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Category :: Let's Play 2 - Game Recap
Game Thirty-Eight - Cubs 12 Padres 3 WP - Carlos Zambrano (6-1) LP - Randy Wolf (2-3) Save - None For the first time this season Randy Wolf allowed a run in the 1st inning after a 1-out single by Ryan Theriot and a opposite field double by Derrek Lee. The Cubs loaded the bases but were not able to add to their lead. Wolf settled down, retired 9 of the next 10 batters he...
Game Thirty-Seven - Cubs 6 Diamondbacks 4 WP - Carlos Marmol (1-0) LP - Tony Pena (0-1) Save - Kerry Wood (7) For the third game in a row the Cubs came from behind to pick up an impressive win....and in the process completed a 3-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the first time since 2000. The marquee match-up of Carlos Zambrano against Randy Johnson was scratched because of bad weather. After a 58-minute...
Game Thirty-Six - Cubs 7 Diamondbacks 2 WP - Scott Eyre (1-0) LP - Chad Qualls (0-4, BS 3) Save - None The top two scoring offenses in the National League played another close, low scoring game until the 7th inning. Max Scherzer held the Cubs offense to an unearned run on 5 hits through the first 6 innings of the game. Ryan Dempster matched him pitch for pitch until the top of the 6th...
Game Thirty-Five - Cubs 3 Diamondbacks 1 WP - Ted Lilly (3-4) LP - Dan Haren (4-2) Save - Kerry Wood (6) Chris Young picked up where he left off last October against Ted Lilly, with a home run, but this time Lilly reacted entirely different. Instead of slamming his glove to the turf, he shut the door on the explosive Diamondbacks' offense. Ted Lilly tossed a gem, without a doubt his best outing of...
Game Thirty-Four - Cubs 0 Reds 9 WP - Edinson Volquez (5-1) LP - Jon Lieber (2-2) Save - None The Cubs 6-game road trip did not end the way Lou Piniella had envisioned. The Reds offense woke up, a day after being shutout, and a new Cub killer was born in the lopsided loss. Joey Votto led the Reds attack with 3 of their 7 home runs, each coming off a different pitcher. Four...
Game Thirty-Four: Cubs (19-14) vs. Reds (13-21) Game Time - 11:35am C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183 Location - Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Jon Lieber (2-1, 1.86/1.19) vs. Edinson Volquez (4-1, 1.27/1.19) After a very disappointing start to the road trip, the Cubs have a chance to win their first series since a 2-game sweep of the Mets back on April 21st and 22nd....but in order...
Game Thirty-Three - Cubs 3 Reds 0 WP - Carlos Zambrano (5-1) LP - Aaron Harang (1-5) Save - Kerry Wood (5) Carlos Zambrano and Kerry Wood combined on a 4-hit shutout, the Cubs second of the season. Zambrano threw a gem after a rough start, allowed only 3 hits in 8 innings....his longest outing of the year. Zambrano pitched around two more errors by the Cubs defense and was helped out by the overly...
Game Thirty-Two - Cubs 3 Reds 5 WP - Johnny Cueto (2-3) LP - Ryan Dempster (4-1) Save - Francisco Cordero (5) It's not too often a pitcher loses a game without giving up an earned run but that is exactly what happened to Ryan Dempster on Monday night. Dempster was the victim of two errors....one by Mike Fontenot in the 1st inning that led to 3 runs and the other by Mark DeRosa in...
Game Thirty-One - Cubs 3 Cardinals 5 WP - Todd Wellemeyer (3-1) LP - Jason Marquis (1-2) Save - Jason Isringhausen (10) Ron Santo said it all when he named Sean Gallagher the Chevrolet Player of the Game following the loss to the Cardinals on Sunday night. The Cubs could not find a rhythm either on the mound or at the plate and dropped their third straight series. Jason Marquis was once again very ineffective...
Game Thirty - Cubs 9 Cardinals 3 WP - Ted Lilly (2-4) LP - Kyle Lohse (3-1) Save - None After two disappointing losses, the Cubs avoided their first three game losing streak of the season with an impressive win against the Cardinals. The Cubs improved to 11-9 at new Busch Stadium in front of the largest crowd in the park's short three-year history. Ted Lilly did exactly what his team needed after Piniella emptied...
Game Twenty-Nine - Cubs 3 Cardinals 5 - 11 innings WP - Ron Villone (1-0) LP - Chad Fox (0-1) Save - None Every game counts just as much as the next but losing to the Cardinals always seems a little different....especially with the way Lou Piniella's crew dropped the first game of the series on Friday night. After striking out Brian Barton on three pitches to start the game, Rich Hill walked 4 of...
