Blah, what a up and down game for the Cubs on Friday afternoon as they lost to the Florida Marlins 3-2.  The Cubs allowed a ton of base runners and worked their way out of jams as they held the Marlins to three runs when they probably should have gave up five or six.

We seen Jeff Samardzija make his major league debut in the 7th inning and give up one run that tied the game.  You could tell that Jeff was very nervous out there and was pretty wild.  He over threw a pitch out with a runner stealing and was very wild with his fastball.  He will definately have to show that he can throw an off speed pitch if he wants to be a good pitcher at the major league level.  He did pitch the 8th inning and shut down the Marlins 1-2-3 so hopefully the 7th was just nerves but I stil say he needs a good off speed pitch to go with that fastball.

Bob Howry, yeah he gave up another run… Howry took the loss as he gave up a solo home run to Jeremy Hermida in the 9th inning.  This was like the third or fourth game in a row that Howry has allowed a run to score.  I don’t see how Lou still has confidence in the guy.

With the Cubs blowing the game, Ryan Dempster got the no decision.  He pitched six innings while only giving up two hits and one run.  Dempster did have control issues however as he walked six batters to go along with his six strikeouts.

Geovany Soto and Reed Johnson both hit solo home runs for the Cubs.  That was it for them at the plate however.  They had their chances to score runs but they just didn’t come up with the big hits like they usually do at Wrigley Field.

With the series tied at one game each, the Cubs will send Rich Harden to the mound on Saturday as they try to get back up in the series.