Wow, what a crazy game Thursday night as the Cubs and Cardinals battled once again in St. Louis. The Cubs held off the Cardinals in the eighth and ninth innings to win 3-2 and extend their lead in the division to 5.5 games over the Milwaukee Brewers. It was a win, but boy was it crazy in the last couple of innings.

Carlos Marmol and Kerry Wood both had some problems in the final innings. Both Marmol and Wood gave up two hits but were able to get out of the jams by Cardinals base running mistakes as well as great defensive plays. This was a game where the Cubs got the breaks in the end unlike when they had lost eight of nine games the past few weeks.

Rich Harden was awesome through his six innings of action. Harden gave up five hits and two runs while improving to 9-1 with the Cubs. Hopefully Harden can stay healthy the rest of the year because he gives the team a lot of confidence and of course all of us fans.

Derrek Lee, Ryan Theriot, and Mike Fontenot all had one rbi each for the team. I’m still sitting here wondering what in the hell is up with Lee however. The guy just can’t hit a ball hard into the gaps or over the fence. Sure he almost hit a home run last night but it went just left of the foul pole but then hit a little dribbler in the infield to end the bat. Something is up with Lee as he just isn’t hitting the ball hard or in the air at all.

A win is a win like I have said before and with the Brewers losing we will take every win we can get no matter how ugly it is. Now we have to wonder what in the hell is going on with the Houston series. What we do know is that there will not be games on Friday or Saturday and they hope to play a double header on Sunday and then a single game on  Monday. If that is the case, Friday and Saturday will be the Cubs last off days of the regular season.

So what is everyone’s opinion on the Houston series as well as D. Lee sucking it up at the plate?