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Now that is the way to kick off an exciting four game series with the Milwaukee Brewers!  The Cubs came away with a 6-4 victory on Monday night and if the next three games are as exciting, we are going to be in for one great series!  Once again there were plenty of Cubs fans up at Miller Park to root on the team and that is always great to see.

The Cubs got to Brewers starter CC Sabathia in the first inning when Alfonso Soriano missed a home run by two feet and led the game off with a double.  He later scored on a rbi single by Derrek Lee to put the Cubs on top 1-0.  In the third inning, Soriano smoked a solo home run about 30 ft farther then his lead off double.  With the score at 2-0 the Cubs did not score again until the seventh inning when Lee grounded into a fielders choice and Ronny Cedeno scored.  The Brewers should have got out of the inning but Rickie Weeks throw to first base was wild.  Reed Johnson had a nice break up slide that forced Weeks to make the bad throw.

Things got really exciting in the ninth inning with the game tied at 4-4.  Lee added another rbi on a double that scored Soriano and moved Mike Fontenot to third base.  Fontenot then scored on a infield single by Mark DeRosa to make it 6-4 Cubs.  The offense came through when they needed to and that is what they are going to have to do this entire series if the Cubs want to extend their lead over the Brewers.

On the mound it was Ted Lilly starting the game and throwing six innings while giving up seven hits and three runs.  Lilly gave up back to back solo home runs in the sixth inning to J.J. Hardy and Ryan Braun.  Those two pitches were pretty much his only mistakes of the game.  Bob Howry once again gave a run on a solo home run to Russell Branyon.  Howry is stinking it up right now out of the bullpen.  Chad Gaudin ended up picking up the win as the threw the eighth inning.  Carlos Marmol was electric in the ninth inning as he got Gabe Kapler to fly out to the warning track to end the game.  Marmol picked up his fifth save of the season in the game.

Now the Cubs will send Carlos Zambrano to the mound against Ben Sheets of the Brewers.  It should be a classic pitchers duel and hopefully Big Z will be on top of his game!