Ryan Dempster had a terrible outing tonight as he blew the save and allowed the Los Angeles Dodgers to take three of four in the series against the Chicago Cubs.  Dempster did not record a out as he gave up five hits and four earned runs.  The big shot coming off the bat of Andre Ethier who hit the three run homerun to give the Dodgers the lead.

Besides the blowup in the ninth inning, the Cubs didn’t play too bad of baseball.  Alfonso Soriano had two homeruns including a go ahead three run shot in the 7th inning.  I figured the Cubs had this game won after that shot, but it wasn’t meant to be.

Jason Marquis pitched a very good game and deserved to get the win today.  He pitched seven strong innings only allowing two earned runs.  Marquis gave up four hits, and had four strikeouts compared to only one walk.  Hopefully Marquis will have a different outcome during his next outing.

This is not the type of game you want to lose in September when you are in the midst of a playoff run.  With the loss, the Cubs and Brewers are now tied for first in the standing, and the Cardinals are beating the Pirates at the time of this writing.  The Cubs are fading, but they do have a three game series starting tomorrow with the Pirates in Pittsburgh.  Lets hope the Cubs get back on track in Pittsburgh and take control of this division.

For 8 innings Tuesday night, the Cubs were dominated by Tim Lincecum. Luckily for the Cubs, they had only given up 1 run in that span. Jason Marquis went 7 strong giving up only 3 hits and 1 run. Coming into the 9th, the Cubs had only 2 hits. Ryan Theriot led off with a double and then back to back singles by Jacque Jones and Derrek Lee to tie the game brought the end of the night for Lincecum. After a walk to Ramirez, Cliff Floyd drove in 2 with a single to give the Cubs a 3-1 lead. DeRosa sac bunted and Jake Fox struck out before Jason Kendall brought in 2 more with a single of his own. Ryan Dempster pitched a scoreless 9th. Both the Cards and Brewers won as well on Tuesday so no change was made in the NL Central standings. Barry Zito faces Rich Hill at 9:15 CT Wednesday night.

-Mike

The Chicago Cubs stay hot in Denver as they beat the Colorado Rockies 6-2 last night at Coors Field.  It was a hell of a game all around for the Cubbies as they got good starting pitching by Jason Marquis, and the bullpen gave a little bend but did not break in the late innings.  The Cubs offense lead behind Jacque Jones helped out the team by jumping ahead of the Rockies and holding on to win the second game of the four game series.

Marquis finished the game lasting 6 2/3 innings while giving up only one earned run.  He did hit Jeff Baker in the head in the seventh inning and was why Lou pulled him.  He thought that Jason was rattled after Baker was hit and didn’t want any other damage to happen.  I was sitting 8 rows behind homeplate/cubs dugout and the crack of that helmet was pretty damn loud. I was suprised Baker was moving around as much as he was to be honest.

Jacque Jones sure likes Coors Field this year.  Batting the in the #2 spot for the second straight game against the Rockies, Jones went 3-5 with and driving in two RBI’s.  Matt Murton also hit one out in the thin air of Colorado in the ninth inning.  I didn’t think his ball had a shot to get over, but it carried into the second row in right field.  Jason Kendall also stayed hot for the Cubs as he finished 3-4 and driving in two runs.  I love getting production from the bottom of the order like that!

The Cubs and Rockies will play again tonight at Coors Field.  It will be Rich Hill facing off against Josh Fogg.  Lets win another one Cubbies!

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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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!

A great pitching performance by Jason Marquis helped the Chicago Cubs defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 today.  Marquis pitched 7 strong innings and only needed to throw 77 pitches.  It was great to see Marquis pitch seven innings so the bullpen didn’t need to throw a ton of pitches after having to throw alot the first two games of the series.

Today it was the Cubs offense that got off to a strong start as they rushed out to a 4-0 lead after the third inning.  Aramis Ramirez had a two run double in the first inning and then Derrek Lee and Mark DeRosa had singles that scored one run each in the third inning.  Ryan Theriot chipped in with three doubles as well.