Game Twenty-Eight - Cubs 3 Brewers 4 WP - Brian Shouse (2-0) LP - Kerry Wood (2-1, BS 3) Save - Eric Gagne (9) The Cubs gave one to the Brewers on Thursday afternoon at the old ballpark, plain and simple. Carlos Zambrano was once again very effective on a day he did not have his best stuff. The Cubs' ace held the Brewers to just 1 run, a solo home run by Ryan Braun,...
Game Twenty-Seven - Cubs 19 Brewers 5 WP - Ryan Dempster (4-0) LP - Jeff Suppan (1-1) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew completed the first month of the season by setting a new franchise record for wins in April with 17. The Cubs' skipper preached all winter about the importance of a fast start and Piniella can now check that off his list. The Cubs offense came out swinging against Jeff Suppan. They plated...
Game Twenty-Six - Cubs 7 Brewers 10 WP - Ben Sheets (4-0) LP - Jason Marquis (1-1) Save - Eric Gagne (8) For the first time this season the Cubs lost a game in which they scored at least 4 runs as they were out hit on a cold night at Wrigley. The Cubs offense scored 4 runs, 3 earned, off of Ben Sheets, the most the Brewers' ace has allowed this year, but it...
Game Twenty-Five - Cubs 0 Nationals 2 WP - John Lannan (2-2) LP - Ted Lilly (1-4) Save - Jon Rauch (4) A day after recording their first shutout of the season, the Nationals returned the favor and shutout the Cubs for the first time this year. Ted Lilly turned in the Cubs fourth quality start in a row with an impressive 6 inning performance....he was just out pitched. John Lannan handled the Cubs offense...
Game Twenty-Four - Cubs 7 Nationals 0 WP - Carlos Zambrano (4-1) LP - Matt Chico (0-5) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew ended their 2-game losing streak with an impressive shutout win over the Nationals, the first of the year for the Cubs' pitching staff. Carlos Zambrano struggled with his command at times but was able to get the big out when he needed it. Zambrano surrendered only 5 hits in 7 innings, struck...
Game Twenty-Three - Cubs 3 Nationals 5 WP - Jon Rauch (2-0) LP - Bobby Howry (0-2) Save - None For the first time in almost two weeks the Cubs lost back-to-back games after a lackluster performance on Friday night. Lou Piniella's crew had plenty of chances to put runs on the board but left the bases loaded in the 8th and left a total of 10 on in 9 innings. A ground rule double...
Game Twenty-Two - Cubs 2 Rockies 4 WP - Aaron Cook (3-1) LP - Kevin Hart (2-1) Save - Brian Fuentes (1) The Cubs lost their first game in a week on Thursday afternoon in Denver as the 6-game winning streak came to an end. Aaron Cook shut down the Cubs offense as they managed only 2 runs on 4 hits on getaway day. But Jason Marquis was just as effective and the difference in...
Game Twenty-One - Cubs 7 Rockies 6 - 10 innings WP - Kerry Wood (2-0, BS 2) LP - Kip Wells (1-1) Save - Carlos Marmol (2) The Chicago Cubs won their 10,000 game in dramatic, come from behind fashion. Lou Piniella's crew took a 3-0 lead into the 6th inning behind a very good performance by Rich Hill. The Rockies scored 5 runs in the bottom of the inning with 3 of the runs...
Game Twenty - Cubs 8 Mets 1 WP - Ted Lilly (1-3) LP - Nelson Figueroa (1-1) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew swept the 2-game series against the Mets on Tuesday afternoon and finished one of the best homestands in recent memory with an improbable 7-1 record. The Cubs played solid fundamental baseball over the 8 games and took advantage of every opportunity they were given. Tuesday afternoon turned into 'The Ronny Cedeno Show'...
Game Nineteen - Cubs 7 Mets 1 WP - Carlos Zambrano (3-1) LP - John Maine (1-2) Save - None It is always a great day when the Cubs beat the Mets, just ask Ron Santo. The first place Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets played an ole fashion nailbiter at Wrigley on Monday night that was much closer than the final score indicates. Carlos Zambrano turned in a gem and held the Mets...
Game Eighteen - Cubs 13 Pirates 6 WP - Ryan Dempster (3-0) LP - Zach Duke (0-1) Save - None The first place Chicago Cubs won their 9th straight against the Pirates and in the process improved to a season high 6 games above .500. The final score does not indicate how close the game was after the top of the 5th. After jumping out to a 5-0 lead, Ryan Dempster allowed 3 runs in...
