Cubs beat the Brewers once again
Yeah baby! The Cubs beat down the Brewers once again and are now four games up on the brew crew in the division. It was a 7-2 beating of the Brewers on Wednesday night for the Cubs that have them in position to sweep on Thursday. And yeah, I like their chances to complete the sweep with Rich Harden taking the mound.
The Cubs got a great pitching performance from Ryan Dempster who threw seven innings and only allowed five hits and only one run. Dempster is now 12-4 on the year and has been throwing the ball very well. Chad Gaudin pitched a scoreless eighth inning and then Neal Cotts pitched the ninth and gave up a solo home run to Prince Fielder. The run didn’t mean anything however as the Cubs had a huge lead.
Alfonso Soriano was a monster at the plate for the Cubs as he was on base five times and collected three singles in the game. Ryan Theriot had a great game as well as he finished 3-3 with three rbi. Derrek Lee, Reed Johnson, and Mark Derosa all had one rbi each in the game as well.
Now lets root for another Cubs victory on Thursday afternoon as Rich Harden takes the mound. Expect Sean Marshall to come into the game if Harden has any troubles.
GO CUBS GO!
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