There’s nothing like beating a last place team to raise your spirits. The Cubs took care of business against the last place Pirates in Pittsburgh yesterday by a score of 4-2. Derrek Lee continued his hot hitting ways with two homeruns and three of the four Cubs RBI. Lee now has 31 homeruns on the [...]
Tag Archives: Florida Marlins
Cubs Lose Two-Out-of-Three to Mets
September 7, 2009 – 8:52 am
The Mets are a team in turmoil. More than any other team this year, they have been racked by injuries, their manager and GM are on the hot seat, and rumors are swirling that thier owner, Jeffrey Wilpon, lost so much money in the Madoff scam that he is going to have to sell the [...]
Cubs Continue Treading Water
September 4, 2009 – 8:47 am
After winning two-out-of-three from the Astros, the Cubs dropped a one-game make-up game to the White Sox 5-0. Carlos Torres got the start for the Sox and shut the Cubs down over 7.0 innings. The dreadful Cubs could only manage five hits off the 27-year old rookie, who earned his first career victory. Alfonso Soriano [...]
Cubs Wild Card Hopes Stay Alive
August 31, 2009 – 8:00 am
The Cubs are 10.0 games behind the Cardinals in the NL Central and all but mathematically eliminated. However, there is still a glimmer of hope in the Wildcard race. The Cubs are currently 5.5 games behind Colorado, who has lost five games in a row, and San Francisco, who swept the Rockies over the weekend. [...]
Cubs Salvage Victory in San Diego
August 20, 2009 – 7:42 am
The Cubs took the finale of a three game set to avoid being swept in San Diego. Rich Harden continued his terrific pitching on the road. He went 7.0 innings, giving up just one hit and no runs. He struck out eight and walked three for the win. Aramis Ramirez and Milton Bradley both homered [...]
Cubs-Induced Anxiety Has Subsided
August 17, 2009 – 4:15 pm
As you could probably tell from my post from Friday, I was a wee bit frustrated with the Cubs and their poor play. After taking a couple of days off and with two victories against the Pirates (and an unfortunate rain out on Sunday), I’m feeling better. I’m still not ready to write off this season [...]
Cubs Beat Reds Again
August 5, 2009 – 8:23 am
The Cubs are pretty good at beating bad teams. They handed the Reds another loss last night by the score of 6-3. Tom Gorzelanny, who was acquired at the trade deadline from Pittsburgh, got the start and was impressive. He pitched 7.1 innings, giving up three hits and one earned run. He struck out six and [...]
Blown Save Leads to Cubs Loss
August 3, 2009 – 8:25 am
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 [...]
Cubs Beat Florida in 10 Innings
August 2, 2009 – 10:38 am
It took an extra frame, but the Cubs beat the Marlins on Saturday by a score of 9-8. The big hit for the Cubs came in the top of the 10th when Derrek Lee launched a solo homerun deep into the left field stands off Marlins pitcher Leo Nunez. Lee was 4-for-6 for the night [...]