Game Seventeen - Cubs 13 Pirates 1 WP - Jason Marquis (1-0) LP - Tom Gorzelanny (1-2) Save - None For the second time in the last 7 days, the Cubs set a new season high in runs scored as they moved to 5 games over .500 for the first time on the young season. The Cubs offense clicked on all cylinders and Jason Marquis turned in his best performance since last May. Derrek Lee...
Game Sixteen - Cubs 3 Pirates 2 WP - Rich Hill (1-0) LP - Ian Snell (2-1) Save - Kerry Wood (4) Lou Piniella's crew won another close game against the Pirates on Friday afternoon at the old ballpark. The Cubs' offense had plenty of opportunities to put up runs early in the game but could not come through with the big hit. The offense totaled 9 hits on the afternoon, 4 were for extra...
Game Fifteen - Cubs 2 Reds 9 WP - Edinson Volquez (2-0) LP - Ted Lilly (0-3) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew could not complete the 3-game sweep of the Reds and lost for the first time to their former manager on Thursday afternoon. The Cubs offense had plenty of chances against Edinson Volquez but could not string together any hits. Mark DeRosa and Reed Johnson supplied most of the Cubs offense. DeRosa reached...
Game Fourteen - Cubs 12 Reds 3 WP - Carlos Zambrano (2-1) LP - Josh Fogg (1-2) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew improved to a season-high four games over .500 with a decisive win on Wednesday night against the Reds. The Cubs offense exploded for 12 runs, another season-high, on 13 hits with only one home run. Kosuke Fukudome hit the first of 5 doubles on the night in the 1st inning that gave...
Game Thirteen - Cubs 9 Reds 5 WP - Ryan Dempster (2-0) LP - Aaron Harang (1-2) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew handed the Reds their fourth loss in a row with a solid come from behind win. The Reds scored in the 2nd inning on a single by Edwin Encarnacion but Mark DeRosa gave the Cubs a brief 2-1 lead with his second home run in as many games in the bottom of...
Game Twelve - Cubs 6 Phillies 5 - 10 innings WP - Kerry Wood (1-0) LP - Rudy Seanez (0-1) Save - Bobby Howry (1) In the end it was the Cubs defense that ended up being the difference in the finale against the Phillies. Derrek Lee made a game saving play to force extra innings after Kerry Wood and Ryan Theriot turned in a gem for the first out in the 9th. Then in...
Game Eleven - Cubs 1 Phillies 7 WP - Cole Hamels (2-1) LP - Ted Lilly (0-2) Save - None After winning the first three games of the road trip, the Cubs dropped their second in row and were dominated once again by Cole Hamels. Lou Piniella's offense managed only 1 hit and 2 walks in the first 7 innings against Hamels and his tremendous straight changeup. When they did make contact, several Cubs hit...
Game Ten - Cubs 3 Phillies 5 WP - Brett Myers (1-1) LP - Carlos Zambrano (1-1) Save - Brad Lidge (2) The Cubs' 5-game winning streak came to an end on Friday night in Philadelphia at the hands of Brett Myers. Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning but the Cubs offense managed only 6 hits on the night against the Phillies' top pitcher. Alfonso Soriano added his...
Game Nine - Cubs 7 Pirates 3 WP - Jon Lieber (2-1) LP - Matt Morris (0-1) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew came back from an early 3-1 deficit to win their 5th in a row and completed the 3-game sweep of the Pirates. Rich Hill struggled with his command and left after just 3 innings, exactly what the Cubs bullpen did not need but Jon Lieber came through once again. Lieber threw 4...
Game Eight - Cubs 6 Pirates 4 - 15 innings WP - Kevin Hart (2-0) LP - Phil Dumatrait (0-1) Save - Sean Marshall (1) For the second time in as many games, Lou Piniella's crew beat the Pirates in extra innings. Ronny Cedeno scored the Cubs first run of the game in the 3rd inning on a RBI single by Reed Johnson but the offense was unable to tack on to the lead against...
Game Seven - Cubs 10 Pirates 8 - 12 innings WP - Jon Lieber (1-1) LP - Evan Meek (0-1) Save - Carlos Marmol (1) Lou Piniella's crew jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in the 3rd inning against southpaw Tom Gorzelanny and it appeared they were well on the way to winning their third game in a row. The Cubs offense showed a lot of patience at the plate and took advantage of...
