Garza Good, Bullpen Bad, Cubs Lose – Cubs 4, Pirates 5

May 21, 2013 By 5 Comments

Game Forty-Four – Cubs 4, Pirates 5 WP – Wandy Rodriguez (5-2) LP – James Russell (1-1) Save – Jason Grilli (18) The Cubs took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth after a tremendous outing from Matt Garza. Garza took a no-hitter into the fifth and turned the game over to the [...]

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Report: Cubs to Designate Michael Bowden for Assignment

May 19, 2013 By 52 Comments

According to a report from Bruce Miles following Sunday’s loss to the Mets, the Cubs will designate Michael Bowden for assignment on Tuesday to make room on the active roster for Matt Garza. Matt Garza is set to come off the DL to make his first start since July 21 of last year when the [...]

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Shoulda, Coulda, Wooda – Cubs 3, Mets 4

May 19, 2013 By 4 Comments

Game Forty-Three – Cubs 3, Mets 4 WP – Scott Rice (2-3) LP – Kyuji Fujikawa (1-1) Save – Bobby Parnell (6) Travis Wood notched his ninth straight quality start but it was not enough as the Cubs lost their first series to the Mets at Wrigley Field since 2007. The Cubs took a 3-1 [...]

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Travis Wood, Extra Basehits and Three W’s in a Row – Cubs 9, Rockies 1

May 13, 2013 By 25 Comments

Game Thirty-Eight – Cubs 9, Rockies 1 WP – Travis Wood (4-2) LP – Juan Nicasio (3-1) Save – None The Cubs equaled their season-long winning streak with an impressive victory over the Rockies on Monday night. Dale Sveum’s team won for the third day in a row behind seven innings of shutout ball from [...]

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Schierholtz Lays the Wood on the Cardinals – Cubs 2, Cardinals 1

May 7, 2013 By 19 Comments

Game Thirty-Three – Cubs 2, Cardinals 1 WP – Travis Wood (3-2) LP – Lance Lynn (5-1) Save – Kevin Gregg (5) Travis Wood put together his seventh straight quality start and Nate Schierholtz’s two-run homer in the fourth gave Wood and the Cubs’ pen all the runs they would need on Tuesday night. The [...]

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Garza Successful in Second Rehab Start and Other Cubs News and Notes

May 7, 2013 By 55 Comments

Matt Garza completed his second rehab start on Monday and it went very well. Garza allowed one run (after he left the game) on four hits with three strikeouts and no walks in 3 1/3 innings. Garza threw 54 pitches, 37 strikes, and was consistently in the low-mid 90s (92-94) with his fastball. Garza had [...]

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Reds Keep Sweeping at Wrigley – Cubs 4, Reds 7

May 5, 2013 By 8 Comments

Game Thirty-One – Cubs 4, Reds 7 WP – Mat Latos (3-0) LP – Edwin Jackson (0-5) Save – J.J. Hoover (2) The Reds domination of the Cubs at Wrigley Field continued on Sunday as the Redlegs completed the three-game sweep behind another solid outing from Mat Latos. The Reds have won nine in a [...]

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Marmol Spoils the Ending to the Soriano Show – Cubs 4, Reds 6

May 4, 2013 By 37 Comments

Game Thirty – Cubs 4, Reds 6 WP – Logan Ondrusek (2-0) LP – Carlos Marmol (2-2) Save – Aroldis Chapman (7) The Cubs played a good game against one of the better teams in the league for seven innings. While it wasn’t a clean game, the Cubs took a 4-2 lead into the eighth [...]

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Three Straight W’s – Cubs 3, Marlins 2

April 27, 2013 By 10 Comments

Game Twenty-Three – Cubs 3, Marlins 2 WP – Travis Wood (2-1) LP – Alex Sanabia (2-3) Save – Kevin Gregg (3) The Cubs posted their third straight victory on Saturday night with a total team effort. The Cubs played a clean game, made three excellent defensive plays and hit with runners in scoring position. [...]

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Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Marlins – 04/26/13

April 26, 2013 By 72 Comments

Game Twenty-Two: Cubs (7-14) vs. Marlins (5-17) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 186/844 Location – Marlins Park, Miami Scott Feldman (0-3, 4.50/1.79) vs. Wade LeBlanc (0-3, 6.27/1.88) After dropping the first four on the current 10-game trip, the Cubs have won two of [...]

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