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The Chicago Cubs ended their road trip on a positive note.
They may have been out of contention for a while, but playing the spoiler rule is still fun, especially with six more weeks of baseball left in the regular season.
They lost to the San Francisco Giants three games out of four earlier this week. But against the Cardinals, their biggest rival, they made sure to get the spoiler job done.
In today’s rubber game, they beat the Cardinals 9-7 to take the three-game series. With the loss, the Cardinals slide down to second position in the NL Central standings, ...
The long wait is over.
The Cubs fans have been wondering when Opening Day starter Carlos Zambrano could restore his Big Z-type performance. They got the answer today. In front of the national television audience and a crowd of 46,313 in Busch Stadium, Zambrano finally got his first win as a starter in his third return to the Cubs rotation.
He limited the Cardinals to two runs in 5.2 innings. Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez hit solo home runs in the contest to help the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2.
It was nearly two months ago when Zambrano (4-6) won ...
As I was watching the Cubs series with the San Francisco Giants this past week, I really was impressed with the way Castro carried himself both at the plate and at shortstop, and came away feeling that the expectations of him becoming a superstar and saving the Cubs in the future very well could be true,
Unlike most young players, he doesn't try to rush to get a hit; he's very patient. His average is still above .300 and the reason is that he doesn't flail at every single pitch that comes his way. He has decent power, but another thing ...
The Cubs starter Thomas Diamond suffered another short outing in St. Louis tonight. He only lasted four innings yielding four runs and six hits. In his previous match against Cincinnati, he was pulled after three frames.
Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols had three hits, including a home run to lift the Cardinals past the Cubs 6-3 in the opener of the three-game series.
The Cubs attacked Jake Westbrook in the first inning and took a 2-0 lead.
With one out, Starlin Castro singled to center field and Derrek Lee had a double in the next at-bat. Marlon Byrd singled to shallow left ...
8:05pm ET, Friday, 8/13 TV: CSN, FSMW
Probable pitchers: Thomas Diamond (0-2, 8.00) vs. Jake Westbrook (6-7, 4.54)
4:10pm ET, Saturday, 8/14 TV: FOX
Probable pitchers: Carlos Zambrano (3-6, 5.46) vs. Chris Carpenter (13-3, 2.89)
2:15 pm ET, Sunday, 8/15 TV: WGN, KSDK
Probable pitchers: Ryan Dempster (10-8, 3.66) vs. Jamie Garcia (10-5, 2.71)
2010 season matchups
The Cubs are even with the Cardinals in six matches so far this season (3-3).
They first met in a three-game series in Busch Stadium in the last weekend of May. The Cardinals had two convincing 7-1 and 9-1 victories sandwiched by a 5-0 shutout defeat.
The second time was also a ...
It seemed as if Pat Burrell had done it again, but this time, he needed help. The San Francisco Giants trailed the Chicago Cubs in the finale of a four game series, 3-1. Pat Burrell led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a home run to left-center field. Pablo Sandoval followed with his first home run in his last 46 games to tie the game.Sanodoval was happy and relieved that he finally had broken his streak of 178 at bats without a home run."It was exciting. It was my first home run in ...
It’s déjà vu for the Cubs.
The one-run game has haunted the Chicago Cubs as they lost another, 8-7 to the San Francisco Giants, on Thursday afternoon. They have been defeated 30 times out of their 42 one-run games this season.
Young reliever Andrew Cashner gave up the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. They left San Francisco on a getaway day having lost 13 of their 16 games and five straight series.
The Chicago Cubs jumped on Giants starter Matt Cain in the first inning. Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro started the game with back-to-back singles. Two outs later, Xavier ...
Here is a potential opportunity for Cubs GM Jim Hendry to take advantage of a first-place team by tempting them with an injury-prone and overpaid third baseman who may interest a team like the Braves, who are trying to win a World Series in manager Bobby Cox' last season.
We all know that Hendry needs payroll flexibility and while Ramirez has had an awful season, his track record, assuming he's healthy, could actually interest another team.
Chipper Jones is out for the season with a torn ACL, and if the Cubs place Ramirez on waivers, the Braves could have him if they ...
The Giants and Cubs had a little unfinished business to attend to before they matched up Wednesday night in San Francisco. With the owner's meetings getting underway in Minneapolis, Jim Hendry and Brian Sabean completed a trade that they reportedly began talking about as the trade deadline was approaching.
Mike Fontenot was sent from the visiting clubhouse to the home clubhouse in exchange for 22-year-old outfield prospect Evan Crawford. In a corresponding roster move, the Cubs called up 24-year-old middle infielder Darwin Barney from Triple-A Iowa.
But what does this mean for the North Siders going forward?
To begin with, it appears that ...
If you are going to talk the talk, you better be able to walk the walk is the saying. Cincinnati Reds 2B Brandon Phillips did a lot of talking before the Reds HUGE series against the St. Louis Cardinals, but, unfortunately for him, didn’t do much walking, hitting, or fielding for that matter.
Phillips didn't have his best series against the Cards
In case you missed the talking Phillips did before the series, here are the comments he made on Sunday: “I’d play against these guys with one leg. We have to beat these guys. I hate the Cardinals. All they ...
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