Game Six - Cubs 3 Astros 2 WP - Carlos Zambrano (1-0) LP - Oscar Villarreal (0-2) Save - Kerry Wood (3) Lou Piniella's crew won their first one run game of the year on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley. Carlos Zambrano picked up his first win of the young season with a solid 7-inning outing. Zambrano gave up 2 runs on 7 hits with 7 strikeouts and no walks....Big Z has walked only 1 batter...
Game Five - Cubs 9 Astros 7 WP - Kevin Hart (1-0) LP - Roy Oswalt (0-2) Save - Kerry Wood (2) Lou Piniella's offense had a big day against one of the best pitchers in the National League. Everyone got into the act, and even the outs late in the game were productive. The Cubs scored 5 runs in a 28-minute 7th inning sparked by a 2-out, game tying single by Derrek Lee and...
Game Four - Cubs 3 Astros 4 WP - Wesley Wright (1-0) LP - Jon Lieber (0-1) Save - Jose Valverde (1) The Cubs third loss of the season can be explained by one word....unearned. Lou Piniella's offense and defense turned in poor performances and were unable to back solid outings by Rich Hill and Jon Lieber. Hill made only two mistakes in 6 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits with 3 walks,...
Game Three - Cubs 6 Brewers 3 WP - Ryan Dempster (1-0) LP - Dave Bush (0-1) Save - Kerry Wood (1) Who would have thought a week ago that Ryan Dempster would record the first win of the season? Ryan Dempster made his first start in nearly three years and responded with a very impressive outing. The Brewers scored two runs off the Cubs' former closer in the 1st inning, one was unearned, and...
Game Two - Cubs 2 Brewers 8 WP - Jeff Suppan (1-0) LP - Ted Lilly (0-1) Save - None In his post-game press conference, Lou Piniella said, "Yesterday we got beat, today we did not play well." And those few words summed up the Cubs performance on Wednesday afternoon. The Cubs did not hit with runners on base, threw the ball around and gave a very good team too many extra opportunities....add all of...
Game One - Cubs 3 Brewers 4 - 10 innings WP - Eric Gagne (1-0, BS 1) LP - Bobby Howry (0-1) Save - David Riske (1) Despite the cold and the rain, it was Opening Day at Wrigley Field and the it had everything.... except for a Cubs win. The game started 40 minutes late and not even the weather dampened the spirits in and around the ballpark. The Ernie Banks Statue was unveiled...
Major League Baseball is flush with cash; every team is making a profit regardless of what their P&L's might be showing. The unexpected signing of Torii Hunter to a 5-year, $90 million dollar contract by the Angels and Scott Linebrink agreeing to terms on a 4-year, $19 million dollar deal with the White Sox further proves the point that teams are making money hand over fist. But will either one of those deals push their...
NLDS - Game Three - Cubs 1 Diamondbacks 5 WP - Livan Hernandez (1-0) LP - Rich Hill (0-1) Save - None Diamondbacks Win Series, 3-0 The end of the marathon.... The Chicago Cubs ended their 2007 campaign with a disappointing finish. The Cubs were swept out of the playoffs for the 4th time in the history of the organization and once again the Faithful had to endure another team celebrating a series win in...
NLDS - Game Two - Cubs 4 Diamondbacks 8 WP - Doug Davis (1-0) LP - Ted Lilly (0-1) Save - None Diamondbacks Lead Series, 2-0 Lou Piniella said after Game One there was plenty of baseball left to be played but after his crew's lackluster performance in Game Two time could be running out. The Cubs were outplayed for the second game in a row by what was supposed to be an experienced Diamondbacks'...
NLDS - Game One - Cubs 1 Diamondbacks 3 WP - Brandon Webb (1-0) LP - Carlos Marmol (0-1) Save - Jose Valverde (1) Diamondbacks Lead Series, 1-0 Lou Piniella's crew had plenty of opportunities to win the first game of the divisional series but struggled once again with runners in scoring position. The Cubs left 8 runners on base and had runners on in each of the first 6 innings against Brandon Webb. They...
Game One Hundred Sixty-Two - Cubs 4 Reds 8 WP - Homer Bailey (4-2) LP - Ryan Dempster (2-7) Save - None The 2007 National League Central Division Champions completed the regular season the way it began, in Cincinnati with a loss to the Reds. In between the Cubs won 85 games, lost 75, won the Central and finished with a mark of 85-77 for the year. What a difference a year makes, a 19-game...
