Tag Archives: Andy McPhail

Blown Save Leads to Cubs Loss

For the second day in a row, Kevin Gregg blew a save opportunity and the Cubs lost to the Marlins 3-2.  Ryan Dempster got the start for the Cubs and looked good, pitching 6.0 innings of three hit baseball and holding the Marlins scoreless.  The Cubs offense could only muster one run while Dempster was in [...]

Good News and Bad News for Soriano and The Cubs

The bad news is that Alfonso Soriano had a pretty bad night, going 1-for-6 with three strikeouts.  The good news is that his one hit was a 13th inning game winning grand slam that gave the Cubs a 5-1 win.
Carlos Zambrano got the start for the Cubs and pitched well, going 7.0 innings and giving [...]

Cubs Sweep Nationals

The Cubs started the second half of the season by sweeping the Nationals in a four game series in Washington.  Granted, the Nationals aren’t very good, but a four game sweep is still a very nice feat.
In Sunday’s game, the Cubs offense exploded for eleven runs to beat the Nationals 11-3.  Micah Hoffpauir, Jake Fox [...]