It was another game on Monday night for the Chicago Cubs but another loss as they dropped to 9-9 on the season with a 7-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. As I watched the game, all I could think was that this wasn’t the Cubs team that we all invisioned at the beginning of the season. The team started Micah Hoffpauir, Mike Fontenot and Aaron Miles once again as Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee were still out with nagging day to day injuries. It looked like a minor league team playing out there to be honest.

From stupid fielding errors to errant throws it was just a bad night all around. Factor in the fact that the Diamondbacks were able to steal five out of six bases against Ted Lilly, David Patton and Geovany Soto and it was a very long night. I have to wonder if Soto is injured or still being bothered by his shoulder injury and doesn’t want to come out of the game because the team is all ready short handed?

The Cubs offense had started the game off nicely as Alfonso Soriano opened up the game with a lead off home run off Dan Haren but the Cubs would only score one more run the entire game. Mike Fontenot used 10 pitch at bat in the in the eighth inning and finally got a pitch he could drive and hit his second home run of the season. As a team the Cubs were limited to just to three hits and struck out 10 times.

I thought Ted Lilly through the ball ok. The flood gates really opened up for the D-backs in the in the fourth inning when Haren was able to bounce a ball over the head of Fontenot who was playing a shallow third base. Two runs would score on the Haren double and then the next batter Chris Young doubled to center field that scored two more runs. After that, it was over for the Cubs who had no offense on the night.

The Cubs really need Ramirez and Lee back in the lineup so there is atleast some pop in in the batting order. It sounds like one of them might play on Tusday night and if not on Wednesday. Things need to get turned around quickly no matter what!

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