Another victory for the Chicago Cubs where the starting pitching and offense were both clicking.  You really have to love when you see the pitchers and hitters do so well during the same game, especially against a division rival like the Cardinals.

Ted Lilly through a gem as he picked up his 11th win of the season.  Lilly tossed seven strong innings while giving up six hits and 1 earned run.  The Cubs pitchers were able to get the Cardinal batters to ground into 4 double plays which really helped.  Lilly and Carlos Zambrano are the top rated one-two punch of starting pitchers this year!  Hopefully they can both keep it up.

As for the offense, Cliff Floyd and Mike Fontenot both helped out the team with two RBI’s each.  Floyd finished the game going 2-4 and Fontenot going 2-5.  Jacque Jones continued his hot streak during the second half as he picked up another RBI for the team.  Others picking up RBI’s were Ryan Theriot and Ted Lilly who each had one.  Offensive performance up and down the lineup will win ballgames and really keeps everyone happy as they are contributing to the team.

Tomorrow the Cubs will go for the three game sweep as it will be Jason Marquis making his return to St. Louis.  Marquis will face off against Braden Looper of the Cardinals.  Lets get those brooms out!!!

The wind was blowing in today but that didn’t matter as the Cubs and Giants combined for 17 runs in todays game.  The Cubs went on to win 9-8 but Barry Bonds sure made it close!  Bonds hit two homeruns in the game to inch closer to Hank Aaron on the alltime list.

Aramis Ramirez led the Cubs at the plate going 3-5 with 3 RBI’s and two runs scored.  Ramirez came up very big for the Cubbies today.  No way they would have won if he wasn’t in the lineup.

Jacque Jones had another good day at the plate as he went 3-4 with an RBI.  Jones has really played well the last few games.  Lou needs to keep running him out there in centerfield as he has really been playing well.

Others chipping in with RBI’s on the game were Alfonso Soriano, Cliff Floyd, Angel Pagan, and Mike Fontenot.  Gotta love that many players getting RBI’s in the game.

Ted Lilly started the game for the Cubs and lasted five innings giving up six hits and three earned runs.  He did give up Barry Bond’s first homerun of the game as well in the second inning.  Lilly did work out of some jams that helped him out but he wasn’t that sharp today.

The Cubs really used their bullpen once again as five relievers got into the game.  Billy Petrick pitched one inning allowing one hit, two walks, and two earned runs.  Michael Wuertz then came into the game and didn’t have much luck as he also allowed two earned runs.  Will Ohman served up Barry Bond’s second homerun of the game in the seventh inning that brough the score to 9-8.  Carlos Marmol did have a good outing over 1.1 innings allowing 0 runs on 0 hits.  Bob Howry picked up his eigth save of the year as he closed out the game in the ninth inning.

The Cubs took 3-4 from the Giants so that is always good when you win a series.  It wasn’t all good for the Cubs as Cliff Floyd and Daryle Ward both left the game with injuries.  As of right now we aren’t sure how server they are, but from early reports it sounds like they both could be day-to-day. 

The Cubs will start a three game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tomorrow afternoon.   Lets hope this winning keeps on happening!

A great offensive showing for the Chicago Cubs today even without Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee in the lineup!  Aramis is taking a day off to just get a day off, and Lee has began his 5 game suspension for the Chris Young incident.

Koyie Hill had a career day for the Cubs as he went 2-3 with 5 RBI’s!  That is more offensive numbers today then the catching position has produced in the last few months it seems!  Cliff Floyd also had a good game going 2-3 with a RBI as well.  We can hate on Jacque Jones all we want but he did produce today as well going 1-2 with two RBI and two walks.  Angel Pagan, Mark DeRosa, and Mike Fontenot each had one RBI in the game also.

Carlos Zambrano threw only five innings as the Cubs were already up  9-0 after five innings so Lou took him out of the game early to rest his arm a little bit.  Zambrano did stikeout three and walked two while giving up only two hits.  Zambrano is the first National League pitcher to win 12 games this season.

Sean Gallagher threw four innings in relief as he closed out the ballgame.  Gallagher did allow a run in the ninth inning other then that it was a great showing for himself.  A great showing by Zambrano and the bullpen today.  Sure was a lot better showing by the bullpen today compared to last night!

The Cubs and Giants will play another day game tomorrow as the Cubs try to go for the 3-1 series win.  Lets get the win Cubbies!

