That was a pretty dissapointing series for the Chicago Cubs as they lost two our of three games against the Houston Astros. On Sunday the Cubs were finally able to win at least one game in the series and Ryan Dempster tossed eight inning and the Cubs offense came around for a 9-0 victory. It was nice to see atleast the offense come around one game in the series. I feel the Cubs could have easily took two out of three in the series and the offense been hitting the ball like they are capable of.
It was a huge win for Dempster who finally won a game on the road for the first time since June 2, 2006. Dempster is now 11-4 on the season after picking up the win.
Now the Cubs will travel to Arizona to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday evening. Rich Harden will make his second start for the Cubs as he will face off against Randy Johnson. This is a big series for the Cubs as they need to keep on winning to stay ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers.
How do you think the Cubs will do against the D-backs? Leave us a comment and let us know!
It wasn’t the outcome that the Cubs players were all hoping for as the American League beat the National League All Stars 4-3 in 15 innings. Both teams had their chances to score in the late innings but it wasn’t until the 15th inning that the A.L. pushed across the winning run.
The Cubs players didn’t do badly in the game. Geovany Soto and Kosuke Fukudome both went 0-2 including a strikeout each. Soto also allowed two runners to steal bases but he really didn’t have a good shot at either runner as they had huge leads. Aramis Ramirez went 0-0 with a walk in the ninth inning. He was then replaced by Cristian Guzman who pitch ran. The Cubs pitchers did great as Carlos Zambrano threw two scoreless innings while Ryan Dempster and Carlos Marmol both pitched a scoreless inning each.
It was very funny watching Big Z throw a 96 MPH fastball to Manny Ramirez and then come back with his slow curve ball that went over the head of Manny. Both players laughed it off and then Z was able to get him to ground out to second. Dempster and Marmol struckout a combined five batters in their two innings of action.
Now if the Cubs do happen to make it far in the post season, they will not have home field advantage for the series. That is the part that really sucks about losing the all star game. What are your opinion on that?
First off I’d like to say sorry for not having and update after yesterday’s game. I had to head out shortly after the exciting game and didn’t get back until the late hours. I was able to watch most of today’s game as the Cubs lost the series finale to the Giants by the score of 4-2.  Basically the Cubs ran into Tim Lincecum who through eight strong innings to shut down the Cubs. Ryan Dempster lost his first game of the season at Wrigley Field.
The offense could not come up with the big hit that they needed to get to get a good rally going. They did push across a run in the 9th inning on a Geovany Soto rbi single but Daryle Ward struck out and Ryan Theriot grounded out with a runner on third.
At the end of the first half the Cubs are 19 games over .500 with a 57-38 record. The team is also 4.5 games up on the St. Louis Cardinals for first place in the division. Every Cubs fan has to be happy with how the first half of the season has turned out.
Now lets set back and watch the All Star Game where 8 Cubs players have been selected. Carlos Marmol was added to the roster this morning when Kerry Wood informed the league that he would not be available to pitch in the game due to a blister.
Wow, what another exciting win for the Cubbies as they beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Friday afternoon at Wrigley. The game was tied 0-0 heading into the bottom of the 8th inning and then Aramis Ramirez unloaded a bomb that curved around the left field foul pole for a three run home run. Once again it was A-Ram being the player of the game for the Cubs.
The hitters knew they had to score some runs because the pitching staff threw the ball so well. Jason Marquis tossed the first seven innings of the game as he battled against Matt Cain. Marquis only gave up three hits as the threw the ball the best he has all season long. Bob Howry tossed a scoreless inning in the eighth and then closer Kerry Wood was called on. Wood did have some trouble after Mark DeRosa couldn’t come up with a tough catch in left field as he allowed one run and gave the Giants the chance to score the tying runs as they had the tying runs on base. Wood was able to get the job done however and pick up his 24th save of the season.
Now lets sit back and hope the Brewers and Cardinals both lose. Enjoy you Friday night and see you all back here on Saturday afternoon!
