. The Mets won 2-1 in 20 innings, the franchise’s longest contest in nearly 36 years. Like Chicago, New York has also endured some offensive woes this season, plating three runs or fewer in four of their last six games. The Mets were limited to a run and two hits against starter Carlos Silva on Wednesday before finally showing some signs of life against Chicago’s shoddy relief corps, which has a 6.14 ERA. In a stunning move, Cubs manager Lou Piniella announced before Wednesday’s game that opening day starter Carlos Zambrano would head to the bullpen. With left-hander Ted Lilly expected to come off the disabled list later this week, Piniella didn’t want to move fellow lefty Tom Gorzelanny out of the rotation. Gorzelanny allowed one run in 6 1-3 innings against Cincinnati in his season debut, but didn’t have the same luck in Saturday’s 4-3 loss to Houston. He gave up two runs and left with a contusion on his left arm after being hit by Pedro Feliz’s line drive in the third.