It was a good afternoon for the Chicago Cubs as they got back in the win column with a 12-0 shutout against the Astros on Wednesday. I was busy working all day and was unable to watch one pitch of the game but it looks like the team had a huge first inning where they scored six runs including a three run home run by Alfonso Soriano.

Soriano wasn’t the only Cubs to go deep as Aramis Ramirez hit his ninth of the year and Andres Blanco also hit his first career home run.

Randy Wells threw a gem as he tossed eight shut out innings to improve to 7-4 on the year. He is the first Cubs rookie start to win atleast seven games in a season since Kerry Wood did it back in 1998. Wells now has a 2.84 for the year.

The only downside of the game was that Reed Johnson suffered a broken eft foot after fouling a ball off himself in the first inning, and could miss a month or more.

Sorry for the short post, but since I wasn’t able to watch the game I don’t have a lot of input this evening. The Cubs are now up 2-1 in the series and will look for the series win on Thursday afternoon. Let’s all hope for a Cardinals loss and the Cubs flag will be flying at the top on Thursday!

- Cliff