Ok what a wild one at Wrigley Field tonight as the Cubs came back to win 10-9 even after blowing a 8-3 lead in the 9th inning.  I’m doing to do a weird update here as I had two articles wrote up and I’m going to post them both for the hell of it!

The Chicago Cubs picked up their fourth win a row with a 8-3 victory over the visting Colorado Rockies Monday night.  Mike Fontenot led the way going 5 for 5 with two doubles and three singles.  Fontonet also had two RBI’s to go along with the five hits.  Fontonet wasn’t the only former LSU player to have a great game as Ryan Theriot also went 2 for 2 as he came into the game as a pitch hitter late in the ballgame.

Mark DeRosa and Angel Pagan also played well on the offensive side of the game.  DeRosa went 2 for 4 with three RBI’S.  Pagan had a three-run homer in the 1st inning that gave the Cubs a 4-1 lead.

Jason Marquis pitched well enough to pick up the win as he threw 5.2 innings allowing seven hits and three earned runs.  It wasn’t a great performance but he got the job done and got out jams when he needed too.  When your offense scores eight runs, you don’t have to be on the top of your game for your team to get the win so his line doesn’t look as bad tonight.

Michael Wuertz, Scott Eyre, and Bob Howry closed out the ballgame.  It wasn’t the best showing by Eyre and Howry as they let the Rockies get back in the game in the bottom of the ninths really good to see the bullpen closing out games and not allowing the opposing team to score runs at the end of the ball game lately.  That is how the Cubs are going to make a run a the Milwaukee Brewers and the Central Division.

The same two teams will battle it out again tomorrow night at 7:05 central time.  Rodrigo Lopez (4-0) will take the mound against Ted Lilly (5-4)

or wait lol!

What a terrible showing by Bob Howry and Scott Eyre tonight as they gave up six runs in the top of the 9th inning as the Rockies came back to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-9.  How the hell can you give up six runs without getting an out in the 9th?  I don’t even know what to say right now lol. I do have to say what the hell was Piniella thinking the way he managed the bullpen tonight?  It didn’t look like he had a clue out there.  He went out to the mound and thought he had a pitcher warming up and there was no one, so Eyre was left to face another batter.  Howry had to come into the game without warming up as he usually does and well we know what happened.

Mike Fontenot led the way for the Cubs going 5 for 5 with two doubles and three singles.  Fontonet also had two RBI’s to go along with the five hits.  Fontonet wasn’t the only former LSU player to have a great game as Ryan Theriot also went 2 for 2 as he came into the game as a pitch hitter late in the ballgame.

Mark DeRosa and Angel Pagan also played well on the offensive side of the game.  DeRosa went 2 for 4 with three RBI’S.  Pagan had a three-run homer in the 1st inning that gave the Cubs a 4-1 lead.

Talk about up and down tonight.  I don’t know what else to say other then Eyre and Howry sucked it up in the ninth and the Cubs lost.  Umm go get em tomorrow guys?  Hell I can’t even say that tonight.

Well lets wait again LOL!  We all know what happened now as Alfonso Soriano hit a game winning single to give the Cubs the come from behind win. 

Umm what do you all think about the game?  Is there really a Cubs god?

It was not a good night for Jason Marquis and the Chicago Cubs.  Marquis got hit hard, and had four walks, four earned runs, and two homeruns allowed all in a short five innings.  I’m pretty sure every batter he walked ended up coming around and scoring a run for the Rangers. Can’t win ballgames when you get behind so early…

Alfonso Soriano went 3-4 at the plate including his 12th homerun of the season.  Koyie Hill hit is first major league homerun that was a two run shot in the seventh inning.  It was not enough though as the Rangers offense was on fire last night.  Well I shouldn’t give them that much credit as the Cubs played terrible defense as well.

I would like to say congrats to Sammy Sosa who hit homerun #600 last night off Jason Marquis.  Steriods, corked bats, or not, I still like Sammy and hopefully he gets traded to a contender for a playoff run.

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