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The Cubs continued to roll along Saturday afternoon with a 9-3 win over the Astros at Wrigley. Houston actually scored first when Chris Burke’s first inning triple lead to an injury to Cliff Floyd, who is day-to-day. Burke scored on a Hunter Pence groundout. Some controversy came in the bottom of the fourth when Cesar Izturis check swing on a 2-2 pitch was ruled a foul ball. Replay showed it was clearly strike 3. Izturis singled on the next pitch and then back to back doubles by Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead. Ramirez scored on a throwing error by Brad Ausmus later in the inning. Ramirez added two more RBIs with a bases-loaded single in the 5th. Ted Lilly even helped his own cause with a 6th inning RBI single. Alfonso Soriano ended the homerless drought for the Cubs with a 3 run shot, ending Oswalt’s outing. The Astros got two runs of Michael Wuertz in the 9th but fell 9-3 as Ted Lilly improved to 9-4. Oswalt fell to 8-6. The Cubs remain 3.5 games back of first place as the Brewers won in extra innings Saturday. Sunday’s matchup at 1:20 CT features Jason Marquis vs. Wandy Rodriguez.

Another great win for the Chicago Cubs yesterday as they defeated the Houston Astros 6-0 at Wrigley Field.  Starting off the second half of the season with a win is great.  Especially since the Cubs have to face the Astros “Ace” Roy Oswalt this afternoon.  Tune into FOX to check out the game!

Carlos Zambrano threw 6 2/3 innings, giving up three hits while striking out seven.  He also helped out at the plate as he had a RBI single in the game as well.  With the win yesterday, Zambrano improved his record to 11-7.

The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in the fourth, thanks in part to the Astros committing two errors on the same play. Cliff Floyd led off with a single, advanced to third on Mark DeRosa’s single, and scored on Jacque Jones’ sacrifice fly to left.

Then came the wackiness. With DeRosa at second, Geovany Soto, who was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on Friday, hit a hard grounder to third baseman Mike Lamb. Lamb’s throw to first got by Lance Berkman, and DeRosa advanced 90 feet. Berkman then tried to pick off DeRosa, who had overrun third, but his throw sailed into the stands, which allowed DeRosa to score and advanced Soto to third. Soto scored the next at-bat on one of Zambrano’s two singles.

Aramis Ramirez walked with the bases loaded in the sixth inning to make the score 4-0.

The Cubs added two runs in the eighth off reliever Matt Albers, who gave up a single to Alfonso Soriano, a walk to Ryan Theriot and a two-run double to Lee. Chicago then loaded the bases as Floyd took an intentional walk and DeRosa reached on shortstop Loretta’s second error of the game before reliever Trever Miller got the final two outs.

The Cubs continued their hot streak of games as they won again tonight.  They started off a four game series against the Washington Nationals on a great foot with a 7-2 dominating win.  The win puts the Cubs one game above .500!  We have been talking about we needed to get to that .500 spot and then we can really start talking about catching the Brewers or the wildcard.

The Cubs got off to a hot start in the first inning with a two run double by Aramis Ramirez that scored Ryan Theriot and Derrek Lee.  Theriot walked and Lee was hit by a pitch that got the inning really going.

Alfonso Soriano then singled in a run in the second inning as he plated Rob Bowen.

Mark DeRosa got in on the action in the third inning with a single that scored Ramirez and advanced Cliff Floyd onto second base.  Floyd was then hit in with a single by Bowen to make the score 5-0 Cubs.

In the fourth inning, DeRosa had another single that scored Soriano and Lee to improve the score to 7-0.  The Cubs did not score again in the game, but the pitching held up the seven run lead like they should at all time.

Ted Lilly threw seven great innings only allowing three hits and one earned run.  Lilly did have five strikeouts and three walks in the ballgame.  He started off the game with two straight walks and I thought oh boy here we go, but he was able to get control of his curveball and fastball and really started to get some outs.  Seven innings of three hit pitching and you are going to win the game 90% of the time, and that is what Lilly gave the Cubs tonight!

The two teams will battle it out again tomorrow night as it will be Carlos Zambrano against Tim Redding.

The Cubs continued their winning ways tonight as they beat the Colorado Rockies 8-5 at Wrigley Field.  The Cubs are still 7.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers as they beat the Astros tonight but as long as the Cubs keep on winning good things will happen for them.

The Cubs first scored in the first inning when Alfonso Soriano scored on a double by Aramis Ramirez.  Cliff Floyd then smoked a two-run homerun to right field to give the Cubs a 3-0 lead.  Mike Fontenot, Koyie Hill, Mark DeRosa, and Felix Pie all had RBI’s for the Cubs as well.  I love seeing an offensive performace like this where it is more then one playing producing for the team.

Ted Lilly picked up his sixth win on the season as he went 6 innings.  He did give up four earned runs on five walks and five strikeouts.  I don’t like those walks and normally your team is going to lose when your starting pitchers allows five walks but tonight the Cubs offense helped out the pitchers.

Michael Wuertz, Carlos Marmol, and Will Ohman pitched the final three innings for the Cubs.  Ohman picked up his first career save as he got the last out in the ninth inning when he got Todd Helton to popup to short.

The Cubs have now won five straight and will be going for the sweep tomorrow afternoon as it will be Jason Hirsh (3-6) facing off against Carlos Zambrano (8-6).  I look for Zambrano to have a very good game tomorrow and the Cubs completing this three game sweep.

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