Headlines for July, 2008

7/30/08 @ Milwaukee; W 7-2; (64-44)

More defensive ineptitude by the Milwaukee Brewers gave the Cubs a first inning lead that they never relinquished. With two outs and runners on the corners, Reed Johnson struck out. The ball bounced right through the five hole on Jason Kendall and went to the backstop. He hustled and made a throw that might have beat Johnson, [read more...]

7/29/08 @ Milwaukee; W 7-1; (63-44)

Carlos Zambrano continued his domination of the Brewers this season. He has pitched 21 innings against the Brewers and given up exactly one run. Z is a big game pitcher. Against the Cards and Brewers, he is 2-0 (four starts) with a 0.43 ERA. You read that right, it is a zero ahead of the decimal point.Gene [read more...]

7/28/08 @ Milwaukee; W 6-4; (62-44)

In a back and forth game, the Cubs took the lead three times against Milwaukee. Each time was courtesy of Derek Lee.In the first inning, Alfonso Soriano led off with a double off the left field wall. After a Reed Johnson pop up on the infield, and a stolen base by Alfonso, Lee singled to right field to [read more...]

7/27/08 vs. Marlins; W 9-6; (61-44)

When I turned on the game, Derek Lee had just hit an rbi ground out to Hanley Ramirez. That put the Cubs on the board, but they already trailed the Marlins by five runs. Needless to say, I was disappointed. More of the same I assumed. Aramis Ramirez was the first hitter I saw, and he [read more...]

7/26/07 vs. Marlins; L 2-3; (60-44)

Since the Cubs acquired Rich Harden on July 8th, he has made three starts. In each of those, he struck out ten batters. He is the first Cub ever to notch double digit strikeouts in each of his first three starts. He has allowed only two runs in three starts, both on solo home runs. He [read more...]

7/25/08 vs Marlins; L 2-3; (60-43)

Ryan Dempster pitched a nice game today. He did allow a season high six walks in only six innings. Still, he only gave up one run and struck out six. He left the game at the end of six with a 2-1 lead.The lead was courtesy of home runs by Geovony Soto and Reed Johnson. Speaking [read more...]

7/24/08 vs. Marlins; W 6-3; (60-42)

Carlos Zambrano can pitch. He can hit too! His double drove in the tying run in the fifth and scored the go ahead run on Derek Lee's bases loaded walk.Aramis Ramirez then doubled home two runs. Derek Lee was out at the plate on thee play. He beat the throw, but had to slide wide [read more...]

7/23/08 @ Arizona; W 10-6; (59-42)

Welcome back Alfonso! Coming off the DL and leading off for the Cubs, he got progressively better as the night went on. He struck out his first time up. An rbi and two fly ball outs were followed by a double in the eighth inning.His performance was far from the best on the team, though his return [read more...]

7/22/08 @ Arizona; L 2-9; (58-42)

Lou says not to worry. In fact, after the team hit so well without batting practice on Sunday, he decided to cancel batting practice Tuesday and Wednesday. Relax, Lou says. It is just mid July.Cub fans don't relax. Our overly optimistic attitude starts on the first day of spring training, but masks in inner fear that the other shoe could [read more...]

7/21/08 @ Arizona; L 0-2; (58-41)

Randy Johnson is undefeated in his career against the Chicago Cubs. What a shame for Rich Harden. Harden took a perfect game into the fifth and a no hitter into the sixth, but took the loss for the Cubs who couldn't manage to score a single run. In fact, they only had two runners reach second base [read more...]

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