After scoring only 5 runs in the entire series in Houston, the Cubs put up a 10 spot to beat Colorado 10-2 at Coors Field Thursday night. Jacque Jones had a big night with 4 hits and 4 RBIs. He drove in Ryan Theriot for the 1st run of the game in the opening inning. The Cubs got 3 in the 2nd thanks to a Garrett Atkins error scoring Jason Kendall. Jones followed up with another hit to make it 4-0. Matt Murton led off the 3rd with his 3rd homer of the season. The Cubs would add 4 more that inning. Mike Fontenot and Kendall had RBIs as well. Ted Lilly picked up his 13th win of the season going 6 innings giving up only 2 runs. The bullpen finished off the game as Kerry Wood, Carlos Marmol, and Bob Howry pitched scoreless frames. With 3 games still to be played in Denver, the Cubs send Jason Marquis to the mound against Aaron Cook Friday night.

Ryan Theriot legged out an RBI-infield single with two outs that started a six-run third inning as the Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 6-2 on Saturday.Jacque Jones had three hits for the Cubs, who have the National League’s best record since June 3 at 36-20 and moved a half game behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central.

Ted Lilly had a great outing for the Cubs has he tossed 7 2/3 innings to pick up his 12th win on the season.  Lilly’s record now stands at 12-5.  He is really proving to be a good #2 starter for this staff behind the “Ace” Carlos Zambrano.

Tomorrows game will be at 7 pm central time as it will be the ESPN Game of the Week.  Tom Glavine will be going for his 300th win and will face off against Jason Marquis of the Cubs.  Can the Cubs get to Glavine early?  If not, it could be a very long night at Wrigley Field.

It wasn’t the way the Chicago Cubs wanted to start off this three game series with the New York Mets.  The Cubs scored every inning that the Mets did in the low scoring affair except the ninth inning when it mattered most.

Ryan Dempster allowed four runs out of the bullpen in the ninth inning giving the Mets the lead for good.  It was a terrible showing by Dempster, hopefully if he gets called upon tomorrow he will have a much better outcome.

Carlos Zambrano only lasted five innings as he threw 90+ pitches and had to leave with some heat cramp issues.  Zambrano wasn’t himself today, as he was wild from the beginning and was really letting his emotions show.

The Cubs offense wasn’t very good today against Orlando Hernandez.  It seemed like they couldn’t tell if it was a fastball or one of his junk pitches as they were always way out in front of the ball and hardly making contact.

Derrek Lee did connect for his 12th homerun of the season in the sixth inning.  It was also nice to see Jason Kendall contribute with a RBI double of the leftfield wall in the seventh inning.  The Cubs did have a little rally going in the ninth inning as they had the first two runners on, but then Jacque Jones grounded into a double play.

Lets go get em tomorrow Cubbies.

The Cubs were playing come from behind all day long and quite couldn’t take the lead for the Phillies in the 8th inning, and then the Phillies pushed across three insurance runs in the top half of the ninth to defeat the Chicago Cubs 10-6.  The teams split the series at Wrigley Field, and the Cubs remain in first place of the Central Division by .01% over the Brewers who lost to the New York Mets.

We blogged earlier today that the starting pitchers needed to go farther into games, and today Sean Marshall only lasted 2.2 innings while giving up seven runs on nine hits.  He got hit, and got hit hard all day long.  With the short outing by Marshall, the Cubs once again had to go deep into their bullpen as they used four other pitchers the rest of the game.

Rocky Cherry, Scott Eyre, Michael Wuertz, and Will Ohman all threw out of the bullpen.  Everone threw very well except for Ohman who allowed three runs in the top of the 8th inning that gave the Phillies some insurance runs.

Alfonso Soriano went 3-5 on the day but did not have an RBI.  Those picking up RBI’s for the Cubs were Mike Fontenot with two, and Ryan Theriot, Derrek Lee, Jacque Jones, and Matt Murton all chipping in with one RBI apeace.

The Cubs start a big series with the New York Mets tomorrow afternoon at Wrigley Field.  It will be Carlos Zambrano facing off against Orlando Hernandez.  I think the Cubs should do good off Hernandez who can get wild at times.  Lets start of the series the right way Cubbies!

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CUBS FANS, WE ARE IN FIRST PLACE!  Well by .01 of a percentage point over the Milwaukee Brewers.  The Cubs were able to push across a run in the bottom of the 9th inning last night on a wild pitch by Brett Myers of the Phillies.  If that is what it takes for the Cubs to be in first place, we will all take it!

In an up and down game for Rich Hill, the Cubs bullpen kept the Cubs in the game that allowed for the dramatic ninth inning.  Scott Eyre, Carlos Marmol, Bob Howry, and Ryan Dempster pitched the final 4.1 innings and did not allow earned run!  That a way guys, keep up the good work.  It’s sad that Hill only last 4.2 innings, but he was throwing way to many pitchers everything inning to go deep into the game.  Hill has got to figure out how to get batters out without throwing 10 pitches to each batter.

