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It was a good night for the Cubs and their fans on Monday night as the team opened up a three game series on the road in Pittsburgh with a 3-1 victory. It’s always nice to start off a series with a victory and this was very big as the team had just dropped two out of three against the White Sox over the weekend.

There wasn’t a whole lot of offense for the Cubs but they got just enough to get the win. The offense put up single runs in the second, third and fourth innings to get the win. Andres Blanco got things started for the offense in the second inning with a rbi single that scored Jake Fox. In the third inning it was shortstop Ryan Theriot going deep for a solo home run that put the Cubs up 2-0. The final run for the offense came in the fourth inning when Milton Bradley split the gap on a rbi double that plated Geovany Soto for the third run. Fox and Bradley both led the team with two hits each.

Rich Harden got the win on the mound as he threw the ball pretty well. When Rich did get in trouble he was able to get out of the jams just like a good pitcher does. Harden gave up nine hits but only allowed one run on a rbi ground out by Jack Wilson in the fifth inning. Harden would end up throwing seven innings to improve to 5-4 on the year.

Carlos Marmol and Kevin combined to throw the eighth and ninth innings to secure the win. Both Marmol and Gregg and 1-2-3 innings as they were great out of the pen. It’s sure nice to say that!

I’m looking forward to Tuesday’s game when the Cubs will look to go up 2-0 in the series with Ted Lilly on the mound. I like their chances a lot!

- Cliff