Game Eight – Cubs 6, Brewers 3 WP – Carlos Marmol (1-1) LP – John Axford (0-2) Save – Kyuji Fujikawa (2) The Cubs battled back on Tuesday night from a 3-1 deficit in the seventh inning and ended their four-game losing streak. After an ugly start, the Cubs scored five of their season-high six [...]
Cubs Comeback Falls Short – Cubs 4, Brewers 7
April 8, 2013 By 5 Comments
Game Seven – Cubs 4, Brewers 7 WP – Marco Estrada (1-0) LP – Edwin Jackson (0-2) Save – Jim Henderson (1) The Cubs could not dig themselves out of a big hole on Monday in the home opener. As was the case countless times last season, the Cubs mounted a comeback late in the [...]
Kyuji Fujikawa Takes Over Cubs’ Closer Job
April 7, 2013 By 3 Comments
Kyuji Fujikawa Takes Over as Cubs’ Closer According to multiple reports on Sunday morning, the Cubs have changed closers. For the second time in as many seasons, the Cubs have relieved Carlos Marmol of his closer duties. The Cubs have handed over the closer’s job to Kyuji Fujikawa.
Marmol and Fujikawa Blow It – Cubs 5, Braves 6
April 6, 2013 By 4 Comments
Game Five – Cubs 5, Braves 6 WP – Eric O’Flaherty (1-0) LP – Carlos Marmol (0-1, BS 1) Save – None The Cubs gave one away on Saturday night in Atlanta and wasted an excellent outing from Carlos Villanueva in his Cubs’ debut. The Upton Brothers hit a pair of solo home runs off [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Braves – 04/06/13
April 6, 2013 By 141 Comments
Game Five: Cubs (2-2) vs. Braves (3-1) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 186/844 Location – Turner Field, Atlanta Carlos Villanueva (0-0, -.–/-.–) vs. Julio Teheran (0-0, -.–/-.–) The Cubs will try to get back in the win column tonight, and get the offense [...]
Matt Garza Throws a Bullpen Session and Other Cubs Bits
April 5, 2013 By 29 Comments
The Cubs received good news on Thursday in regards to Matt Garza. Garza completed a 25-pitch bullpen session in Mesa before he left Arizona to meet up with the team in Atlanta. Garza tweeted that he had a great bullpen on Thursday and that both his body and arm feel great. Garza is scheduled to [...]
Cubs Survive The Marmol – Cubs 3, Pirates 2
April 4, 2013 By 12 Comments
Game Three – Cubs 3, Pirates 2 WP – Travis Wood (1-0) LP – James McDonald (0-1) Save – Carlos Marmol (1) The Cubs hung on in the ninth inning and beat the Pirates 3-2 on Thursday afternoon in the Steel City. The Cubs posted the first series win of the season (2-1) behind an [...]
What To Do About Carlos Marmol and Other Cubs News Bits
April 3, 2013 By 22 Comments
Cubs’ fans, for the most part, have been conditioned to look at the negative before the positive. So a majority of the focus on Tuesday was how bad Carlos Marmol was on Opening Day. Not the outstanding performance from Jeff Samardzija or the solid efforts turned in by Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo at the [...]
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