The Cubs and Mets played in a sloppy game Wednesday night but the good news is that the Cubs came out on top with a 9-6 win in ten innings. Derrek Lee hit the game winning hit in a bloop single to score Ryan Theriot and then Aramis Ramirez hit a two-run home run to extend the lead to three after the scoring was done in the 10th inning.

It was a back and forth game all night long. Carlos Zambrano gave up a grand slam to Carlos Delgado as he only lasted 4 2/3 innings. Zambrano walked four while only striking out two. I thought he was going to have a good game as he had a great first inning but then he ran into trouble in the third inning.

Jeff Samardzija also was wild in the eighth inning as gave up two hits and two walks as the Mets scored one run off of him. I do have to give credit to the Cubs bullpen however even though they got themselves into jams, they were able to work their way out of them and not allow a run to score. Boby Howry is one example of getting out of a jam. He gave up a lead of triple in the ninth inning, but then got out of the inning as the Mets left the bases loaded. The mets were just that bad tonight and the Cubs were lucky to come away with the win in my opinion.

Howry ended up with the win while Kerry Wood got the save which was his 34th of the season.

Mark DeRosa had three rbi including a solo home run before he left the game in the fifth inning with a left calf strain. I’d expect to see DeRosa take a couple days off just as a precaution. Reed Johnson and Alfonso Soriano both had rbi’s in the game as well as it was a good night at the plate for the Cubs.

The Cubs will try to take three out of four games against the Mets as they play once again on Thursday. Right now I like the Cubs chances as the Mets are struggling and just don’t seem to have any confidence. What do you think?

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