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!

It wasn’t the night that the Chicago Cubs bullpen was hoping for as they walked in a run, and then allowed another run in the eigth inning in a infield single to give the Giants the the lead for good.  The Cubs were not able to come back in the bottom of the eigth or the ninth and the Giants tied the series at 1-1.

Sean Marshall pitched a good game as he went six innings allowing five hits, two earned runs, two walks, and two strikeouts.  It’s too bad that the offense couldn’t score more runs and get him the win tonight.

Carlos Marmol, Will Ohman, and Michael Wuertz all faltered in the eigth inning.  Marmol pitched 1.1 innings and allowed two earned runs while picking up the lose.  After Ohman replaced Marmol, he got Barry Bonds to fly out to Alfonso Soriano in left, and then preceded too walk the next to batters.   Wuertz then came in and allowed an infield single to Omar Vizquel that gave the Giants a 4-2 lead.

On the offensive side of the ball, or lack there of,  the Cubs got on the scoreboard in the first inning when Ryan Theriot doubled down the leftfield line and then scored on a sacrafice bunt by Mike Fontenot.  Fontenot reached base as Rich Aurilia was not able to control the throw from Benji Molina and Theriot came around give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.  Derrek Lee hit his eigth homerun of the year in the sixth inning that tied the game at 2-2.

Lets hope that the Cubs offense can turn it around tomorrow as they take on the Giants again at 1:20.

After snapping a 10 game homer-less drought on Saturday, the Cubs hit 3 long balls on Sunday afternoon to complete the sweep of the Astros at Wrigley Field. After trailing 5-0, the Cubs scored 6 in a big 2nd as Angel Pagan hit a 2 run homer and Derrek Lee hit a three run shot, his first since early June. Ryan Theriot added a solo homer in the 3rd to put the Cubs back up 7-6.

The rest was up to the bullpens for each team. Scott Eyre, Carlos Marmol, Will Ohman, Michael Wuertz, and Bob Howry combined for 5 scoreless innings of relief to secure the win. Wuertz got the win and Howry, his 5th save.

The Cubs will continue their 10 game homestand as Barry Bonds and the Giants come in for 4 games starting Monday night at 6:05 CT.

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.

The Cubs continue to play good baseball for the most part and once again won another series as they beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 tonight.  With the win, the Cubs won three of four games in the nations capital and moved within 5 games of the Milwaukee Brewers for the lead in the Central Division.

Sean Marshall started for the Cubs and was able to go 5.1 innings while allowing two earned runs.  He was a bit wild with the walks as he gave out four free passes and five hits.  Luckily for Marshall and the Cubs, the Nationals were able to do much except for a triple by Dimitri Young and a sac fly by Austin Kearns in the sixth inning.

Will Ohman, Michael Wuertz, Carlos Marmol, and Bob Howry shut down the Nationals the rest of the game.  The Nationals were only able to get two hits off Marmol while they were shut out by the other three pitchers.

Daryle Ward who filled in for Derrek Lee at first base went 2-4 with two RBI’s.  Once Lee starts to serve his suspension, hopefully Ward will be able to do the same thing every night and play good defenese as well.

Mike Fontenot and Jacque Jones also had a pretty good night at the plate. Fontenot went 3-5 and an RBI while Jones went 2-4.  It was really nice to see Jacque get a couple basehits early in the ballgame.  We can only hope that it gives him a little confidence at the plate with Piniella decides to play him.

The Cubs will now travel to Pittsburgh to begin a three game series with the Pirates.  These three games are huge as the Brewers will now be taking on the Nationals.  The Brewers didn’t play good in Pittsburgh so I expect them to do pretty good against the Nationals.  Cubs need to atleast take 2 of 3 against the Pirates if not sweep them!

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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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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?