The Cubs opened last night’s game in Pittsburgh with eight straight hits to tie a major league record. The start was a good omen as the baby bears went on to defeat the nasty old Pirates 9-4. Ryan Dempster got the victory, going 6.1 shaky, but effective innings. Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto, and Kosuke Fukudome [...]
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Cubs Glad To Be In Pittsburgh
September 8, 2009 – 6:59 am
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 [...]
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 Lose Again
August 19, 2009 – 7:53 am
The Cards lost to the Dodgers last night, but the Cubs couldn’t take advantage of the situation as they also lost 6-3 to the Padres. Derrek Lee had two hits, including a home run and a double, but it wasn’t enough to save the game for the Cubs. You would think that a team in [...]
Cubs Lose, Cards Win, Future Looks Bleak
August 18, 2009 – 7:44 am
It was bad enough that the Cubs lost and the Cardinals won. That was bad enough. But the way the Cubs lost was like being cut open and having salt poured into the wound. It was that painful. Ted Lilly returned from the DL to pitch 6.0 innings of four hit, no run baseball. It [...]
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 [...]
Zambrano Added to Cubs Disabled List
August 9, 2009 – 10:04 am
The Cubs beat the Rockies Saturday night to tie the series with Colorado at one game apiece. But the biggest news was the addition of Carlos Zambrano to the 15-day disabled list for the Cubs. As you may recall, Zambrano came out early in his last start against Cincinnati with back spasms, but blamed the [...]
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 [...]