Game One Hundred Sixty-One - Cubs 4 Reds 0 WP - Rich Hill (11-8) LP - Aaron Harang (16-6) Save - None Rich Hill saved his best for his last start of the regular season. Hill, Sean Marshall and Scott Eye combined on a 1-hit shutout in the penultimate game of the regular season. Hill dominated in his 6 innings of work and allowed only 2 baserunners. He had a perfect game going for the...
Game One Hundred Sixty - Cubs 6 Reds 0 WP - Carlos Zambrano (18-13) LP - Bronson Arroyo (9-15) Save - None Carlos Zambrano ended the Cubs 3-game losing streak in impressive fashion. Zambrano threw 7 innings of shutout ball and has not allowed a run in his last two outings, 13 innings. Zambrano gave up 6 hits, all singles, with 4 strikeouts and a walk. Zambrano, Bobby Howry and Ryan Dempster combined on the...
Game One Hundred Fifty-Nine - Cubs 4 Marlins 6 WP - Scott Olsen (10-15) LP - Steve Trachsel (7-11) Save - Kevin Gregg (31) The Chicago Cubs lost their 10th game in a row to the Florida Marlins and for the second time in two seasons they were swept in a season series. The Marlins won all 6 games against the Cubs this year, the last time they beat the Fish was April of 2006....
Game One Hundred Fifty-Eight - Cubs 4 Marlins 7 WP - Logan Kensing (2-0) LP - Jason Marquis (12-9) Save - Lee Gardner (2) Lou Piniella said on his pre-game show, "We came into the series with three mulligans and now we have two." After another poor performance against the Marlins, that number was almost reduced to one. But the Cardinals put a win on the board at Miller Park after a 4-run 8th inning...
Game One Hundred Fifty-Seven - Cubs 2 Marlins 4 WP - Dontrelle Willis (10-15) LP - Ted Lilly (15-8) Save - Taylor Tankersley (1) Dontrelle Willis pitched his best game of the year, unfortunately it came at the Cubs expense. The one-time Cubs farmhand dominated Lou Piniella's crew and ended their 4-game winning streak. Willis allowed only 2 runs on 2 hits in 8 innings with 7 strikeouts and 3 walks. He faced just 1...
Game One Hundred Fifty-Six - Cubs 8 Pirates 0 WP - Carlos Zambrano (17-13) LP - Tom Gorzelanny (14-9) Save - None Carlos Zambrano set a new career high on Sunday with his 17th victory of the season, his first at Wrigley since July 18th. Zambrano struck out the side to start the game with one of the most dominating innings of his career. Zambrano worked very quickly and found a rhythm that has been...
Game One Hundred Fifty-Five - Cubs 9 Pirates 5 WP - Rich Hill (10-8) LP - Zach Duke (3-8) Save - None Lou Piniella said after the game, "If you can't get excited about this, you are not an excitable person," and while there are 7 games left in the season, Saturday was an impressive win. The Cubs hit 4 more home runs and have hit 8 in the last 2 games. The 'Big 3'...
Game One Hundred Fifty-Four - Cubs 13 Pirates 8 WP - Scott Eyre (2-1) LP - Franquelis Osoria (0-2) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew took advantage of several miscues by the Pittsburgh Pirates and beat them at their own game. Neither starting pitcher made it through the 3rd inning and the two teams combined to score 14 runs in the first three frames. The Cubs bullpen took over for Jason Marquis with 2 outs...
Game One Hundred Fifty-Three - Cubs 3 Reds 2 WP - Bobby Howry (6-7) LP - Gary Majewski (0-3) Save - None Lou Piniella's crew improved to 5-0 in the last 5 games Ted Lilly has taken the mound. Lilly threw another gem after a Cubs' loss with a quality start. He allowed 2 runs on 5 hits in 7 innings with 8 strikeouts and only 1 walk. The two runs Lilly allowed were solo...
Game One Hundred Fifty-Two - Cubs 2 Reds 5 WP - Aaron Harang (16-4) LP - Carlos Zambrano (16-13) Save - David Weathers (31) In the battle of staff aces, Lou Piniella's crew came out on the losing end once again. Carlos Zambrano lost his 4th game in 5 starts against the Reds this year. Zambrano gave up 3 runs in the first 2 innings and left with 1 out in the 6th after allowing...
Game One Hundred Fifty-One - Cubs 7 Reds 6 WP - Will Ohman (2-4) LP - David Weathers (2-6, BS 6) Save - None A walk, a single, a 2-run game tying triple, an intentional walk and a walk off single....the only thing missing was Harry Caray shouting at the top of his lungs, "Cubs Win! Cubs Win!" The Cubs were down by 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th when Ryan Theriot stepped...