Alfonso Soriano, Derrek Lee, and Matt Murton all had two hits apeace.  Murton, Ronny Cedeno, Jacque Jones, and Rich Hill each had an RBI for the team.  It was nice to see Murton producing in the game.  He just might earn some more starting playing time in right field now to give Floyd some rest.  Murton was the guy that started the rally in the 9th inning as he led off with a double.

It was also nice to see Soriano steal some bases last night.  He finished with three stolen bases to move his season total to 18.  I can see Soriano running more often down the stretch to get into scoring poistion for Lee and Ramirez.

What do you all think? Are the Cubs in first place to stay?  Let us know by leaving a comment!

The Chicago Cubs came back to tie the series with the Philadelphia Phillies tonight as they won 7-3.  The Cubs weren’t always leading the game as they were down 2-3 until the bottom of the sixth inning when they pushed across three runs to take a 5-3 lead and went on to win 7-3.

Jason Marquis pitched a decent game as he lasted six innings allowing three earned runs on three walks, eight hits, and four strikeouts.  He did serve up a homerun to Pat Burrel in the sixth inning but other then that he worked himself out of jams when he needed too.

The Cubs bullpen pitched really well tonight.  Will Ohman, Carlos Marmol, and Bob Howry all seen action and they were all pretty good. Marmol struck out the side in the eigth inning with his deadly slider as he continues to be one of Lou’s best bullpen guys.

Everyone in the Cubs starting lineup had a hit in the game except Derrek Lee and Ryan Theriot.  It was a suprise to see that Jason Kendall had two RBI’s in the game to lead the team.  Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Jacque Jones, and Mike Fontenot all had 1 RBI’s each as well.

The two teams will battle it out again tomorrow evening as it will be Jamie Moyer facing off against Rich Hill.  Game time is set for 7:05 central so make sure to tune in and watch the Cubbies go for their second straight win over the Phillies.

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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!!!

Great start to the series with the St. Louis Cardinals as Carlos Zambrano led the Cubs to a 4-3 victory.  In a low scoring game, Zambrano and Kip Wells had a great pitchers duel but it was an error that extended the seventh inning gave Zambrano and the Cubs the win.

Zamrano threw 6.2 innings while he gave up five hits and two earned runs.  He kept the Cubs in the ballgame and that is what you ask for your starter.  He did have three walks, but for the most part, they didn’t hurt him to bad.

Will Ohman, Carlos Marmol, and Ryan Dempster came in out of the bullpen and held the Cardinals down to scure the win.  The Cardinals did score one in the ninth inning to come within one but that was all they could get as Albert Pujols grounded out to second base to end the game.

Aramis Ramirez and Jacque Jones both had great days at the plate for the offense.  Ramirez went 3-4 with an RBI and Jones went 1-2 with an RBI as well.  Ronny Cedeno who was called up before the game chipped in with an RBI in the sixth inning as well.  Cedeno came into the game during the 4th inning when Mark DeRosa left with some sort of nagging hamstring injury.  At this point, we are not sure how bad the hamstring injury to Derosa.  Derrek Lee delivered an insurance run in the 9th inning when he singled in Ryan Theriot.

The two teams will play again tomorrow night at 7:10.  The Cubs will be going for another win to keep pace with the Brewers so hopefuly they can get it.  It will be Ted Lilly against Adam Wainwright.

The Chicago Cubs got off to another great start during a series as the defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 today at beautiful Wrigley Field!  This is what it takes to make a push towards the playoffs! Series wins, getting off to a good start, and let the momentum keep on building!

Jason Marquis pitched a hell of a game today as he went 7.2 innings while only allow four hits and two earned runs.  The earned runs came on a Chris Young two-run homerun in the 5th inning.  Great performance by Marquis toda.  He really helped save some of the bullpen on the day Ryan Dempster returned.

Carlos Marmol finished up the 8th inning and was nasty like always.  He is really starting to become one of the best short relievers in the major leagues!  Bob Howry finished up the game in the 9th inning even though it wasn’t a save opportunity.

Aramis Ramirez once again led the Cubs at the plate as he went 2-4 with a three run homerun in the 8th inning pushing the Cubs 1 run lead to 4.  Talk about a dagger in the heard for the D-backs!  That a boy Aramis!

Jacque Jones once again had a great game at the plate as he had a couple of hits and two RBI.  He is really starting to swing the bat well and he has to continue playing in centerfield until he cools off.  If he keeps playing well, the Cubs just might keep him the rest of the season instead of trying to trade him away.

The Cubs and Diamondbacks will play again tomorrow afternoon at 12:05 central time.  Get out to Wrigley Field and watch the Cubs as they are on fire!  If you don’t have tickets, then buy some from our partners at StubHub!

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!