Carlos Zambrano pitched a brilliant two-hit shutout against the Giants last Friday and was then asked why he can’t pitch like that all of the time. Zambrano’s answer was a little surprising. In an article written by Paul Sullivan of the Tribune, Zambrano explained that he doesn’t always feel the way he felt on Friday. [...]
Tag Archives: Randy Wells
And Then There Was One
September 27, 2009 – 8:52 am
The Cubs enter the final week of the season playing the best baseball they have played all year. They are 6-9 during the month of September and are now 5.5 games behind Colorado in the NL Wildcard race. (On a more somber note, the Cardinals clinched the NL Central yesterday with their win over the [...]
Cubs Drop Two-Out-Of-Three to Milwaukee
September 18, 2009 – 8:20 am
The Cubs lost the rubber game of their series with Milwaukee yesterday by a score of 7-4. Randy Wells looked tired, Milton Bradley reminded us why we dislike him so, and the team generally failed to rise to the occasion. With the loss, the Cubs drop to 7.0 games behind Wildcard leading Colorado with just [...]
Cubs Go For Series Win Against Milwaukee
September 17, 2009 – 9:23 am
The Cubs have split the first two games versus Milwaukee and will go for the series victory this afternoon at Wrigley. Randy Wells will go up against Dave Bush (4-7). The Cubs are 7-3 in their last 10 games and 4-2 during this homestand. They’ve gained in the Wildcard standings and are now 6.5 behind Colorado, but [...]
Will Cubs Resign Harden?
September 13, 2009 – 8:47 am
The Cubs got down early in yesterday’s game thanks to three errors in the fourth inning. They came back to tied the game 5-5 in the 7th inning, only to have Carlos Marmol allow two runs in the 9th to hand the game to the Reds. If Marmol is the heir-apparent to the closers role [...]
Cubs Win in Cincinnati
August 4, 2009 – 9:01 am
The Cubs beat the Reds Monday night 4-2 in Cincinnati. Randy Wells pitched 7.1 terrific innings, giving up six hits and one earned run (a homerun to Alex Gonzalez in the 8th inning). He struck out 5 and walked two. With the victory, Wells is now 8-4 with a 2.73 ERA. Mike Fontenot was the [...]
Cubs Win First Two Against Reds
July 26, 2009 – 10:00 am
The Cubs have taken the first two games against the Reds by scores of 8-5 (Friday) and 5-3 (Saturday). In the Cubs last nine games since the All-Star break, they are 7-2. In the two games against the Reds, Alfonso Soriano is 4-for-8 with a homerun and an RBI. It’s an incredibly small sample size, [...]
Sunday Update
July 19, 2009 – 12:48 pm
Just a quick update to say that the Cubs won last night 6-5. Randy Wells got the win, although he didn’t look stellar. Kosuke Fukudome batted leadoff again and went 2-4 with a triple and a walk. Alfonso Soriano batted fifth again and smacked a three-run homerun in the sixth inning. Some guy named Mike Fontenot [...]
